Cook Outside the Box “SPICE class” recipes
Spices R us! We made outstanding tasting food! Photos and more info to come.
Spices R us! We made outstanding tasting food! Photos and more info to come.

The theme I picked for my recent cooking demo at Monta Vista Market was “Thanksgiving Leftovers.” And I gave myself the challenge of coming up with unique recipes. Click here to see my more normal recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers: egg scramble and fritatta. Below are: Pumpkin Pie Pancakes Pumpkin Pie Dumplings Marzipan Mashed Potatoes Cranberry [...]

Here are meal ideas and recipes, based on the guidelines in the “Anticancer book” and based on my clients’ food in their pantry/fridge and their likes and dislikes. Each dish builds on the previous one — using leftovers.

Cooking a fruit cobbler on the stove top is one of the easiest summertime cooked desserts I can think of…. stone fruits, berries and apples can be used, along with a variety of batters. The prep work is not laborious, it’s easy to put together and it cooks pretty fast (under 20 minutes). I’m hoping [...]

Food, knives and board are ready for tonight’s “Cook From The Box” class. Am super curious what we will create, we got rhubarb in the box this week and I’m hoping we make my 10-minute stove-top rhubarb pie, the recipe is on my food blog, click here to see it. Produce in the box this [...]

Marinated grapefruit and a fruit salad came to mind when I saw Monta Vista Market’s produce specials this week. Another dish that came to mind was one that I created while doing a cooking demo at Monta Vista Market this past Sunday: 10-minute Rhubarb Strawberry stove-top Pie.

This dessert brings to mind my friend’s mantra: “YUMMMMMMERs.” It’s guilt free, gluten free, dairy free, egg free, low carb. This recipe requires a bit of attention and time — it has 3 stages: bake, simmer and refrigerate. AND — no, you can’t taste the flavor of the white beans.

It’s chewy, it’s guilt free, it’s gluten free, fat free, dairy free, egg free, low carb cake. Can be cookies, muffins, crust, cake. Sooooo simple!

Gluten free, fat free, dairy free, egg free, low carb fudge brownies TOTALLY guilt free, TOTALLY easy, TOTALLY ‘fun’ for all ages. I call’m “fudge brownies” because the beans make a very dense chewy brownie and the addition of the coffee (I used a concentrated decaf) brings out the chocolate flavor without adding more chocolate. [...]

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