Here’s the recipe for Hungarian Mushroom Soup in the Instant Pot. It’s a great use for mushrooms and it features a wonderful creamy broth that’s beautifully colored by the paprika. Yes, this is the same recipe that was published in The Moosewood Cookbook. I always make this with my homemade…
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…
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…
I love pickling spice. It’s great in pickles, both fermented and pickled. It’s also nice to run through the spice mill and grind into a fine powder, which can be sprinkled over things or stirred into sauces. I don’t like buying the pre-made little jars at the supermarket because I…
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. We each have our favorite side dishes–dishes that we only get to make and eat on Thanksgiving and we look forward to them as we look forward to the first snowfall. Sweet Potatoes topped with Candied Nuts (or marshmallows), Creamed Peas and Onions, STUFFING!
Need a little help with your scrambled eggs? Are you completely lost in the kitchen? Let me help. It’s not that hard to make some really good scrambled eggs.
Like anything else, if you want good oatmeal cookies, you’re going to have to make them yourself. Maybe I’m jaded because my mother used to make these oatmeal cookies for me and I’ve been eating them for 50 years and anything else pales by comparison. Watch carefully your bake times. You can…
Here’s a delic dinner entree you can knock out in about 30 minutes. I like using fresh tomatoes, but you can easily substitute a can of chopped tomatoes. The fresh cilantro is key. Don’t try to substitute dried. I served it with Califlower “rice”, but you can use real rice…
This is a super simple recipe for breakfast sausage using ground pork and a few fresh herbs. It gives the basic steps from the supermarket to the plate. Change the ingredients to suit your taste or what you have on hand. The only step I will have to require is…
I’m going to do the whole30 starting on 8/15/2016. whole30? Oh, it’s the new crazy! Get this: for 30 days, follow these rules: Do not eat added sugar. Do not consume alcohol. Do not eat grains. (wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, millet, bulgur, sorghum, amaranth, buckwheat) Do not eat…