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Aloo Gobi
Aloo Gobi is one of those dishes I’ve enjoyed in lunch buffets at Indian Restaurants, but don’t usually order as an entree for dinner. It’s unassuming and understated, not as much star power as the tandooris or the tikka masalas. When it comes to home cooking, though, Aloo Gobi wins because I can make it…
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Morse’s Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is an Eastern European delicacy made of finely shredded cabbage fermented by lactic acid bacteria. It is an effective way to build probiotics, bacteria that is beneficial to the body’s digestive system. It is also rich in vitamins and minerals. Like most healthy food items, industry has figured out a way to ruin…
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Duck Eggs
I received a flat of fresh duck eggs as a gift! I grew up eating duck eggs in the Philippines. The infamous balut is hardboiled fertilized duck egg, with a half-formed baby chick on one side and a bright yellow veiny yolk on the other. Begin by cracking the balut on one end to make…
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Banana Ice Cream
If I were to get stuck on an island with only one kind of fruit-bearing tree, I would hope and pray it was banana. Believe it or not, bananas are considered berries. In tropical countries like the Philippines, where I grew up, there are different kinds of bananas, varying in size, color, firmness and the…
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Berry Yogurt
It’s springtime and berries are back in season. Sure, you can find berries in the grocery store almost any time of the year, but more often than not, they look a little sad and travel-worn. I’m talking about berries you can find at your local farmers market, the kind more than likely grown just within…
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How to Make Homemade Pasta
My daughter has been making homemade pasta with her Dad for as long as she remembers. Preparing meals is a family activity in our home. It’s so gratifying to see my 10-year-old daughter competently handling knives and the stove, while conversing about our family’s health philosophy (in between silly stuff). We stopped eating wheat for…
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Peppermint Stick Ice Cream
Sure it’s cold outside, but here in our house we turn our leftover candy cane into… Peppermint Stick Ice Cream From The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home: Ingredients: 2 cups raw organic whole milk 1 cup raw organic heavy cream 4 large organic egg yolks 3/4…
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Sprouts Plus Vietnamese Noodle Bowl Recipe
I sprout. Do you sprout? I just felt like it one morning. I got out a couple of quart mason jars and put in a tablespoon each of alfalfa and mung beans. Poured it full of water, a teaspoon each of food-grade hydrogen peroxide and let it sit for 15 minutes. I trapped a mesh…
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Fiddleheads
I’ve never met this vegetable before: fiddleheads. It’s the curled ends of a young ostrich fern, harvested in early spring. It is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C. There are so many recipes and ideas for cooking fiddleheads online, but here is the simplest way to serve it: Steam the fiddleheads for about 20…
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Coconut Muffins
Coconuts made quite an impression on my husband and daughter when we visited the Philippines. My home has coconut trees growing right on our front yard. One Sunday morning a boy climbed one of the trees with a machete and carefully lowered bunches of coconuts down to our driveway. We drank fresh coconut juice and…