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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Food Blurb: Much Ado About Mushrooms
Friday, August 4, 2023
QOD (Question of the Day): Homemade Pizza or Buddha's Delight?
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Friday, July 28, 2023
Foodie Friday : Mushroom: Real Food of Fantasy and Fairy Tales
For me, it provokes a memory of a romantic dinner date. My first experience tasting a mushroom was when my late husband (my fiancé at the time) prepared dinner for me. Steak with mushroom gravy.
Before meeting my husband, I avoided mushrooms for two reasons.
~Number 1: My mother never used them in any of her recipes. Mom didn’t cook them. (???) Maybe they don’t taste good. (O.o)
~Number 2: The way people describe mushrooms. Fungus. Toadstool. They don’t make the mushroom sound appetizing or visually appealing.
However, many cooks and chefs use the mushroom as the main ingredient in their recipes. Foodies are happy to share photos of amazing dishes where mushrooms are the star of the show.
As for being visually appealing, mushrooms are quite beautiful.
Artists often use them to illustrate fantasies.
Nature photographers go insane! They capture incredible pics just roaming through the woods or the fields.
My first time eating mushrooms was over 40 years. But from that day forward, I didn’t need convincing to make mushrooms a part of my diet. However, in case you do, perhaps this health article by Popular Science will persuade you. “4 reasons you should eat more mushrooms”.
It's good to know these reasons why, but the most important thing everybody needs to know about mushrooms is that some of them are NOT edible. No doubt you will find these information links useful.
10 of the World's Deadliest Mushrooms - WorldAtlas.com
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
Oven-Baked Summer Squash Fries (Should Be in Your Winter Recipes)
Not sure what the weather is like where you are. In my city (Austin, TX USA), it's confusingly balmy and breezy, occasionally rainy, comfortably warm with no need for a sweater, and sometimes chilly. It's climatically perfect! ☺
My friends elsewhere around the USA and the world are still complaining that Old Man Winter has overstayed his welcome and refuses to leave! This recipe is fabulous no matter what the season of the year is or what kind of weather you're experiencing. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 medium summer squash
2 eggs
1 ½ cups breadcrumbs (try panko breadcrumbs for a crunchier texture)
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon mustard powder
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
How to Make It:
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease a large baking sheet with olive oil and set aside.
Cut your summer squash into wedges. Remove the seeds if they are quite large and set wedges aside.
Whisk the eggs in a dish and set aside.
In another dish, combine the breadcrumbs, paprika, mustard powder and salt and pepper.
Start by dipping the wedges, one by one, into the egg mixture and then the breadcrumb mixture. Place each wedge on the greased baking sheet. Continue until all the wedges are done.
You can bake the wedges as is for about 30-40 (until soft inside and golden brown on the outside) as is, but if you want a more golden texture, drizzle or spray some olive oil on top of the wedges. Flip halfway through baking.
Serve with ranch or another favorite dip.
There are many versions of oven-fried squash recipes? Find more.
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- My top favourite squash to grow for flavour - and how to cook them(telegraph.co.uk)
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
The Mystery of the Perfect Condiments for Veggie Burgers
Veggie burgers are a real part of our nutrition plan.
Learned something about myself. Veggie burgers taste pretty good to me! Not all of them. But there is one particular brand that is inexpensive and tasty: Morningstar Farms® Garden Veggie Patties™. They have a variety of flavors: Asian, Spicy Black Bean, Mushroom, Grillers, etc. You eat them just like a regular hamburger.
Do You Have a Favorite Condiment for Your Food? ~ Whenever I ask this question I get a wide range of responses that went way beyond mustard and ketchup. People started throwing out: salsa, soy sauce, barbecue sauce, different kinds of mustards, chutney, mint sauce, red currant jelly, pickles and paprika, garlic and chives, Chimichurri, fish sauce and shrimp paste, Thai chili, black vinegar and peri-peri. Talk about food diversity!
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Care To Share Your Eggplant (Aubergine) Recipe?
On the hunt for eggplant recipes.
I want more eggplant recipes! More! More!!
- Do you eat eggplant cooked or raw?
Below are some recipes you might enjoy.
