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| Holy ancient grains, Batman! |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 6:39 am |
| Tags: Ancient Grains, Complete Protein, Pseudocereal, Quinoa, Recipes |
| Dinner, South America, Grains, Nuts/seeds, RecipesDespite my status as the child of natural food loving hippies, I don't think I ate quinoa until about four years ago. I had a friend who was working on eliminating wheat and rice from her diet and so was looking for alternatives. Someone suggested she check out quinoa and so she started |
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| Three Seed Quinoa Salad |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 10:14 am |
| Tags: B Plus, Derek Amp 8217 S Faves, Grains, Peter Berley, Salads, Summer Veggies |
| This is a recipe from Peter Berley’s cookbook The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen. It is quite colorful, and makes a nice salad for a potluck or a picnic. For the salad: 1/3 cup hulled sesame seeds 1/3 cup hulled sunflower seeds 1/3 cup hulled pumpkin seeds 1/2 cup arame 1/2 tsp. coarse sea salt 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained kernels from 2 |
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| For Each word you Get right they donate 20 grains of rice to the UN |
| Published: December 5, 2007, 10:22 pm |
| Tags: Rice, Adjusts, Advertise, Amount, Approximate, Assigns, Automatically, Based, Become, Being, Buys, Companies, Computer, Countries, Difficulty, Distributes, Donate, Free Comprehend, Generate, Grains, Hunger, Hungry, Increase, Keeps, Knowledgeable, Longer, Loses, Nations, Ones, Organiz |
| If anyone has time to waste (haha) or better yet, wants to improve their vocabulary, this website allows you to learn vocabulary and as you lpay, they donate rice to hungry people. The site owners say they make no money from this. It is done by advertisements on the bottom...read more |
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| Three Seed Quinoa Salad |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 9:14 am |
| Tags: B Plus, Derek's Faves, Grains, Peter Berley, Salads, Summer Recipes |
| This is a recipe from Peter Berley’s cookbook The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen. It is quite colorful, and makes a nice salad for a potluck or a picnic. For the salad: 1/3 cup hulled sesame seeds 1/3 cup hulled sunflower seeds 1/3 cup hulled pumpkin seeds 1/2 cup arame 1/2 tsp. coarse sea salt 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained kernels from 2 |
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| Five-Grain Croquettes |
| Published: December 24, 2007, 7:09 pm |
| Tags: Grains, Peter Berley, Unrated |
| sheet (or two?) When the grains are done, add the vegetables to the grains and mix thoroughly. Set the mixture aside until it is cool enough to handle. If you’re in a hurry move it to a larger bowl or a tray for cooling. Form the mixture into croquettes the size of golf balls. Place them 1 inch apart on the baking sheet and flatten |
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| Millet Cake |
| Published: December 31, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Grains, Quick Under 30 Minutes Active Time Cleanup, Rebecca Wood, Breakfast, Dessert |
| Last year Derek and I had a delicious millet cake at Green Zebra in Chicago, and ever since then I wanted to try my hand at replicating it, partly because it’s something different, and partly it’s because it’s the first time Derek ever liked millet. I did some googling, and turned up very little–one recipe with nuts and |
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| Kasha Varnishkes |
| Published: December 29, 2007, 11:52 am |
| Tags: Grains, Jewish, Other, Quick Under 30 Minutes Active Time Cleanup, Unrated |
| Mix, making sure all the grains are coated.Put the kasha in the frying pan in which the onions were sauted, and turn the heat to high. Flatten, stir, and break up the egg-coated kasha with a fork or wooden spoon for 2 to 4 minutes or until the egg has dried on the kasha and the kernels brown and mostly separate. Add and bring to a boil: |
