With the arrival of spring comes the urge to get back into shape and lighten our diets. Regular exercise routines start now and for breakfast we’ll have granola. It was our first attempt at making it and it turned out great. It’s a loose recipe concept therefore it can be adjusted to fit what you like or to use ingredients on hand. When I was thinking about making granola for us, I wanted to use a variety of nuts and seeds that would otherwise be tough to include in our daily diets, putting a focus on making a highly nutritious granola. [Read more...]
Camp Cooker
August 30, 2009 by ·
Last week Joe and I went on a little vacation to Minnesota with some friends (Todd, Gage, Robert, & Joshua), Todd and Joshua are brothers who have a family house set on beautiful Lake Ossawinnamakee, where the water is clear! We spent most of our time on the pontoon boat floating around playing games and enjoying treats; when we were off the boat you would most likely find us cooking around the fire or up in the cabin kitchen. All of us happen to really enjoy cooking, so there was no shortage of good ideas for tasty meals. [Read more...]
Kale Smoothie
May 22, 2009 by ·
Over winter Joe and I fell in love with kale. Because it is more of a cooler climate crop it was easy to find and very inexpensive in the fall/winter months. Kale has become a little harder for us to find as spring has been approaching, meaning it’s not always at our local produce markets. So what we have been doing is grabbing several bunches of it every time it’s available and freezing whatever we can’t use fresh. We cut and prepare the kale in pieces (remove the stem), blanch it for a minute or two, cool it down quickly with cold water and/or ice cubes and let it air dry. Shove it in a baggy to freeze. It becomes surprisingly condensed as well when you squeeze air our of the bag. The first time we did this I was worried that it would all stick together and be difficult to use later, but that wasn’t a problem at all. All of the pieces pulled apart without struggle. Using it once frozen is practically like using it fresh, except all of the work of cutting it up has already been done! Yesss! Do it! [Read more...]
Young Coconut Banana Smoothie
April 29, 2009 by ·
Our never-ending quest for health has brought us to the young coconut. For the past six months, we have been doing Kundalini Yoga via DVD with Ana Brett and Ravi Singh. After falling in love with Kundalini and Ana and Ravi’s teachings, we wanted to further explore how these two yogis live their dietary lives. As it turns out, they eat a vegetarian and raw food diet including daily young coconut smoothies (no word as of yet on their opinions of onions). We’ve got the vegetarian thing down, but we’re trying to become better raw foodies. So we figured the young coconut was a perfect place to begin our foray into the raw world. [Read more...]
Huevos Rancheros – B Style
April 26, 2009 by ·
Huevos Rancheros can be served in many different forms. It seems as though every restaurant has their own way of preparing essentially the same meal. This is because there are many ways to make this concept delicious! The staple ingredients of Huevos Rancheros include tortilla, eggs, sauce/salsa, avocado and beans. Joe and I make this meal frequently and have about 4 or 5 different “preferred” ways to do it. This particular style is referred to “huevos rancheros, B-style” or “huevos rancher-B’s” (soon to come- Huevos Rancher-Joe’s and Eggs Arhar Daal). [Read more...]