French style Roasted Eggplant
Ratatouille and Eggplant for Harvest Season
Marinated Eggplant - A Healthy Life For Me
Eggplant Patties with Olives and Herbs | Gourmandelle
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Food Blurb: Zucchini Flowers
Zucchini Flowers are elegant and every part of the bloom are edible. There are male and female blossoms. You can eat them raw. But most people like to fry them. Be sure to gently wash the flowers under cold water and pat dry before using in a recipe. It's best to eat them fresh but they can be frozen and will keep for several months in the freezer. Below are some recipes from my favorite food blogs.
Traditional Italian Fried Squash Blossoms and Zucchini Blossoms Recipe | Christina Cucina
Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms an Italian Classic | Chef Dennis
6 Ways to Cook with Zucchini Blossoms | Food & Wine
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Thursday, August 19, 2021
Veggie Spotlight: Scallions
Do you see the image below? What do you call these veggies? Scallions? Green onions? Spring onions?
I am confused because some say scallions are not the same as spring onions. Yet the chefs on TV call them green onions or spring onions ... they call them everything but scallions. Have you noticed that?The first time I tried them was in a salad. A friend took me to a salad bar at a restaurant. I couldn't believe how those little green and white bits and pieces completely changed the flavor of the salad! Then I went to a Chinese restaurant and ordered the won ton soup with my meal. They had a bowl of chopped scallion on the table, with a bowl of crispy fried noodles and some other garnishes. I didn't know what to do, so I just took a spoonful of the scallions and the crispy noodles and sprinkled it in the soup. It was fantastic! First food experiences can be so wonderful!
But back to the questions.
Here is one answer.
- "Green onions and scallions are actually the same thing!"
- "Spring onions, on the other hand, look similar to scallions, but you’ll notice that they have small onion bulbs at the base."
They are super easy to grow. I only mention this because they may not be cheap where you live. At our local grocery store we can get a bunch for about 35 cents. However, a friend in Europe says they are not cheap. But it's OK because they're easy to grow.
I don't really know many recipes that list them as an ingredient during the cooking. Most of the time, people sprinkle them on the dish after the cooking is done. I'm still learning how to use the scallion as it was not a common cooking ingredient in my mom's dishes.
Anybody else love this flavorful member of the onion family?
Friday, July 9, 2021
Foodie Friday : YAPAS (Yet Another Post About Spinach)
There was once a contestant in a beauty pageant and she was asked: “If you have one last thing to do before you die, what would it be?”
Her response was: “She would eat everything!”
That is a sister after my own heart! :)
I love to eat! But no matter how many “first food experiences” I have, I just know that there is a lot of delicious and tasty food in the world that I'm missing out on. :)
For example:
♦ I was either in my late 20s or early 30s before I knew that you could eat spinach raw!
Shocking??!! I know!!!
More true stories and facts about spinach.
~ Per celebrity TV chef, Rachael Ray, frozen spinach is the best bargain buy for green leafy vegetables!
~ My late mother only ever fed us spinach from the can.
~ Popeye the Sailor Man is the reason one of my brothers starting eating spinach. My mom had tried everything to persuade him. The cartoon did the trick! :)
~ Recollection of my first food experience eating raw spinach?
When traveling on official government business you get a “meal allowance” and so you get the opportunity to eat out at restaurants. Can't remember the restaurant, but when I ordered my dinner, the salad was served first. That's a common practice. What was uncommon is that it was a spinach salad and it was delicious! I'm like: 'Oh my! You can eat spinach raw!'
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Would like to recommend an online publication called "The Science of Eating". It is loaded with healthy eating tips and information, like this article:
Thank goodness you can turn carrots into juice and mix it with other juices to mask the flavor. :)
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
Green Leafy Vegetables : On a Roll With Escarole
Made a New Year's Resolution to eat more green leafy vegetables. Been doing pretty good too! It's September and this is, I confess, the only resolution I have managed to keep. However, there is one green leafy vegetable I have yet to try. So I collected some recipes.
Escarole a.k.a. common chicory, broad chicory, or Batavian endive, is a vegetable that I recently discovered can be cooked in a variety of delicious recipes. Here is my collection.
How about you? Are you an escarole lover? If you have more please feel free to share in the comments.
Escarole and Bell Peppers With Olive Oil
- By MARK BITTMAN
New York Times Diner’s Journal
”This classic braised escarole dish, which uses a series of techniques that can be applied to almost any green vegetable, relies on a hefty amount of garlic and olive oil, which are added both at the beginning and at the end of cooking, the final additions to freshen and intensify flavors.”
