Shane's Blog

This week’s “recipe testing video” is going to be a video that I shot for my little show on Kitchendaily.com, “Don’t Tell Mama.”  Since kids are heading back to school I thought it might be good to show you a few good ideas about what fun new things you might fix for their lunch box/bag.  Foods that will keep them running long into the afternoon and not wanting to take a nap because they’ve eaten nothing but refined carbs for lunch.  You know the feeling, I sure remember it.  Just keep in mind...

Chef Shane Kelly tells you why commercial sports drinks aren't the answer to hydrating your body in a real food way.  Listen to this week's Real Food Pep Talk to discover the best ways to replenish your body's electrolytes while we are still in the dog days of summer.   MP3 Click here for the podcast audio  

This Blueberry Crisp Recipe is loaded with the goodness of oats, pecans, almonds and coconut and not to mention, loads of fresh blueberries. And for those of you who are watching your gluten intake this recipe is wheat-free and would be dairy-free if you just wanted to change the butter to coconut oil in the recipe. But, most importantly it’s just yummy and comforting on a hot summer day…with some real whipped cream, of course. Click here to get the Blueberry Crisp recipe!

Here's something new I want to try with y'all...Recipe Testing Tuesdays!  This is where my sweet husband, Alex is just shooting some "raw" footage of me doing what I do most days of the week...playing with food and trying to make something yummy out of what's good for you and in-season.  Please give it a look see and let me know your thoughts and I'm always open to your suggestions on how to provide you with more tools so YOU can "Just keep it real, honey!"

Write me about what you buy at your local farmer's market...especially if you have questions about how to prepare what's in season!  Let me hear from you!  Here's what I got from my market today and boy, was it HOT!!!      

   I had my first tomato of the summer season this morning for breakfast and it was really delicious!  I bought it last Tuesday at the Franklin Farmer's Market (they are now also open on Tuesdays, 3pm-6:30pm and of course on Saturdays, 8am-1pm) from Rocky Glade Farm .  Let me tell you it was surprisingly good since it's still early June.  You may be asking, "why did this woman just have veggies for breakfast?"  Well, let's just say I had a lot of fun eating lots of stuff I don't normally...

The  Environmental Working Group is a "work horse" for us, the people.  They are constantly researching and testing products and fruits and veggies to tell us what's good and safe to use and eat and what's not.  Now, what's not to love about an organization like that?  Well this morning they came out with their updated version of  "The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides" where they list the Dirty Dozen (highest in pesticides) and Clean 15 (lowest in pesticides.)  Now, this is all related to fruits...