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Black Bean and Quinoa Salad

John MacDowall April 9, 2020 April 9, 2020Uncategorized grain-free, healthy, healthy eating, quinoa recipes, side-dish, tex-mex, vegetarian 1
Quinoa Salad

This is a nice, grain-free side to go with your Tex-Mex meal or really whatever. Pairs nicely with a grilled salmon filet or a rib-eye. You can decide what you want to serve it with–just make sure you serve it!

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Hungarian Mushroom Soup

John MacDowall November 5, 2018 April 9, 2020ETHNIC, RECIPES creamy soup, how to make soup in the instant pot, Hungarian Mushroom Soup, instant pot, instant pot recipes, Mushroom Soup, mushrooms, paprika 3

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Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes

John MacDowall September 22, 2018 April 9, 2020RECIPES health, healthy eating, homemade dressing, saturated fat 0

Stop poisoning yourself with toxic food! Most bottled salad dressings are made of soybean oil and/or cottonseed oil. These oils are not suitable as food. They are manufactured liquids that are the end result of industrial processes that rely on high temperatures and toxic petrochemicals to make a product that …

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How to Dilute Wine to Make Vinegar

John MacDowall June 7, 2018 April 9, 2020VINEGAR 3

Acetobacters have a difficult time breaking down alcohol in concentrations greater than 9%.  If you want to make wine vinegar, you will probably need to dilute your starting wine with water before adding the mother culture.  On this week’s YouTube video, I show how to use cheap red wine to make …

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Fermented Celeriac and Apple Slaw

John MacDowall May 21, 2018 May 21, 2018Fermented Foods celeriac, fermentation, fermented foods, healthy, salads 6

Celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum), also called turnip-rooted celery, celery root, or knob celery, is a variety of celery cultivated for its edible roots, hypocotyl, and shoots.  Wait!  It’s a hypocotyl? 

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Fermented Chickpea Hummus – My Battle with Lectins

John MacDowall May 16, 2018 May 29, 2020Fermented Foods, RECIPES, SNACKS 2

I’m working on a recipe for fermented chickpea hummus. Ideally, I’d like to use raw chickpeas.  Raw foods rule!  Right?  Or do they?  Like other beans, raw chickpeas contain large amounts of lectin. Lectin is a protein that plants produce as a defense mechanism. When animals eat foods that contain …

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How to Make Your Own Condiments!

John MacDowall August 7, 2017 April 9, 2020VINEGAR 2

Here’s the printed recipes to my video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-F8ykWfiTZg Ketchup that is NOT 1/3 sugarSuper easy way to whiz up some mayonnaise in seconds!

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Les Herbes de Provence

John MacDowall March 13, 2017 April 9, 2020DRYING, Spice Mixes herbs, spice mixes 1
Herbes de Provence

Herbes de Provence [ɛʁb.də.pʁɔ.vɑ̃s] is a mixture of dried herbs that typically grow in the Provence region of southeast France. Herbes de Provence are used to flavor grilled foods such as fish and meat, as well as vegetable stews. The mixture can be added to foods before or during cooking …

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How to Build a Hydroponics Garden

John MacDowall February 27, 2017 March 30, 2017Uncategorized 1
Hydroponics

This is a project that I’ve wanted to start for some time now. I live in the woods so I don’t get enough sun for a real garden in my yard. I guess my gardening is relegated to my basement. All is not lost. I can still have a cool …

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Crockpot Recipe: Ginger Beef

John MacDowall February 9, 2017 April 9, 2020Uncategorized 3

Here’s a nice, warm, asian beef stew that you can throw together in the slow cooker.  You can start by cutting up your own produce, or you can buy stew meat from the butcher counter and a frozen vegetables already cut up! Learn the whole recipe on youtube

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