Archive for January, 2008
Monday, January 21st, 2008
I went to my local farmers market last week and found young rutabaga with their greens still attached. Googling Rutabaga I came up with equal votes for the greens being edible or not, so, throwing caution to the wind, I cooked them up. The greens were very mild, ...
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
These grain free cookies are a snap to make and all natural. If you need to count the carbs, each cookie has under 10 grams a piece, if you make 24 cookies. The fiber content is high, so the cookies don't cause blood sugar spikes, making them a perfect snack ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I thought I knew how to roast chicken, then I tried Julia Child's roast chicken; suddenly a plain meal became spectacular, and all it cost me was a few more table spoons of butter. Here are the basics from Mastering the French Art of Cooking.
1. start with a good quality ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
This makes a satisfying tummy warming supper. If you are insulin dependent and counting carbs, I am not sure what to tell you about the carb count. I have looked up red lentils in several reputable sources and they all disagree by a wide margin. For my daughter, we assume ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
These low sugar, gluten free brownies put any "diet" dessert to shame. One of the unique things about baking with coconut flour is how low carb it is. Because the flour contributes almost no carbs you can afford to use some real sugar. My taste buds are like drug ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
A nice cool side dish that goes great with BBQ
Ingredients:
2 firm regular cucumbers peeled, seeded and chopped
1/3 cup minced red onion
1 finely minced jalapeño pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped clinatro leaves
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp sugar, optional
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and chill for 30 minutes before serving.
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
I don't really like boneless skinless chicken breast, and I don't enjoy putting meat on sticks, and then keeping the sticks from catching on fire, and then picking splinters out of my meat. I do like chicken wings, oh! do like them. So, why not make satay chicken wings, ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
I just whipped this up to go with home made Satay Wings and must admit to being pretty smug about it. In fact, I sampled it enough that now I look like a cat with peanut butter in her whiskers; I just keep on lickin' my lips and finding ...
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