I’ve designed the post-Mayday Parade Volunteer Feast menu for 60 tired, hungry and cold volunteers and artists. This dinner isn’t served until 10pm – 11pm, b/c that is when they have finished transporting all the giant puppets & floats from Powderhorn Park back to the Theatre. Probably half of the workers will have been outside [...]
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More April Menus
Posted in Delivered Dish of the Week, Personal Chef, tagged ajwain, buckwheat groats, cabbage, carrots, dairy-free, ginger, gluten-free, healthy_dishes, kamut, kasha, lentils, mint, vegan, vinaigrette, whole grains on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the menus for next 2 weeks’ Delivered Dish of the Week. April 15 – 21 1) Gingery Lentil & Carrot Stew. Vegan and gluten-free. A vegetarian staple, to which I will add “ajwain”, an interesting Indian spice that smells like thyme. See previous blog posting “Trying New Spices”. 2) Cumin-scented Kasha Pilaf with Cabbage & Spiced [...]
Trying New Spices
Posted in Delivered Dish of the Week, General news, tagged ajwain, cabbage, carrots, experimenting in kitchen, ginger, gluten-free, kalonji, lentils, pilaf, vegan, whole grains on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I love to browse ethnic grocery stores the way you might browse a thrift store — you will always find interesting stuff! Indian groceries are particularly fun because I’m not as familiar with them as with Asian stores. A while ago I picked up a couple packages of spices unknown to me. Trying new and [...]
One-Bowl Meals for Too Fast Lives
Posted in Cooking lessons, Delivered Dish of the Week, General news, Nutrition & Sustainable Food News, tagged carrots, cheap meals, collards, cooking lessons, cooking skills, farmers_market, fresh, green beans, greens, healthy_dishes, herbs, kale, money-saving tips, nutrient-dense, nutrients, one_dish_meal, Posole, soup swap, tomatoes, vinaigrette, whole_foods on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Hearty Mexican Posole Soup with Radish Cabbage Arugula Salad Garnish (choice of vegan bean or pork version) that is featured for this week’s Delivered Dishes of the Week is an excellent one-bowl meal. See pithy descriptions for the next 2 weeks’ menus on the Menu Archive. One-bowl meals are a way of life for [...]
Celebrating Homegrown Food in St Paul
Posted in Nutrition & Sustainable Food News, Recipes, tagged beets, cabbage, carrots, coleslaw, community gardens, community nutrition, cooking videos, demo, food access, food resource hub, fresh, Frogtown Gardens, gluten-free, greens, healthy_dishes, kale, raw, Twin Cities Daily Planet, vegan, whole_foods on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I made giant batches of Garlicky Greens & Beans and Firecracker Slaw to hand out to guests at a fun meeting of the Frogtown Gardens neighborhood organization on Jan 26th, at the Rondo Library in St Paul. About 120 people packed the room to see the launch of its new series of cooking videos “Frogtown [...]
More Delivered Dish of the Week Menus
Posted in Delivered Dish of the Week, Recipes, tagged anti-cancer, beets, carrots, coleslaw, collards, gluten-free, greens, kids, mint, quinoa, raw, vegan, vinaigrette on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Feb 12-18 Sun-dried Tomato & White Bean Cassoulet. With chard, broccoli and sage. Vegan & Gluten-free. Carrot & Beet Slaw in Mint Vinaigrette. Super dose of Vit A and iron. You may be surprised that kids like this sweet fuschia-colored salad. Vegan & Gluten-free. Feb 19 – 25 Super Green Split Pea Soup. With chopped [...]
Farmers Markets on weekends only
Posted in Nutrition & Sustainable Food News, tagged beets, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, catering, collards, farmers_market, fresh, herbs, mint, Mpls Farmers Market, St Paul Farmers Market on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am seriously bumming that the weekday metro Farmers Markets are all done for the season as of this week. And my favorite, St Paul Farmers Market in Lowertown (weekends only), closes Nov 15th! Aiiyeee! But the Mpls market on North Lyndale is open daily 6am – 1pm til Dec 25th. The variety of produce [...]
Dishes of the Week
Posted in Delivered Dish of the Week, General news, tagged beets, carrots, chickpeas, collards, cooking lessons, cucumbers, daikon, farmers_market, garbanzo, ginger, gluten-free, healthy_salads, lentils, millet, napa_cabbage, noodles, organic, tofu, TVP, vegan, vinaigrette, wheatberry, whole grains, whole_foods, zucchini on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SEP 26 – OCT 1 1) Thai Farmers’ Market Chowder. Vegan & gluten-free. Will contain corn. A take on a milk-based chowder, but with coconut milk and lemongrass. Serve with rice, quinoa, etc. 2) “Laab” Thai Noodle Salad with TVP. Vegan; contains gluten. OK, I’m breaking down and using spaghetti* for the first time in 2 years, b/c spaghetti doesn’t get [...]
Locavoracious 2
Posted in Demos, General news, Recipes, tagged agriculture, antioxidant, beets, cabbage, carrots, climate change, farmers_market, fresh, fresh mint leaves, garlic, gluten-free, healthy_salads, herbs, kohlrabi, local produce, locavoracious, locavore, mint, parsley, raw, rice vinegar, sustain, Twin Cities Daily Planet, vegan, vinaigrette on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Aunty Oxidant makes Firecracker Salad at the Moving Planet MN350 event at the State Capitol, St Paul, 09-24-11 Saturday was an incredibly beautiful day to be outside, talking to people about sustainable agriculture and buying local, and handing out samples of fresh raw salad made from vegetables I had just bought at the farmers’ market that morning. I [...]
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