Category: Food Wisdom
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Rhubarb Kompotte
One of my personal all time favorites is Rhubarb. I love the tart taste, the beautiful color and the amazing diversity of it. As kids we used to just cut a stalk, peel it with our fingers and either dip it into a little sugar or just eat it by itself. The peeling part was…
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Lomo al Trapo
So on our recent trip to Northern California, we cooked some lomo al trapo together at our friends’ house. It is traditionally a Colombian dish and is a beautiful large piece of beef tenderloin. Lomo = filet, Trapo = rag or cloth, so Lomo al Trapo = beef tenderloin in cloth! I forgot our camera,…
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Ring my Bell Pepper!
Mmmmm, one of my personal all time favorite vegetables is The Bell Pepper. It is not only absolutely beautiful, deliciously sweet, but also extremely good for us. Most of us are familiar with bell peppers as green, red, orange or yellow. But they also come in purple and black, and each is incredibly delicious. We are currently…
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Kohlrabi Who?
Today let’s introduce a vegetable not very widely used here in the U.S. One of my absolute favorite vegetables: The Kohlrabi. This wonderful vegetable can be prepared in so many different delicious ways. Soups, Sautee, Raw, Steamed, BBQ, or just plain part of a stir-fry. Either way it is so delicious. Please pick some up…
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Live-r for life!
Today we wanted to introduce something a little different, an organ meat, or offal that some of you may have never eaten, or perhaps one that you’ve not eaten since your childhood. We grew up eating calf’s liver, and although it might be an acquired taste for some, we find it to be quite delectable…
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Celebrating Earth Day
U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in, today 40 years ago. His movement began at a grassroots level, mobilizing from a huge student body ranging from High Schools to Universities. Approximately 20 million Americans participated. The movement began because people recognized the need for environmental protection and the need for change…
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Horseradish Guacamole
Anyone who’s ever eaten horseradish knows that it helps with sinus issues. It really clears your nose cavity and sinus areas, and can actually give you this burning sensation if the root is too spicy or if you eat too much at once. Nonetheless, it clears us up. Lately we’ve had a tough time with…
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Not just another salad dressing! Jo’s Almond Butter Salad Dressing
If you pick up any salad dressing bottle in the store and read the ingredients, you’ll probably never want to pour that stuff over your salads again. Even the organic “good for you” kinds will have possible food colorings, canola and soy oils or even more harmful hydrogenated oils, xanthan gum, and juice concentrates. That…
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Authentic Hungarian Gulasch
We believe that it is vitally important to eat right, buy local whenever possible – know where your food and ingredients really come from. With that said, I wish to share with you today my mom’s amazing authentic Hungarian Gulasch. It is not difficult to make, but you need to have patience, especially with stirring…
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Looking for a lunch alternative? Butternut Squash Soup
Let’s face it, salads are great and we eat them all the time. But once in a while we welcome an alternative. So with that said, let us share our Butternut Squash Soup with you. You can easily make this in advance and have it at work or as a dinner. We just made this…
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