: Escarole and Beans
- By: KristaP: "This is a creamy concoction of escarole and beans. It's rich, and it's divine! It's also best served with a warm crusty Italian bread."
: Fettuccine with Escarole and Brie
- Food & Wine's Grace Parisi use of escarole and brie in this recipe is masterful.
: Escarole Sausage Soup
- "I’m a fan of escarole. It’s a crunchy green with a bit more heft than lettuce, and it makes a great salad: on it’s own simply dressed or tossed with 10 other things to make a grand main course salad. In my heart though I’m a cooked greens fan, always. I like escarole cooked up with garlic in my Standard Cooked Greens Recipe: garlic oil heat cleaned cooking green: apply together and you have a great side dish or taco stuffing." –Julia
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- By: Tammy
"This lemony salad is served hot from the wok. Escarole is a bitter green, but can be less so when grown shielded from the sun. In general, lighter green leaves indicate a milder flavor. Thinly sliced tomatoes are a great accompaniment. This recipe can be doubled. For a larger party, cook in batches."
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
My Foodie Luv First Food Experiences: Veggie Burger
Veggie burgers look like burgers but they don't contain meat. Do you remember the first time you ate a veggie burger?
Can you remember your first veggie burger experience? I can remember mine. I ran away! Me? Eat a meatless burger? I think not!
I was working at a state hospital and there was a small restaurant open for breakfast and lunch. Most of the employees and managers ate there. On a certain day of the week, the owner’s special was soy burgers. The burgers looked delicious! I would have eaten it too if she (the owner/manager) had not casually mentioned before I was about to order that it was a meatless burger.
I’m like: No beef! It’s a hamburger with no meat! Forget about it!
She laughed at my reaction and told me that so many people would order those soy burgers that she would run out of them. She never had enough to serve all the customers. If I had not seen it with my own eyes I would have thought she was just kidding me. But she wasn’t kidding! Her customers really loved those veggie burgers. But I wasn’t convinced.
Fast forward about 10 to 15 years later and for personal reasons, major dietary changes had to be made for the sake of a certain family member. I found myself not having to choose whether I would eat a veggie burger, but what kind of veggie burger was I going to eat? Oh my! There are only thousands of recipes and several brands in the store that you can buy ready-made.
Me personally, I like veggie burgers made with mushrooms. They at least have a “meaty” taste. Several years have passed and now I’m perfectly OK with eating veggie burgers. Of course, they don’t taste like a hamburger. But they don’t taste nearly as awful as I imagined that they would. I don’t know what I was thinking when I worked at the state hospital. After all veggie burgers are made out of foods I usually eat anyway: beans, chickpeas, mushrooms, nuts, oats. The only difference is they shape those foods into a patty to make it look like a burger. Duh!
It’s so true. You eat with your mind. LOL.
Do you have a favorite veggie burger?
The 12 Best Veggie Burger Recipes | The Spruce Eats
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Monday, October 12, 2020
Food and Nutrition: You Must Find Ways to Eat Your Veggies (It's Not That Hard)
I Ate What My Mom Cooked!
Plant-Based Foods and Meatless Mondays
Cooking Tasty Veggie Dishes is Not That Hard
Top 35 Indian Cooking Blogs For 2020— Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner) ~ #Freelancer (@cmoneyspinner) March 9, 2020
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#indianfood #indiancuisine #worldcuisine #cooking #recpes #blogs #foodblogs #food #foodanddrink #cookingtips
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~ Sharing tips for #healthyeating. #eatyourveggies @EverybodySpices @Rx4Wellness2018
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Friday, June 26, 2020
Food Spotlight : Capsicum Annuum (Peppers)
Anyway! I like fajitas. If it weren’t for this dish I don’t think I would have even realized that different color peppers exist and also have different flavors. For example, the red bell pepper actually tastes sweeter than the green bell pepper. The green pepper if you put too much in a recipe can taste kind of bitter. I blame my ignorance on a family tradition. My mom only bought green bell peppers. My sister only bought green bell peppers. So? I only bought green bell peppers. I learned by example. It’s not my fault! I watch a lot of cooking shows and once heard one of the TV chefs say that a red bell pepper has more vitamin C than an orange. Did you know that? Coming from Florida I was inclined not to believe that. But even though it’s true, I would still rather have an orange. Wouldn’t you?
