Pork chops smothered with Mushrooms in Madeira Sauce
Ingredients:
1 lb button mushrooms, rinsed, dried, and thickly sliced
1 T olive oil
Twist or two of kosher salt
4 (3/4 – 1 inch thick) pork loin chops
A few twists of salt
1/4 t white pepper
1 T butter
1 T olive oil
1 large shallot, minced
3/4 cup Madeira
1 T fresh parsley, finely chopped or 1 t dried
Several shakes of ground white pepper
Optional seasonings for pork or sauce: garlic, onion powder, and thyme Read More
Bok choy is a type of Chinese cabbage with dark leaves attached to a base that looks rather like celery.
It comes in a number of varieties. Baby bok choy is a variety that I particularly love, one that is available at many grocery stores. To see all the wonderful varieties of bok choy, take a tour of an Asian grocery store. Ask questions if you are unsure of flavors and use.
Bok choy is delicious, easy to cook, wonderful in stir fries or sautés, low in calories, and very good for you.
To prepare bok choy, first slice off the tough end at the base of the plant. Read More
Ingredients:
1 clove garlic, minced and well smashed
6 T extra virgin olive oil
1 T lemon juice, fresh squeezed
1 1/2 T Champagne Vinegar
1/2 t Dijon Mustard
1/8 t ground white pepper
A few twists of a Kosher salt grinder Read More
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Rigid diets do not agree with me – I tend to get rather obstinate at times and do not like being told what I have to do. So, I will tweak my way to a weight that is sustainable and healthy for me by using questions instead of silly rules.
Currently, I am tweaking liquids. It is astonishingly easy to pour a nice tall glass of unnecessary calories.
Our family loves to eat well and one thing I recently noticed is that more of our meals included a glass or two of wine – not a bad thing unless wine happens without pausing, breathing, and asking the right question. Read More
Salad Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 cups sweet corn
1/2 cup red onion, chopped
2 T cilantro, chopped
1 large Haas avocado, chopped
Honey Lime Dressing Ingredients:
2 T lime juice
3 T olive oil
2 T honey
Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
Dash of cayenne pepper Read More
You can flower under the harshest of conditions.
Has the state of the world today filled you with stress that threatens to harm both your mental and physical health?
The horrors that men inflict upon one another are not a problem of modernity. The only new thing under the sun is the sheer volume and immediacy of information.
There was a sense of security in the not knowing, a feeling that formed a sort of protection from having to acknowledge painful reality.
The world is not really different, it is the informational bubble wrap that live streaming, news videos, and social media conversations have removed.
Though it is terribly difficult to watch and read, modern media may also be what we need to change things for the better. Read More
These are my two favorite ways to roast garlic.
The first creates beautifully aromatic individual cloves of garlic that are intended to be consumed whole.
The second melts the clove into a fragrant spreadable garlic that is perfect for slices of chewy Italian bread or for swirling in to your favorite recipe. Read More
Ingredients:
2-3 lbs bone-in chicken, use your favorite pieces
2 T olive oil
2 t ground garlic
1/2 t oregano
1/2 t marjoram
1/4 t pepper
1/8 t salt
1 sweet or yellow onion, cut into chunks
8 oz mushrooms, thickly sliced
2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
5 banana peppers, sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 T olive oil
1/2 cup white Italian wine Read More
Find the peace everywhere you go.
What does the word “diet” mean to you?
Do you associate it with exercising strict control over meals and snacks in order to reduce weight? Or does the word bring on depressing visions of resigned self-control to shove away the “bad” food you love. Maybe you equate the word diet with the sterile term “intake”, something to be counted, weighed, measured, and joylessly categorized.
For far too many, the word diet means they are in a fight with food. You do not have to cede such emotional power to food. Peace with eating can be discovered when you redefine the word “diet”. Read More
The Spoon Mage and Daughter of Spoon Mage
And so somewhere along the line, I found that I have put on weight that was previously lost in a most mindful way. It happens.
Anyone want to stroll down a pathway to health with me? You may need to lose weight or you might just want to prevent weight gain. Either way – please come along.
We’ll be taking a meandering trail. No stringent dieting please. No denying yourself favorite foods. You don’t have to follow any one way of eating, but you can if it suits you. Read More
Mindful Palate 