Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
Pinch salt
1 celery stalk with lots of leaves, chopped
2 lbs butternut squash, chopped
4 cups vegetable (or chicken) stock
1 t garlic
Pinch salt
1/4 t ground pepper
1/2 t cumin
1 t ancho chile powder
1/2 pint heavy cream
Topping: hot red chile flakes Read More
Ingredients:
1 head Napa cabbage, chopped
1 daikon radish, sliced to 1 inch “fingers”
1 cup carrot, shredded or cut small
2 Serrano peppers, red preferred, sliced thinly
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
Spicy Thai Salad Dressing Read More
Ingredients:
4 large leeks
3 T unsalted butter*
3 garlic cloves
1 t dried thyme
1/4 t white pepper
1 t sugar
1 bay leaf
1 cup Pinot Grigio or your favorite white wine
2 T parsley Read More
Enjoy this colorfully and tasty salad with just about any meal.
Ingredients:
2 large tomatoes, diced
1 English cucumber (or 2 small cucumbers)
1/2 large red onion, diced (less if you are not an onion lover)
1 T lemon juice
1 T olive oil
1 T fresh mint leaves, chopped
1 T fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
A bit of fresh ground pepper Read More
Sometimes I feel the weight of it all. Sometimes the load is light and easy.
Sometimes I breathe over and around all the bumps. Sometimes I run smack dab into newly exposed troubles and am overcome by the difficulty.
Life is like that. So much is simply out of our control. Where can you find the calm center everyone talks about?
Your ability to be in the midst of the storm and retrieve a moment of peace is only a breath away.
Directions:
Pour a little air into your lungs.
Stir well with three mindful breaths.
Mix in a dash of good posture.
Simmer with the following conscious breathing technique. Read More
Ingredients:
1 bunch small carrots (approximately 1 pound), peeled, cut into two inch lengths, then halve the lengths horizontally so there is a flat surface on one side of each slice of carrot
1/2 sweet onion, sliced
2 T unsalted butter
1 T sugar
1/8 t ground ginger
1/4 t white pepper
Scant 1/4 cup water
1 T apple cider vinegar
1 T parsley, chopped Read More
Serves 8-10 as a side dish or 4-5 as the main in a multi-course meal
Ingredients:
3 bell peppers, assorted colors, de-seeded and sliced
1 onion, sliced
2 zucchini, sliced
1 T olive oil
2 cups orzo, uncooked
Dressing:
4 T olive oil
5 cloves garlic, chopped
1 t dried rosemary, or 1 T chopped fresh rosemary
1 T flat Italian parsley, chopped
1/4 t ground black pepper
2 T fresh lemon juice Read More
Soup Ingredients:
1 lemongrass stalk, cleaned and crushed with a kitchen mallet, then tied into a knot
1 oz dried Oyster mushrooms, chopped
1 oz dried Shiitake mushrooms, chopped
3 kaffir lime leaves, dried or fresh, left whole
1 knob galangal, peeled, sliced, and smashed (or 1 t ginger plus 1/4 t ground black pepper)
6 cups water
1 tablespoons fish sauce Read More
Do you spend the day rushing about multi-tasking? Sometimes things just fall together in spite of the lack of attention. Other times, things don’t work out so well.
Cooking requires full-on focus or you may find yourself on a mad dash out the door for a forgotten ingredient or, worse still, angrily trashing a burnt meal.
This simple technique for staying present and on track requires no yogic training or fancy meditation courses. You don’t even need special equipment.
As long as you are able to breathe, you have just what you need to slow a frenzied brain.
Cook up a little mindful attention with the following recipe. Read More
My Mom always made Boston Cream Pie for my birthday.
Last year, my daughter made this one for me, thus continuing the tastiest of all family traditions.
Cake Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 t vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour, spoon lightly into the measuring cup
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2/3 cup milk Read More
Mindful Palate 