CJ McCollum has a new cookbook to teach you healthy recipes - KGW.com
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| CJ McCollum has a new cookbook to teach you healthy recipes - KGW.com Posted: 09 Jul 2020 08:42 PM PDT  The Portland Trail Blazers star partnered with Moda Health to release 'Don't walk by, foods to try.' It's full of recipes to make featuring fruits and vegetables. PORTLAND, Ore — It's almost time for the NBA season to resume, and the Portland Trail Blazers will be one of the 22 teams playing in Orlando starting July 31. But shooting guard CJ McCollum has been very busy in the unexpected off-season. In June, he announced his new wine label with Adelsheim Vineyard. And now, as if to create its perfect pairing, he's partnered with Moda Health to release a free cookbook. It's called, Don't walk by, foods to try, and CJ's goal is to inspire families to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into their diets. McCollum admits he didn't write the cookbook, but he has been testing out a lot of the recipes. "I'm really looking forward to exploring this cookbook and trying some new things," said McCollum. "I think for the first time in my life I made a sweet mustard dressing, I had never really tried to make dressing before in general." The cookbook is full of vegetable-forward recipes, like eggplant bolognese (which CJ says would pair perfect with his McCollum Heritage 91 wine), sausage, kale and bean soup, crustless leek quiche and warm bacon swiss chard salad. All of which the 28-year-old is ready to try for himself. But CJ hasn't always loved vegetables. "I didn't [like them growing up], I'm not gonna lie to you. I loved fruits but I wasn't a big fan of vegetables. I used to try to, you know, chop them up and make them as small as possible and hide them on my plate ... Now I like vegetables a lot, I eat a great variety." His favorites are asparagus, mustard greens, kale and mixed green salads, which he describes as "the cheat code - makes life much, much more easy." CJ has been cooking a lot in quarantine with his fiancé, Elise, balancing healthy meals with the occasional treat of french fries, popcorn or ice cream. "There's a lot of different stresses that we face in our day to day lives, and I think cooking is a therapeutic way to go about it," said CJ. "You get your alone time, you can listen to music, you can be with your significant other, your family, your dog, whatever the case may be - or your cat - and prepare something that makes you happy. And for me, food has been my choice of happiness, and I've eaten through a lot of stress and troubles, and I've eaten through a lot of success as well." Speaking of dogs, CJ and his fiancé did get a new puppy early on in quarantine. Her name is Fiona, and she's clearly loving her dad's new cooking skills - just watch this video to hear how many times she barked while CJ showed me his colorful blood orange fennel salad with sweet mustard dressing that he perfectly plated up. "The dressing was made from scratch, as they say," CJ said, describing his masterpiece. "[The salad] basically has everything you like in one." That includes fennel, a vegetable CJ had actually never knowingly eaten before making this recipe. And that's the whole point behind this cookbook - to get people to try new things that they've walked by in the store many times. "I must admit," said CJ. "I was going through the directions, and I was like, 'what part of the fennel do I cut?' So I had to Google it." He says to get into healthy eating, just start with what you're comfortable with, and go from there. "I think early on in your childhood a lot of vegetables are forced on you," said McCollum. "But explore, don't be afraid to try new things, as the saying goes, don't walk past foods. Like a banana, don't be afraid to just grab a banana on your way to school, to practice, to work." And as a professional athlete, CJ knows the importance of putting healthy food into his body. "Health, overall wellness is crucial. We can do all the working out we want, we can do all the meditation we want, but if we don't put good things into our bodies, we're not going to always get good results. And in the long run I think health is super important to us." CJ just landed in Orlando with the rest of his Blazers teammates, and will have Disney World chefs cooking for him until his basketball season ends. But he says when he gets back to Portland, he'll be making the sausage, kale and bean soup next. See all the recipes in the full cookbook here  |
| 29 Healthy Pasta Salad Recipes That Scream Summer - Self Posted: 10 Jul 2020 07:08 AM PDT  Healthy pasta salad recipes are a cornerstone of summer cooking for good reason. They're a simple way to creatively pack in a variety of yummy ingredients, like fresh seasonal produce. They're also versatile—as perfect for meal prep as an impromptu backyard BBQ. And while pasta salads are more classically a side dish, they're actually ideal for a filling main course too. Generally speaking, a satisfying meal is going to include three-to-four food groups—fat, protein, starch, and fruits or vegetables—for a variety of tastes, textures, and nutrients, SELF columnist Jessica Jones, M.S., R.D., certified diabetes educator and cofounder of Food Heaven, has told SELF. Pasta salad covers all those bases pretty easily, with flavors and nutrients galore. You've got carbs from the noodles, of course, and it's not really a pasta salad without some sort of crunchy veggie element and creamy fat-based dressing. Many also include a protein source like chicken, beans, shrimp, lentils, eggs, or tofu. We've rounded up some of the tastiest healthy pasta salad recipes around, including plenty of fresh takes on the summer staple as well as more traditional versions. A note about the word healthy here: We know that healthy is a complicated concept. Not only can it mean different things to different people, it's a word that's pretty loaded (and sometimes fraught), thanks to the diet industry's influence on the way we think about food. At SELF, when we talk about food being healthy, we're primarily talking about foods that are nutritious, filling, and satisfying. But it also depends on your preferences, your culture, what's accessible to you, and so much more. We selected these recipes with those basic criteria in mind while also trying to appeal to a wide variety of nutritional needs and taste buds.  |
| This Salmon Recipe Shines - The New York Times Posted: 10 Jul 2020 09:30 AM PDT  Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. My goal here is always to keep cooking simple: You need to be able to pull off these recipes after a busy day, especially if you've got kids at home, clanging around. But this time of year is really about keeping it simple: Summer and simplicity go hand in glove. The fresher and better tasting your produce, the less you need to do to it, and even the plainest food tastes good when you eat it outdoors, if you can. (I find this is especially true at the beach. Not that I am eating weeknight meals at the beach. Though that would be nice.) The recipes below are, yes, simple and delicious. Tell me what you think at dearemily@nytimes.com. Here are five dishes for the week: Image  1. Salmon With Crushed Blackberries and Seaweed In this recipe, the chef Sean Sherman joined two iconic ingredients of the Pacific Northwest — salmon and blackberries — to honor Indigenous groups of the region. The result is gorgeously simple, and will shine with wild salmon and the best berries you can find. Melissa Clark went all out with the tomatoes to make this Caesar salad, which absolutely could be dinner with a loaf of good bread. (Or garlic bread!) If you're very hungry, add avocado, or shred poached or rotisserie chicken to layer in with the tomatoes. Fresh, juicy, irresistible. _____ 3. Baked Mustard-Herb Chicken Legs This recipe, adapted from the chef Gary Danko, is one of the best ways I know to make chicken on a weeknight: Coat the legs with Dijon mustard, bread crumbs and herbs, and bake for about 35 minutes. If you don't have fresh bread crumbs, panko will do. 4. Quick White Bean and Celery Ragout This subtle, delicious dish by Alexa Weibel is inspired by one from the restaurant Chez Panisse. The recipe would make superb use of celery from the farmers' market, which is shockingly flavorful compared with the bagged bunches you get at the supermarket (though those would work here, too). Serve with toast, pearl couscous or farro. _____  |
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