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| Arroz Sin Pollo |
| Published: January 25, 2008, 8:53 am |
| Tags: Grains, My Brain, Other, Quick Under 30 Minutes Active Time Cleanup, Unrated |
| This recipe is adapted from a recipe for arroz con pollo in the book This Organic Life: Confessions of an Urban Homesteader, which tells the story of Joan Dye Gussow’s attempts to source the majority of her food out of her own back-yard garden. Although some reviewers complain that the book is repetitive, lacks focus, and has an annoyingly |
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| Millet Pilaf with Carrots, Onion, and Cloves |
| Published: February 25, 2008, 9:23 am |
| Tags: Grains, Madhur Jaffrey, Quick Under 30 Minutes Active Time Cleanup, Unrated |
| The flavors in this recipe from Madhur Jaffrey’s World of the East cookbook are simple, but very tasty. Unlike most of the recipes in this cookbook, this one does not say from which part of the world it originates, and I can’t really place the flavors into any one cultural bucket. Millet is eaten in many parts of the world, so knowing |
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| How to Lose 12 Pound in 30 Days |
| Published: April 7, 2008, 6:30 am |
| Tags: Chocolate, Fat, Weight Loss, Nutrition, Lose Weight, Dieting, Noteworthy, Green Tea, Chicken Broth, Healthy Foods, Diet, Sweets, Coffee, Cheese, Meat, Eating, Healthy Eating, Sugar, Fruits, Fish, Eggs, Milk, Foods, Bread, Poultry, Slim, Get Thinner, Lose Punds, Grains, Proteins, Low C |
| get thinner, lose punds, grains, proteins, low-carb diet, carbohydrates, fats, weight-loss program, weight-loss approach, metabolism, low-fat program, nutritional approach, pasts, blood pressure, gain weight, dietary regime, nut bread, liver, grain-free |
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| Rice Riot Fears Hit the U.S. |
| Published: April 23, 2008, 4:58 pm |
| Tags: Grains, News, Rice, Commodities |
| Why are you wasting valuable time at home? You need to go out and get some rice before it's all gone!Over the past few months, the rising cost of rice around the world has caused hoarding and riots to break out throughout Asia.Come on, I can understand Montreal Canadiens's fans rioting in the streets after an unimpressive first-round NHL playoff |
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| Ricotash |
| Published: April 24, 2008, 10:24 am |
| Tags: Grains Rice, Poultry, Cayenne Pepper, Corn, Garlic, Kidney Beans, Rice, Ricotash, Tomato Sauce |
| This recipe was originally based on a friend’s arroz con pollo recipe, it has since evolved into a pseudo-succotash and chicken mixture served over steamed rice, which became affectionately referred to as “Ricotash” Note: Adjust the measurements as needed. This recipe as-is serves 3-4. Ingredients: 1 cup of each: tomato sauce |
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| Diet Tip: Focus on What You Can Add to Your Meals |
| Published: April 29, 2008, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Diet Tip, Fiber, Food, Healthy Food, Whole Grains |
| eat less calories. Whole grains are another type of food you should be eating. Get creative about how you can work them into your diet (make hot cereal with barley instead of oats). Also think about all the healthy fats you can include like nuts, nut butters, avocado, and olive oil. There are so many healthy foods out there that you can eat, |
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| What to Eat When You Are Lady-in-Waiting, or What Everywoman Should Know About Pregnancy and Diet. Part 1 |
| Published: May 17, 2008, 5:40 am |
| Tags: Pregnant, Chicken, Vegetarian, Seafood, Vitamins, Healthy Diet, Healthy Food, Pregnancy, Wellness, Delivery, Noteworthy, Health, Food, Baby, Diet, Meat, Healthy Eating, Butter, Fish, Eggs, Doctor, Grains, Low Fat Diet, Unborn, Lady In Waiting, Pregnancy Diet, Pregnant Woman, Medica |
| fish, eggs, doctor, grains, low-fat diet, unborn, lady-in-waiting, pregnancy diet, pregnant woman, medical professional, traditional diet, minerals, dairy produce, pregnancy book, margarine, vitamin pills, |
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