Category: Food
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Faux Pho
Ingredients While bringing stock to a boil, add in your uncracked egg. Add the grated ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, sesame oil, and say sauce. After boiling for about 4-5 minutes for soft boiled, remove your egg. Add in the noodles and shrimp and boil about 3 minutes until shrimp are opaque. Turn off the…
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Orzo with Carrots
Sometimes, we need simple nostalgic comfort food. My dad always made this to go with salmon, usually on Friday nights. Ingredients Method In a heavy bottomed pot, sauteé onion, garlic, and carrots in the olive oil or butter until fragrant. Add a pinch of black pepper. Add dry orzo and cook, stirring to well coat…
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Foraged Chickweed and Quinoa Salad
Save yourself a trip to the grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic by foraging fresh chickweed! This tender, sweet green can be found in early spring and thrives in moist shaded areas. It grows close to the ground, typically in dense patches. The plant has oval leaves with smooth edges and a pointed tip. It…
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Anemia Busting High Iron Trail Mix
I was diagnosed with iron- deficiency anemia Over several weeks I was feeling perpetually tired, weak, short of breath, lightheaded, and my feet were constantly cold. Since I had previous surgeries, I thought it was just part of the recovery process, or that I wanted to lie in bed all day because of my depression.…
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Carrie’s Winter Chili
Ingredients 2 Lbs ground beef (90/10%) 2 medium yellow onions, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 3 green bell peppers, diced 2 cans kidney beans 1 can navy beans 2 cans diced tomatoes *use home canned or frozen for best taste! 1 can plum tomatoes 3 Tbsp chili powder 1 Tbsp cumin 1-2 Tbsp sugar to…
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Black Eyed Peas
Ingredients 1 lb dry black eyed peas 1 smoked ham hock 1 large bunch mustard greens or collards roughly chopped, tough part of stems removed 1 onion diced 1 c. chopped celery 3 garlic cloves minced 3 bay leaves red pepper flakes to taste salt to taste 2-3 tbs oil Soak peas overnight, drain and…