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Legumerie. MuShroomAgre. Victuals. Vegetarian. Allen's Caesar Salad. Tending Produce. Edible. Chef! How to Make Salad in a Jar. My number one secret for eating dessert without dieting is eating a large salad in a jar every day for lunch.

How to Make Salad in a Jar

Here’s why I, a reformed salad-hater, now love salad: 1. Limitless variations of dressing and add-ons. The Great Salad Experiment - food. Go ahead, take a shot of salad dressing. I got my first taste of this salad dressing when a dear friend brought it over with a meal she had made for my crew right after Nola was born.

Go ahead, take a shot of salad dressing.

Living and Raw Foods:  Sprouting: a brief overview. Copyright (c) 1995 by Thomas E.

Living and Raw Foods:  Sprouting: a brief overview

Billings. This document may be distributed freely for non-commercial purposes provided 1) this copyright notice is included, 2) the document is distributed free of charge, with the sole exception that a photocopy charge, not to exceed ten cents (U.S.) per printed page may be charged by those distributing this paper. All commercial rights reserved; contact author for details (contact address given at end). Speed-Peel A Potato. How to Roast Any Vegetable in 4 Steps. Oven Dried San Marzano Tomatoes. Halved and seasoned San Marzano tomatoes ready to oven dry.

Oven Dried San Marzano Tomatoes

Michael Chiarello taught me to oven-dry tomatoes. We were working on one of his early cookbooks and I’ve used the technique ever since. Because (the dirty little secret is:) even at the height of tomato season, sometimes they taste, well, not the way we remember or think they should. So we need to do something to them to add flavor, or to concentrate flavors already there, or both. San Marzano tomatoes after 2 hours in the oven at 250 degrees F. The flavor of San Marzano tomatoes, the highly regarded plum tomatoes recommended for sauce because of their meaty texture, often disappoints me. Latke-Palooza: Oven Fried Sweet Potato Latkes. It was about an hour before Shabbos and I got the idea into my head that I would make vegetable latkes.

Latke-Palooza: Oven Fried Sweet Potato Latkes

Not such a practical idea at that point in the day, but there was a recipe on the bottle of safflower oil for sweet potato zucchini pancake that sounded really good. Freezing broccoli. an often overlooked way to preserve. In the mid-Atlantic, it’s been an amazing year for broccoli and cauliflower and brussels sprouts – all the members of the cruciferous vegetable family.

freezing broccoli. an often overlooked way to preserve.

I was at a farmers market last weekend and I saw beautiful golden, purple, green and white cauliflower. I wish the photo I took had turned out. One of my favorite farmers recently offered a deal on organic broccoli. We eat a lot of broccoli all winter in stir fries and especially in vegetable pie, one of those easy to the table recipes that satisfies every comfort food need. Green Bean Fries. Farro with Roasted Sweet Potato, Kale and Pomegranate Seeds recipe on Food52.com. Cooking is more fun with friends.

Farro with Roasted Sweet Potato, Kale and Pomegranate Seeds recipe on Food52.com

Find your friends who are already on Food52, and invite others who aren't to join. Let's GoLearn more Join Our Community Follow amazing home cooks. Collect recipes and articles. Sign Up ♥ 829  Save ▴ The Food Maven - Arthur Schwartz. The Food Maven Diary.

The Food Maven - Arthur Schwartz

Lacto-Fermented Dilly Carrot Sticks. Today we have another guest post as part of our lacto-fermented week.

Lacto-Fermented Dilly Carrot Sticks

If you’ve missed any of it be sure to check out my intro, Lacto-Fermented Roasted Tomato Salsa and Lacto-Fermented Escabeche. Today Cara from Health, Home, & Happiness shares with us a lovely recipe for fermented carrot sticks. Carrot salad with tahini and crisped chickpeas. I have been gushing in the margins about David Lebovitz’s carrot salad (pardon!

carrot salad with tahini and crisped chickpeas

Salade de carottes râpées) since I made it for the first time four years ago. It’s exquisite in its simplicity, just lemon juice, olive oil, a pinch of sugar, some salt, pepper, and rough-chopped parsley, all applied in that old-fashioned taste-as-you-go method that basically guarantees it will be perfectly seasoned when you’re done. Coleslaw: You Could Be a Star. Chile Peppers. For serious pepper connoisseurs, there is a simple taste test that measures the tongue-scorching capsaicin content of these fruits.

The highest capsaicin concentration is found in the placental region where the seeds are attached. Originally, human laboratory animals were "asked" to taste a series of peppers and rate their hotness. Since veteran pepper eaters tended to be desensitized to the intense heat, the test was performed on people who were not regular pepper eaters. The amount of heat is expressed in Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). Chipotles Peppers. Photo by: gourmetsleuth.com [Chee-POT-tleh] peppers are smoked jalapeno chili peppers and are also known as chili ahumado. These chilies are usually a dull tan to coffee color and measure approximately 2 to 4 inches in length and about an inch wide.

As much as one fifth of the Mexican jalapeno crop is processed into chipotles Article by: Barbara Bowman Chipotles date back to region that is now northern Mexico City, prior to the Aztec civilization. Today Chipotles are used widely throughout Mexico as well as in the United States. Nattō. VeganYumYum.