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Cook Outside the Box “SPICE class” recipes

Spices R us! We made outstanding tasting food! Photos and more info to come.

Anticancer recipes based on David Servan-Schreiber’s book

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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.

An almost complete guide to using tomatoes

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Options aplenty! Here’s an almost complete guide to using tomatoes: whole, chopped, sliced and blended. Several recipes, too, ones that might be unique to you. Enjoy!

It’s time to get to know this new kid on the block: Kiwi Berries (hardy kiwis)

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These pop-in-your-mouth miniature-kiwi-like fruit are gaining popularity with the young and old, chefs and farmers. They are showing up more and more places and are now available (Sept 19th through October) at Monta Vista Market, in Cupertino, see location and contact info, below.

Asian Refreshing Pressed Salad

Pressed salad, with dumb bells

This make-shift salad press does the trick! The pressure makes for a crispy, watery salad

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!

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 [...]

Relaxed Kale and Purple Cabbage Salad

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This is a wilted salad, the kale is ‘cooked’ with lemon and salt (an acid and alkaline). The colors are dark and light green, purple (w/touch of white), black, brown. The textures are leafy, crunchy, soft. Can be made 2-3 days ahead of serving. although the pumpkin seed oil, parsley, pecans and seaweed ought to be added the day of.

5-course, pretty much Paleo, gourmet lunch

Dehydrated Roasted Apple, Dehydrated Bacon, Raspberry

5-course luncheon for 2 people (well, 3 people if you count me, yet I ate after they had their dessert course).