amy chaplin

celebrating the art of eating well

Tagged as: SUMMER

Goji-strawberry smoothie

POSTED ON June 29, 2013

Posted in Breakfast, Gluten free

Goji-strawberry smoothie

It’s only on these rather hot and humid summer mornings that I entertain the idea of making a smoothie. Although delicious, blended berries rarely make their way into my breakfast routine – I usually eat them whole out of hand or scattered over my staple summer breakfast bowl.

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Memories of Nantucket and a quick recipe

POSTED ON September 10, 2012

Posted in Gluten free, Salads

Memories of Nantucket and a quick recipe

I’m back in the swing of things after spending half of August in lovely Nantucket. I wanted to share a simple recipe before fall swoops us up and a pot of soup is on the stove, which isn’t far off!

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Fresh tomato + basil brown fettuccini (Gluten free)

POSTED ON August 17, 2012

Posted in Gluten free, Mains

Fresh tomato + basil brown fettuccini (Gluten free)

Many years ago, a simple bowl of spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce was on the cover of Gourmet magazine and the beautifully photographed image has stuck with me ever since. Strangely, I don’t think I ever actually made it, although I have considered it every summer.

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Coconut breakfast pudding with sautéed nectarines

POSTED ON July 18, 2012

Posted in Breakfast

Coconut breakfast pudding with sautéed nectarines

I wanted to share one of the recipes I created for Whole Living’s July/August issue. For those of you who are not on my newsletter list, I developed 8 summer recipes focusing on cooling foods from an Ayurvedic perspective. You can now see all the recipes at wholeliving.com.  There’s a little info on Ayurveda at the [...] continue reading ->

Sweet corn soup

POSTED ON August 25, 2010

Posted in Gluten free, Soup

Sweet corn soup

The first thing I did when I returned from my vacation was go straight to the Tompkins Square Park farmers market and buy sweet corn from Norwich Meadow Farms. Of all of the green markets I visit in New York, they are the only growers that sell organic sweet corn. It’s ready a little later [...] continue reading ->

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