Ingredients:
2 T butter
1/2 c onion
1 T garlic, minced
1 C quinoa
2 C chicken stock
1 T parsley, chopped
1 lemon, juiced Read More
Turkey Taco Salad
Serves six.
Ingredients:
2 lbs ground turkey, 93% lean
1 T olive oil
1 1/2 T chili powder
2 t cumin
1/2 t paprika
1/2 t garlic powder
1/2 t Mexican oregano
1/8 t ground black pepper
1 T fresh cilantro, chopped (or 1 t dried cilantro)
8 oz salsa (your favorite brand and heat level)
1 (15 oz can) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 small can sweet corn
6 cups packed lettuce, torn
2 large tomatoes, sliced
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 orange bell pepper, seeds removed and sliced
1 large avocado, diced or scooped with a spoon
2 limes, sliced
24 blue corn taco chips
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
Optional: jalapenos, serranos, Hatch chilis, frijoles instead of black beans, more Salsa,Tabasco, sour cream….. If you can put it on a taco, it can be added to this beautiful salad. Read More
Almost Swedish Meatballs
My Grandma B came to the United States from Sweden when she was about 15 years old. The meals she cooked were an interesting mix of New and Old Country. Unfortunately, her recipes live on only in my culinary memory. I hope these meatballs would have made her proud.
Ingredients:
2 slices soft whole wheat bread, torn into small pieces
scant 2/3 cup 2% milk
1 to 1 and 1/3 lb lean ground beef
1 egg
1 1/2 T onion minced
1/4 t mace
1/4 t pepper
1/8 t allspice
2 T butter
2 T flour
1 can condensed cream of celery soup, or one recipe cream of celery soup
1 cup white wine, divided use
1 cup undiluted evaporated milk
2 T chopped fresh parsley
12 oz uncooked medium wide egg noodles Read More
How to Make a Tomato-Bocconcini Salad, by Rosemary Gretton
Join writer and editor Rosemary Gretton as she walks us through this most delicious summer evening.
This salad is best served on a late summer evening, when tomatoes are at their ripest. Boccincini are nuggets of soft, creamy, fresh mozzarella cheese, about the size of a cherry tomato. In Italian, bocconcini means “small mouthfuls.”
First, head outside to your vegetable garden, smiling as you savour the sight and smell of the warm, ripe Bella Rosa tomatoes, finally come to fruition. Pick four or five large tomatoes right off the vine. Bring them in the house. Wash the tomatoes well, and cut them into thick slices. Place the slices in a glass salad bowl. Read More
BBQ Chicken, Beans, and Kale
Ingredients:
1 T olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 t ground black pepper
1 t thyme
3 cans Great Northern Beans, drained and rinsed
4 cups baby kale, packed
6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
2 T vegetable oil, or your favorite oil
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce Read More
Garlicky Quinoa
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
1/2 cup onion
1 T garlic, minced
1 cup quinoa
2 cups vegetable stock
1 T parsley, chopped
1 lemon, juiced Read More
Chicken in Cacciatore Sauce
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil, divided use
4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 bunch leeks, cleaned and sliced
8 oz mushrooms, rinsed, dried, and cut into thick chunks
1 (28 oz) can peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand
1/4 cup basil, torn in half
1/4 cup red wine
2 T parsley, chopped
1 t fresh rosemary needles, rinsed, patted dry, and chopped
1 t brown sugar
1/4 t ground black pepper
Dash of ground red pepper
Salt to taste (but do you really need it?)
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Beef Bone Stock
Stock Ingredients:
2 lbs soup bones, either short ribs or oxtail, or talk to your butcher to find out what is available
1 T vegetable oil, or other high heat oil
Cheesecloth and cooking twine
1 carrot, sliced into three pieces, root and stem removed
Skin and first layer of one large onion
2 sprigs parsley
Center ribs of celery, including all the leaves
15 or so pepper corns, a small handful will do
6 cups water
1/2 t salt Read More
Pumpkin Chicken Apple Sausage Soup
Ingredients:
2 T unsalted butter (or your favorite oil or broth to sauté)
1 medium onion, chopped
12 oz chicken apple sausage, sliced in half lengthwise and then sliced into half moon bits
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree (not the pie filling) or use 15 oz home-made pumpkin puree*
4 cups chicken stock, low sodium
1 apple, peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces (I used a Gala, but use whatever apple you prefer)
1 T adobo sauce, from the can that holds the chipotle pepper
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced (for topping at the table) Read More
Making the Perfect Pie Crust
Ingredients for two crusts:
3 cups flour
1 t salt
1 cup shortening or lard
1 egg
1 t white vinegar (or champagne vinegar)
5 T cold water Read More
Mindful Palate 