Category Archives: Root Veggie

Raw Tomato & Avocado Soup (Cold)

By Cat, March 2015 (Source of image, right, unknown) I learned about this soup when I took the 7-day juice fast at the Wellness Education Center (WEC) in Kalispell MT (1); it is a recommended soup for the first night … Continue reading

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Potato-Fennel Soup with Browned Onions

By Cat, Nov 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Soups & Stocks Menu; 2. Fennel or Finnochio (About); 3. Beet, Fennel & Orange Salad This is a very versatile vegetable and herb.  Most parts of the plant are edible, including: leaves, stems (bulbs), … Continue reading

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Lamb Shank Braised with Vegetables en Papillote

By Cat, May 2011 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Lamb shanks are not the same as ‘leg of lamb,’ although both are part of the leg. A typical confusion is shown in the photo, right, with a ‘leg of lamb’ on … Continue reading

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Vegetable Soup with Roast Turkey Stock

By Cat, Nov 2014 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also Soups & Stocks Menu This recipe features a rich bone broth, in this case from a turkey carcass. The bones and bone marrow provide many nutrients to the broth including … Continue reading

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Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables

By Cat, Nov 2014 (Photo, right, from Wikipedia – link unknown) See also: 1. Root Vegetables, About; Other Sites: 1. Mercola: Roasted Root Vegetables (1); 3. Best Health Magazine: 5 Reasons to Eat More Root Vegetables (3) Root vegetables have always been a part … Continue reading

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Chicken & Fig Tagine

By Cat, Nov 2009 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Slow Roasting/Braising Chicken (About); 2. Brining Chicken; 3. Butterfly & brine game hen; 4. Couscous, Steamed In case you are not familiar with Moroccan cuisine, a tagine is a stew, typically laced with fragrant spices, fruits and … Continue reading

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Pot-Roasted Chicken with Spring Vegetables

By Cat, Jul 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Roasting a Bird (About); 2. Brining Chicken; 3. Brining Poultry; 4. Slow Roasting/Braising Chicken (About) The source recipe (1) refers to this cooking method of cooking a whole chicken as ‘pot roasting’ but it is … Continue reading

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Saffron-Raisin Quinoa (as Couscous Substitute)

By Cat, May 2010 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Includes: 1. Saffron-Raisin Quinoa recipe; 2. Instructions to sprout quinoa See also: 1. Moroccan-Style Chicken, with Couscous (or Quinoa) Quinoa has become increasingly popular in the last few years, in part because … Continue reading

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International Chicken Soups

By Cat, Sep 2007 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Includes: 1. Mediterranean Chicken Soup; 2. Asian Chicken Soup 3. Caribbean Chicken Soup; See also: 1. Soups & Stocks Menu; 2. Rich Chicken Stock; 3. Versatile Chicken Stock; 4. Chicken Soup, from Scratch; 5. Baked Chicken for Shredding or Cubing These quick and easy soup … Continue reading

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Chicken Soup, from Scratch

By Cat, Nov 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) I grew up with Campbell’s canned soups for lunch, and chicken noodle was my favorite. (Dad sometimes made soup from scratch for dinner, but that was not very frequent). When I … Continue reading

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