Looking for a different not-too-rich side dish? Try Asian-style slaw. It’s vinegar and oil based instead of mayo-based. It works great as summertime side with most of your favorite grilled foods.
Here’s how to make it:
Chop and combine the following veggies, all measurements are approximate.
1 cup red cabbage slices
1 cup green cabbage slices
1-2 carrots
1/2 cup cilantro
2 [...]
I recently purchased an indoor shiitake mushroom kit. Growing mushrooms is perfect for me, because my home doesn’t get a whole lot of natural sun. I’ve harvested a couple of mushrooms and thought I’d share the pictures.
Here’s my shitake cooking recipe so far.
Ingredients
fresh shiitake mushrooms
oil or butter
Directions
Wash the mushrooms
Cut off their stalks, save for boiling [...]
A delicious and unique side salad, this is great to take to barbecues and picnics. It doesn’t have any mayo, eggs or dairy, so you don’t have to worry about leaving it out if you’re partying all day. I love this salad, it tastes like summertime to me!
Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water or vegetable [...]
Tags: quinoa·side salad
Throwing together some pasta, veggies and protein is always tasty and it can be different every time. This week, I pulled this combo together: Lemon Pepper Pasta with asparagus and shrimp, garnished with a sprinkling of bacon crumbles and fresh parsley.
Ingredients:
4 green onions (chopped, use both whites and greens)
1 tbs olive oil
1/4 cup white wine
1-2 [...]
Tags: asparagus·lemon pepper·Pasta·shrimp
Spaghetti is a dinner stand-by. However, I’m not a big tomato fan, so if I make spaghetti and meatballs, I opt for more pasta and meat sauce, than spaghetti and red sauce. Here’s the latest variation on spaghetti sauce: red wine, basil and kalamata olives.
Meat Sauce:
1/2 yellow onion diced
1 lb lean ground beef
large can tomato [...]
My man was feeling a little under the weather, so I decided to make some homemade soup. Whole Foods had turkey legs on sale, so Turkey soup was the order of the day. Making soup from scratch (stock and all) is really easy, it just takes a little time…
Stock Ingredients
1 turkey drumstick
1 small onion, quartered
2 [...]
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When I want to have a productive work day, I make sure I eat a large breakfast so I’m not snacking or growling my way to lunch. Having the same thing every day gets boring, why not make breakfast exciting? This past week, [...]
Tags: Bacon·french toast
Ingredients:
tuna steak (I used a frozen steak)
olive oil
green onions (chopped, white part separated from green part)
shiitake mushrooms (sliced long ways, from top of cap to bottom of stem)
tamari
cilantro
How I made this happen:
First off, non-stick skillet is the way to go. Put in a little olive oil and the white part of the green onions and [...]
Tags: pan-seared·shiitake·tuna
A few weekends every winter, we go on a hut trip or a winter getaway trip with some of our friends. We ski or snowshoe a couple of miles into a cabin up in the Rocky Mountains heated only by a wood stove, with no running water or electricity (and yes, an outhouse) and we [...]
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To go with an Indian-style dinner, my man decided he’d try to make some naan. Since it was for me too, he wanted to make it dairy free. We don’t have a clay stone, and with the substitutions we weren’t sure how it would turn out. Here’s the story:
Since we didn’t have clay stone (or [...]
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