The Chef at The River House Tavern in Westport, CT
surprised us with this dessert platter...
on the house.
I am not a dessert person
but I could not pass this up.
Do you have a favorite dessert that
you can not pass up?
Cauliflower instead of rice?
Oh yeah!!!
Grated cauliflower - used raw or gently steamed makes a good substitute for rice in nori rolls.
Season with a bit of japanese vinegar.
This photo is from an older post.
I used almond pate instead of rice.
Soak the almonds for a few hours.
process with red pepper, olive oil,
nutritional yeast and some tamari.
add some carrots strips and avo ....yum.
Carb free.
From an earlier post...
this uses Cauliflower to make risotto.
4 oz. of curried tempeh
1 cup of cauliflower risotto
1/4 of a roasted red pepper
1 slice of roasted onion
only...350 calories!!
Simmer tempeh in water with curry powder, coriander seeds, cayenne (make as spicy as you like), thyme, 1 tsp. olive oil, 1 tbs. nutritional yeast. Let it pan fry and dry up bit and add some water and let it bubble up...do this 3 times...to let the spices soak into the tempeh.
this is 8 oz.
(serving size 4oz.=210 Cal.)
Grate the cauliflower and simmer in water (just enough to cover it). Cook a couple of minutes...it should be crunchy...not mushy. Add a herbal blend of spices...1 tsp. of olive oil.
Drain...add margarine and parmesan cheese to taste.
Squeeze some fresh lemon on top along with some black pepper.
Design by Nature.
Next time you cut into a vegetable or fruit...
take a moment to look at the structure...
Cut things in different ways...
from different slices you can
see the "grain" or "veins".
Patterns repeat and layers
emerge.
It's arugula!
Arugula
Arugula is an aromatic salad green. It is also known as rocket, rocket salad, roquette, rugula and rucola, and is popular in Italian cuisine.
Like most salad greens, Arugula is very low in calories and is high in vitamins A and C.
A 1/2 cup serving is two calories.
Quick salad:
Arugula
Roasted Walnuts or pecans
Dried Cranberries or fresh strawberries
Cherry Tomatoes
Dressing:
olive oil
white vinegar
french mustard
garlic
sugar to taste
lemon
Fresh herbs if you have (thyme, sage and basil) chopped fine
whip it up really good.
Curried Tempeh with Cauliflower risotto "Lite"
4 oz. of curried tempeh
1 cup of cauliflower risotto
1/4 of a roasted red pepper
1 slice of roasted onion
only...350 calories!!
Simmer tempeh in water with curry powder, coriander seeds, cayenne (make as spicy as you like), thyme, 1 tsp. olive oil, 1 tbs. nutritional yeast. Let it pan fry and dry up bit and add some water and let it bubble up...do this 3 times...to let the spices soak into the tempeh.
this is 8 oz.
(serving size 4oz.=210 Cal.)
Grate the cauliflower and simmer in water (just enough to cover it). Cook a couple of minutes...it should be crunchy...not mushy. Add a herbal blend of spices...1 tsp. of olive oil.
Drain...add margarine and parmesan cheese to taste.
Squeeze some fresh lemon on top along with some black pepper.
Tofu Noodles
only....250 calories!!!
That in includes the sides of
seaweed salad and kim chi.
Noodles without the carbs.
Don't be surprised at the odor when you
open a package of these noodles.
The odor can be pretty stinky.
Rinse well and cook as instructed
and there will be no hint of it.
Tofu Noodles
Braised Tofu
Peas
sesame seeds
roasted sesame oil
tamari
seaweed salad and kim chi on the side
Evolved summer picnic salads
Purple sticky rice salad
- Add to cool rice...lots of chopped vegies.
- It is key to chop everything to the same cube size.
- I like to use carrots, celery, green pepper, white or red onion.
- Think color...it will pop against the almost black rice.
- Add japanese vinegar to taste.
- juice of half a lemon.
- toasted walnuts.
- tamari (not soy sauce)
- a little olive oil
I took a small bowl and filled it with the rice salad and
turned it over onto the plate...made me think of how
they used serve plain ole white rice back in grade school.
Buckwheat Soba Noodle and Arame seaweed salad
with edamane
- Soak the arame in hot water for 5 minutes.
- cook the soba for 3 minutes.
- add some sesame seeds.
- shelled edamane soy beans.
- tamari
- cooked carrots ( I had left over ones from grilling)
- a little ginger
- japanese vinegar for tang
For improved igestion, and more nutrients, place a piece of dry kombu (a sea vegetable) in the cooking pot. Kombu contains glutamic acid which acts as a natural bean tenderizer.
Add a 1” piece of dry kombu for every 1 cup of dry beans.
A small piece of dried Kombu will expand tremendously! No kidding.
After the beans have cooked for awhile add the kombu.
When cooled a bit ,remove the kombu and chopit up and add it back into
the beans. I have found that adding the kombu really
makes the beans easy to digest
Black and white bean salad with Kombu
I usually soak my beans but this time used
canned organic ones.
- I simmered the beans with the kombu for about 10 minutes.cooled them.
- Took the kombu out...chopped it up and added it back in.
- added fresh chopped tomato.
- some fresh cilantro
- chopped white onion.
- a pinch of cayenne
- tamari
- and the key spice lots of cumin!
Herbs - a must for every home garden.
Sage
Sage and Rosemary patch
The two planted together makes a nice contrast-
sage is lighter green with a oval leaf and rosemary has "needles"
with spikes like branches of a dark green.
Cilantro
I grow a fair amount-to be able use it all summer.
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| Thyme Two types |
Vibrant color = Healthy Food Choices
Red Fruits and Vegetables
Contain nutrients such as lycopene, ellagic acid, Quercetin, and Hesperidin, to name a few.
Orange and Yellow fruits and vegetables
Contain beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, flavonoids, lycopene, potassium, and vitamin C.
Green vegetables and Fruit
Green vegetables contain chlorophyll, fiber, lutein, zeaxanthin, calcium, folate, vitamin C,
calcium, and Beta-carotene.
Blue and purple fruits and vegetables
Contain nutrients which include lutein, zeaxanthin, resveratrol, vitamin C, fiber, flavonoids,
ellagic acid, and quercetin.
Fresh picked lavender.
Lavender is truly the Queen of the Herbal Garden Kingdom. Delicate Purple flowers in clusters... spike
up all season long. Add some to a cup of Earl Grey tea or a simple butter cookie recipe for an elevated taste. Crush some in your hand and enhale for a quick stress reliever.
More herb photos to come...the season has just begun!
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