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Category Archives: Nuts and seeds
Macaroons
By Cat, August & October 2007. updated April 2017 for toppings (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Macaroons are a type of cookie basically made from meringue (beaten egg/egg white and sugar) and shaved coconut flakes. They do not flatten out like … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Eggs, Extract, Nuts and seeds, Sweetener, Tropical fruit
Tagged coconut, egg, honey, maple syrup, stevia, vanilla extract
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Lettuce, Pear, Nut & Goat Cheese Salad
By Cat, June 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Salad Menu; 2. Lettuce & Salad Greens (About); This salad has been showing up at trendy restaurants in the last few years. It may sound strange to put pear slices on a lettuce salad … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Pear, Berries, Dairy, Dried fruit, Fat or oil, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Nuts and seeds
Tagged dried cherries, dried fruit, goat cheese, lettuce, pear, pecans, vinaigrette, walnuts
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Florentine Lasagne, with Variations
By Cat, Feb 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons; by User AlMare) I can’t believe that I’d never had lasagna until I went off to college. But ‘exotic’ foods (Oriental, Italian, Mexican, Greek, etc.) were just not available in rural Montana … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Dairy, Eggs, Fat or oil, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Nuts and seeds, Onion family, Pasta, Pork, Spices, Uncategorized, Vine veggies
Tagged cheese, cream butter, eggs, fennel seed, garlic, Italian sausage, milk, nutmeg, pasta, ricotta, spinach, tomato sauce, zucchini
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Greens Salad with Spicy Melon Dressing
By Cat, April 13, 2015 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Salads Menu; 2. Sprouting Seeds; 3. Toasting Seeds This salad pairs cantaloupe with salad greens and sunflower seeds, and spices the cantaloupe dressing with hot chiles. The original recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Blended, Citrus, Fat or oil, Herbs, Leafy Veggie, Melon, Nuts and seeds, Onion family, Pureed, Raw, Sprouted, Vinegar
Tagged arugula, balsamic, butter lettuce, cantaloupe, chile, garlic, lime, mache, mint, olive oil, spinach, sunflower seeds
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Snow or Snap peas with Almond-Taratour Sauce
By Cat, March 2015 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Taratour Sauce (Turkish Tangy Sesame Tahini); 2. Soaking, Sprouting Nuts & Seeds One of my best garden crops is snow peas and snap peas (I plant both). I love them … Continue reading
Posted in Blended, Citrus, Fat or oil, Nuts and seeds, Onion family, Simmered, Soaked, Sprouted
Tagged almond, garlic, lemon, olive oil, snap peas, snow peas
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Lebanese Spinach Pie
by Cat, Aug 2007 (Photo, right, by Cat) See also: 1. Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie); 2. Middle Eastern Meza Menu; 3. Savory Tarts, Pies Menu; 4. EthnicFoods Menu; 5. Wheat/Spelt Yogurt Pie Crust; 6. Soaking & sprouting grains; Other Sites: Greg Patent’s Greek Greens Pie (6), which uses a … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Dairy, Fat or oil, Flour, Leafy Veggie, Nuts and seeds, Onion family, Spices, Steamed
Tagged butter, feta, flour, garlic, nutmeg, onion, pine nuts, spinach
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High-Fiber Foods
by Cat, Mar 2, 2015 (Photo, right, originally by Sage Ross, from Wikimedia Commons) Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that we cannot digest without the help of our gut bacteria, but it provides many benefits to the gut and to … Continue reading
Cherry-Almond Scones
By Cat, Oct 2007 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Traditionally, scones are only slightly sweet, more like baking powder biscuits, and are so tender they melt in your mouth. What adds a hint of sweetness is the chopped or dried fruits … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Dairy, Dried fruit, Eggs, Extract, Fat or oil, Flour, Leavening, Nuts and seeds, Spices, Stone fruit, Sweetener
Tagged almonds, butter, buttermilk, dried cherries, egg, flour, nutmeg, stevia, sugar, yogurt
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Cream Scones, with Optional Dried Fruit & Nuts
By Cat, Oct 2007 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) This is a basic recipe for cream scones; feel free to add your own twist for spices, fruit/dried fruit, and nuts. The original recipe was written for whole wheat pastry flour; … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Berries, Dairy, Dried fruit, Eggs, Fat or oil, Flour, Leavening, Nuts and seeds, Soaked, Spices, Sweetener
Tagged berries, butter, buttermilk, cinnamon, dried fruit, egg, flour, nutmeg, nuts, sugar, yogurt
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Hazelnut (Filbert) Gelato
By Cat, Nov 2007 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Puddings & Frozen Desserts Menu; 2. Ice Cream & Frozen Dessert Basics Italian ice cream is all the rage now, with its intense flavor and soft texture. Most Gelato shops … Continue reading