by Kate Evans If you’re looking for a cookbook filled with healthy, delicious and easy-to-make recipes, check out local author and registered dietitian Stacy Schultz’s second cookbook West Virginia It’s Stacy’s Great Grandma Zona’s Wisdom and Recipes. Schultz, a Berkeley Springs resident, had her new cookbook released this month on[Read More…]
Tag: It’s Stacy Healthy Eats
It’s Stacy — Healthy Eats: Corn & Black Bean salsa
Corn & Black Bean Salsa My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, was not a chips and salsa person, but she loved black beans. Every time my Grandma served beans for dinner, my sister Lisa and I would sing that song, “Beans, beans, good for your heart, the more you eat, the[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Squash Patties
Squash patties My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, collected yellow crookneck squash from all her friends and neighbors to make squash patties. She was particular about getting the young tender-skinned squash. She told me getting them off the vine was important before they got bumps, tough skin, and big seeds. They[Read More…]
It’s Stacy — Healthy Eats: Cucumber Salad with Dill
Cucumber Salad with Dill My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would have this cucumber salad several times a week during peak cucumber season. She would take it to picnics and family reunions as her dish to share. As a summer snack, I still take a cold cucumber out of the refrigerator,[Read More…]
It’s Stacy — Health Eats: Spring Onion Soup
Spring Onion Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, loved spring onions. She would be out in her garden this time of year, putting her onion bulbs into the ground. She was fussy about making sure those rows of onions were straight. We would walk to Hunter’s Hardware every spring to[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Lasagna Soup
Lasagna Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, always used food sparingly. She saved all her broken lasagna noodles for soup. She lived through the Great Depression, which made her thrifty with meals. She loved anything made with her home-canned tomatoes, including lasagna soup. My grandma lived to be 100 years[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats –Chunky Asparagus Soup
Chunky Asparagus Soup My great-grandmother, Arizona Henry, always told me that the only downside to eating asparagus is that your pee smells like a skunk spray for hours after you eat it. The smell will make you think you have an infection. But no worries, asparagus is nontoxic. This smell[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Apple Bundt Cake
Apple Bundt Cake My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, knew what to do with those old mealy apples stored in our root cellar. She would bake several apple bundt cakes to share with the neighbors. She liked hers with caramel glaze. Apples become mealy about this time of year. Mealy apples[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Potato, corn & ham soup
Potato, Corn, and Ham Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would use potatoes from the root cellar to make different kinds of potato soups. My favorite was the one she made with corn and ham. We spent many hot summer days shucking and cutting corn off the cob, putting it[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Chicken “Things”
Chicken “Things” My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, was not a fan of chicken wings. She told me they were like eating feathered chicken skin on bones that would give you the poops. Grandma said the best piece of the chicken was the thigh because it was always tender and moist,[Read More…]