I also recently discovered that there was such a thing as purple bell pepper. There is a website called johnnyseeds.com. There is even a sweet chocolate organic pepper. I’m not sure I want to try it. But if you’re brave enough, go for it!
There seems to be a little confusion over the use of the word capsicum. In my mind, that is. I always thought capsicum was the word used for a hot red pepper. But I was watching an Indian chef on TV and she used the word “capsicum” for the dish she was preparing, however, she was talking about bell pepper. I was confused but an Indian guy on a Q&A site called Quora clarified the difference between the bell pepper and capsicum. It turns out that we are both right!
I am not really a huge fan of bell peppers. But I can live with them. So if a recipe calls for the ingredient, I prefer to use RED.
What about you?
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Vegetarian Singapore noodles - quick and easy!— Louisa Clements (@Living_Lou) August 13, 2018
Recipe uses bell peppers, bean sprouts, snow peas, tumeric + curry powder. Follow the recipe here >> https://t.co/gv5x5UTdLO#vegetarian #recipe pic.twitter.com/zesbccX17H
The secret to this #Japanese Style Grilled Bell Peppers #recipe is a dressing that is both sweet and savory - and plenty of katsuobushi!— Pickled Plum Food and Drinks (@misspickledplum) August 8, 2018
RECIPE >> https://t.co/GbXmltkUSB pic.twitter.com/uROEb7dapQ
● Herb and Spice Spotlight: Capsicum (Red Pepper) https://t.co/zsmV9DtqDM @EverydaySpices #foodanddrink #veggies— Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner) ~ #Freelancer (@cmoneyspinner) June 17, 2020
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Grocery Shopping on Amazon ~
The Best Fresh Peppers in Best Sellers.
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
How to Cook Everything (Emphasis on the Greens)
How to Cook Everything The Basics:All You Need to Make Great Food -- With 1,000 Photos
This book offers a collection of delicious recipes, from fried eggs to steamed mussels, along with practical tips and helpful photos. Learn fundamental techniques and variation ideas for modifying or customizing recipes. Available in Hardcover and Kindle edition.
This cookbook has been recommended by some as "the new kitchen bible".
Leafy Greens: An A-to-Z Guide to 30 Types of Greens Plus More Than 120 Delicious Recipes is one of Bittman's books which is sure to delight both vegans and non-vegans. From arugula to kale to wakame (a sea vegetable), Bittman offers 120+ healthy recipes to make it easy to go green. Delicious anti-oxidant-packed recipes for salads, soups, stews, stir-fries, etc. Also, nutritional information, advice on buying and cooking greens, and which greens make good substitutes for one another.
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Cooking Basics ~ How to Cook Everything - Emphasis on the Greens
Related Links of Interest
♦ Green Leafy Vegetables: On a Roll With Escarole
♦ Healthy Eating Tips: Eat Your Greens! Drink Your Carrots!
♦ YAPAS (Yet Another Post About Spinach)
♦ Health and Wellness: Where to Find Advice on Healthy Eating and More!
Source: Webnuggetz.com
Friday, August 9, 2019
Food and Drink : Veggie Spotlight : Veggie Substitutes
If only this particular recipe did not have this particular vegetable, I'd eat it all the time!
Face it. When it comes to vegetables, there are certain veggies you either love 'em or hate 'em.
I'm that way about okra. Oh yeah! I know all about fried okra, gumbo, and all those wonderful recipes where okra is the main ingredient.
For years, there were certain dishes I would avoid just because of the okra. Since I didn't really get into cooking until I got married and had to cook for my family to live, I never really thought too much about varying recipes or changing things up a bit.
Hey! Gumbo is made with okra. IT'S THE LAW!! Right?
Of course, when I look at it I realize that I was just not being flexible. Common sense. Some people have food allergies. They have to learn how to substitute certain foods for other foods.
~ Substitution Guide
But even if you don't have a food allergy, there are just some veggies you don't like! PERIOD!! And you're not flexible when it comes to that specific vegetable.
So! For me … since I don't really like (slimy) okra all that much, I found that zucchini is a great substitute veggie. Whenever I see a dish I want to try and it says okra, I go right out to the grocery store and buy zucchini! LOL.
(NOTE: Others have recommended asparagus or broccoli florets as okra substitutes. I respectfully disagree.)
Which veggies do you like to substitute?
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