The older I get the easier my recipes become. Enjoy it!

LOVE tha kale chips. Always looking for a new dish using kale, so this one’s it for TG. Thanks!

already bought several and already ate all of them. YUM. Now I’m waiting for the Rhode Island Greenings so I can bake some pies.

Love Gravensteins! Gonna call Blue Jay Orchard. I usually get them in late September but maybe they’re ready now!!!

Favorite -- definitely strawberries, but they have to be fraises des bois, the tiny ones that are so sweet they taste almost like cotton candy with juices. The big fat ones in most stores are way too dry. Ooooh, wish I had some frasies des bois right this minute.

typo! Obviously Vegetable oil. But, as recipe changes from plain to others I suppose we could also think begetable somewhere.

Hi Lee

I cook very simple foods -- grilled chicken breasts, fish (mostly roasted salmon -- smear with some Dijon mustard and white horseradish and roast at 450 degrees for about 13 minutes for fish 1-1/4 inches thick). Side dishes are usually two vegetables. Good ones for diabetics who can’t have potatoes: peel some parsnips and carrots, slice into strips and coat with a film of olive oil. Sprinkle with a tiny amount of sea salt. Roast at 425 degrees until crispy. I am the author of Hip Kosher -- lots of easy, simple, low carb choices; Amerian cuisine. Also look at Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything, good suggestions with alternatives. My desserts -- mostly fruit -- also roasted with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Fresh orange slices sprinkled with mint and toasted chopped almonds. Does this help?

I agree completely about the carbs. I have “pre” diabetes -- high glucose but not yet diabetic, and had gestational diabetes when pregnant. I am not overweight and work out 3 times a week. I have measured blood levels after eating white potatoes, white rice, regular pasta and bread, and the glucose levels always go up more when I eat these particular carbs. No more french fries or garlic bread for me. They’re just not worth getting sick over. I’ll have an occasional baked potato. For me, brown rice, farro and sweet potato seem okay. They’re tasty and filling too.

Sadaf has pomegranate paste -- same as molasses -- (can buy online) and Penzey’s spices has Aleppo pepper (also available online)