Circular Cooking

Flageolet beans and cauliflower waste Scanning the shelves for new nutritious options to add to my dogs’ diet has become a habit. Simple, natural ingredients that will offer something different in terms of taste or nutritional profile. Some of the [...]

Essentially, this pairing has a very clean logic to it. It's bit of departure from the veg-veg duo building block, but the thinking behind trying a new type of bean-veg pairing was that celeriac would lighten both the texture and [...]

Sloppy Joes Like so many accidental discoveries, these canine Sloppy Joes started with a practical question: what to do with leftover broth. Cooking for my dogs, I automatically accumulate a surprising amount of broth as a by-product, especially of poaching [...]

Soaking mushrooms? Don't throw the water away! Have you been soaking dried mushrooms, shiitake maybe? Don’t throw the soaking water away – it’s golden! In recipes, I have always advocated keeping the soaking water after reconstituting dried mushrooms. Over a [...]

Well Dog Freezer Staples Practically every cook I know of, from home cooks to celebrity cooks, extols the importance of pantry staples. Which is why I've listed the dry staples in the Well Dog Pantry Staples on this site for [...]

Hydrating drinks Now that we are facing some hot weather, hydration is top of the list: I'm really concerned to ensure that my very active dog does not become dehydrated. Especially because she doesn't appear to be very thirst-driven. But [...]