The Horned Melon
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For more on the delightful horned melon, read on…..
I simply could not resist picking up this odd looking little fruit… or was it a vegetable?… that sat nestled in amongst a variety of tropical produce at the grocers. The label identified it as a Horned Melon. Read More
The Spoon Mage™ loves to cook up the Food of the Cities for the Super Bowl. She is not a big fan of the game so just cooks for the fanatical fans. On the menu for 2013 was Baltimore Style Pit Beef. The meat marinates in a dry rub for 3 days and even this lowly cut of meat morphs into a fantastical sandwich!
Rub Ingredients:
2 T bacon salt, low sodium gluten free
2 T paprika
2 T garlic powder
2 t dried oregano
1 t fresh cracked black pepper Read More
Ingredients:
2 cups broccoli florets, blanched
1 1/2 cups cauliflower florets, blanched
1 (15 oz) can chickpeas
1/2 cup red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup carrots, shredded
1 T slivered almonds
2 T olive oil
2 T cider vinegar
1 T Dijon mustard
2 t garlic, minced
1/8 t turmeric
Black or White pepper to taste Read More
Ingredients:
2 oz prosciutto
1/2 onion, chopped
2 t pure olive oil
12 oz peas, fresh or thawed from frozen
1 T water
1/4 t black pepper Read More
Beautifully cooked food blankets the soul with a sense of peace, a peace that is best shared.
Mom, Grandma, and home cooks from previous generations created food that brought the entire family home to one shared purpose. With the simple act of eating together, differences were put aside, albeit briefly, except for a few jabs under the table.
That is the power of home cookery. Read More
from Wikimedia Commons
Any day that promotes peace should include a peaceful offering at the table. On this most excellent day, when bloggers world wide are writing BlogBlasts for Peace, it struck me that if the entire world could sit down together and enjoy a purposefully mindful and peaceful meal, world peace could be achieved in one evening. Mindful and peacefully prepared, served, and consumed food is a balm for mind and soul, so today, I will prepare Peace and Pappardelle.
Please join me and serve a peace-filled meal tonight. Read More
Image purchased from Getty Images, will replace the next time I make this delicious soup!
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 jalapenos, seeded and chopped
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 (4 oz) can Hatch green chilies, chopped
2 (14 oz) cans diced tomatoes
1 T chili powder
2 t cumin
½ t sugar
1 T Worcestershire Sauce
2 cups beef broth
2 cups chicken broth
1 (14 oz) can tomato soup, condensed
2 cups chicken, cooked and diced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped, divided use
8 whole wheat flour tortillas cut into ½ inch strips like short noodles
8 oz co-jack cheese, divided use Read More
Ingredients:
2 pounds ground beef, 93% lean
1 medium yellow or sweet onion, chopped
1/2 red or green bell pepper, rinsed, deveined, and chopped
8 oz mushrooms, rinsed, dried, and sliced thickly
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 t powdered garlic
1 t thyme
1/2 t paprika
1/4 t ground black pepper
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
2 cups fresh green beans, snapped into 1-2” lengths
4 cups beef stock, low sodium
Pinch of salt, to taste
Hot red pepper flakes, to taste Read More
This peace filled recipe is dedicated to a fellow Peace Blogger that passed away today (January 29, 2012): Sarge Charlie was a retired Army man that understood the importance of peace. He will be greatly missed.
We had pasta in the pantry. But, we have also had a lot of Italian meals of late. I skimmed my cookery books, searched the internet, and went through my somewhat but not quite orderly files, and not a one said “You must make me just like this.” However a bunch of recipes said, “Oh look! Why don’t you use this or that from this idea?” Others said “well, I’d be much better if you only added these things and took out that thing.”
The recipes were starting to cause quite a ruckus and I was not about to allow the violence to escalate. So, I decided it was time, once more, to Declare World Peace with Pasta. Read More
Ingredients:
2 T Vegan margarine
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 t garlic, minced
1 1/2 pound fingerling potatoes, scrubbed and left whole
12 oz fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped
1 cup vegetable stock, low sodium
1 cup water
1/8 t ground black pepper, or to taste
1 T Vegan margarine to finish the dish Read More
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