Serves 8
Ingredients:
2 acorn squash
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
2 T dark brown sugar
2 T butter
Course grind black pepper, to taste (or approximately 1/4 t)
Pinch salt
Pinch of nutmeg Read More
Spicy Black Beans and Corn
Serves 8
Ingredients:
1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 oz) can sweet corn, mostly drained
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup red bell pepper, chopped
2 jalapeno, deseeded and chopped
8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 T cilantro, chopped
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste Read More
Baby Kale with Mushrooms
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
16 oz mushrooms, sliced or left whole
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
5 oz baby kale
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste (not too much, just a turn of the grinding knob)
1 T balsamic vinegar
Optional: grated Parmesan and crushed red pepper flakes Read More
How to Boil an Egg
It’s easy to make a beautiful hard boiled egg that is perfect for breakfast, a snack, to slice onto a salad, or to create deviled eggs. It all begins with a bit of mindfulness when shopping.
As with all food products, buy the best eggs you can afford. This might mean the daily special in the grocers, or it may mean a trip to the local farmer for a batch of eggs fresh laid this morning by free range chickens. Read More
Pork Wonton Soup with Baby Bok Choy
Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
1 large shallot, minced
1 T ginger, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 quarts (8 cups) chicken stock
1 t fish sauce
1/4 t ground white pepper
1 lb baby bok choy, rinsed and cut into large pieces
8 shiitake mushrooms, rinsed, patted dry, and sliced
30 pork wontons
Salt to taste
4 scallions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
Hot red pepper flakes to taste Read More
Pork Wontons
Ingredients:
1 lb package of Wonton wrappers
1 lb ground pork 80/20
8 medium mushrooms, small dice
2 egg yolks
2 green onions, white and light green, thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 T soy sauce
1 T dry white wine
2 t sesame oil
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper Read More
Pan Browned Gnocchi
Ingredients:
1 lb gnocchi
2 T olive oil
The Spoon Mage™ Note:
Gnocchi are little dumplings made out of potatoes and semolina. They can be boiled or pan fried and make a delicious change of pace from the usual pasta. Read More
Standing Rib Roast, oven method
Ingredients:
1 Prime Rib Roast
Lots of chopped garlic
Lots of black and white pepper
A bit of fresh ground sea salt
1 large baking or roasting pan
1 recipe Horseradish Cream Read More
Horseradish Cream
Ingredients:
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup mayo
1/3 cup prepared horseradish
1T Dijon mustard
1/4 t ground white pepper
1/8 t sugar
pinch salt Read More
Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole
Ingredients:
1 cup evaporated milk
1 1/4 cup homemade cream of celery soup (or 10 oz from a can)
1 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup white wine
1 1/2 T roasted garlic, minced
3 cups cooked shredded chicken
3/4 cup brown and wild rice – uncooked, not one with flavoring packets, just the whole grains
1 cup sweet red pepper, chopped
1 cup onions, chopped
1 t onion powder
1/4 t turmeric
1/4 t dry mustard
1/2 t black pepper
1 t thyme
1 t dried parsley flakes
Pinch of salt
Paprika Read More
Mindful Palate 