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Cooking demos (74)

Hot and sour squash peanut soup

Day 2 at INTEL….. This soup has a kick, most people said it is medium spiced with a good balance of sweet and sour. ***** The HOT kick comes from red pepper flakes and red chilies. The SOUR punch comes from the pickled red chilies and from the tamarind. The smooth SWEETNESS comes from the [...]

Cooking demos at Monta Vista Market

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11 & 12 February, Sat/Sun

Plum, Apple, Thyme Slush (or Soup)

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A wonderfully refreshing drink, adapted from:  (name of book to come) 1 plum 1 apple 1 cup water 3 cups ice (or 1 cup coconut milk, omit water) 3 sprigs thyme Top each serving with a few drops of Balsamic Vinegar   Slow-carb version:  add Coconut Milk and serve as a soup

Raw appetizers: Raviolis, Cannellonis, Creamsicle, Chocolate Mousse

Pizza Tartlette

Holiday appetizers can come in a variety of forms and flavors… here are mine, that I created for the “Raw Food Connection” potluck in Monterey this past weekend.

Sole dinner w/kale salad and a caprese salad

Fish with butter, fennel veggies in parchment wrap, with kale salad and tomato fennel stack

Fish dinner with culinary student was a success! He can use the parchment paper cooking method for many other dishes. He has plenty of Basil Butter to use on other dishes like soups, fish, meats, salads – too!

Cleaning fruits and vegetables

Many times, you find garlic for sale in a net bag.

A ‘free’ scrubbing net, you might already have this! I use the net from garlic bulbs as a mit, or bag, to scrub fruits and veggies. It works well, rinses easily and lasts a couple of months.

Raw food potluck, 1st Thursdays

1 December (1st Thurs)

Cucumber with Raspberries dipped in Malt Vinegar Sea Salt

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Came up with these fruit kabobs during one of my Farmer’s Market cooking demo at Williams-Sonoma in Los Gatos. YUMMM!  the Malt Vinegar Sea Salt tasted great with the sweet cucumber and tart raspberries. I bought the cucumbers and raspberries at the Los Gatos Farmer’s Market. Found the Malt Vinegar Sea Salt on the store [...]

Romaine Lettuce Boats w/Lentils, Quinoa and Dairy-free Alfredo Sauce

Stillheart: Female leaders35 (Lentil, Quinoa Wrap, Beets and Carrots)

Here’s a unique way to serve grains and legumes. The colors are green (lettuce), brown, tan, white sauce, topped with green and red. The textures are grain-y, creamy, watery crunch.
Can be made the day before, and then put into lettuce boats the day of. Top with meat, poultry or fish for other sources of protein.

Sweet’n Sour Root Vegetables with orange and ginger

I will serve this side dish at AT&T’s cafeteria in San Ramon, on Thursday, October 13th. That morning, I’ll give a motivational talk to 120 employees — how to get to a new automatic pilot in the kitchen, making food, for a healthy, happy, productive, quality life. Here is the designer lunch I created to be served [...]