Demo Dates at Farmers Markets

NEWS FLASH:  Delivered Dish of the Week service is on hiatus for the time being, most likely til end June. I’m figuring out a move to a better professional kitchen and taking a family vacation. Both have been long awaited, and both are just in time. The kitchen prospect is very exciting!  Even just the [...]

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Cooking Coach Case Study

Case Study A:  I’ve been cooking for client Michele for several months. She has several parameters: It’s a big challenge to shop & cook.  She lives by herself. She eats vegan only, cannot tolerate gluten, and avoids processed sugar, making it hard to eat out. She needs more protein in her diet.   She’s on [...]

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Hearty Nourishing Food for MayDay Parade volunteers

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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Earth Day Dinner De-brief

Wednesday was a whirlwind, with two special events back to back — and extra deliveries on Tues to compensate. In the morning, at the Active Aging Info Fair held by Inver Grove Heights Community Center, I handed out last week’s DDoW, Kamut Salad in Orange Mint Vinaigrette, to all sorts of people, and had my Whole Grains & [...]

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More April Menus

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 [...]

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One-Bowl Meals for Too Fast Lives

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 [...]

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Crocus but not Asparagus

Okay, Okay, spring is here. I have stopped resisting it. Unfortunately, that does not mean spring vegetables are here in Zone 4, despite how it feels like they should. Besides, as my clients know, I do not include ‘spring’ veggies in DDoW menus until they are more abundant (and cheaper) at local farmers’  markets. Perhaps [...]

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More Delivered Dish of the Week Menus

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 [...]

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Jan – Feb Menus

Jan 15 – 21 1) Green Tamale Casserole. Vegan, gluten-free. You asked and you shall receive! The most popular dish of Fall 2011 is back. Presented in a foil loaf pan, this layers beans & chopped kale stewed in a tomatillo sauce with steamed corn tamale dough made from Bob’s Red Mill organic masa flour. [...]

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Success and Gratitude

The big Auction Dinner on Sat went well and I am so thankful to the 20 volunteer cooks and servers who helped me pull it off!  They chopped, stirred, sauteed, baked and blended with aplomb, good humor and minimal direction. Susan made the collard dish from start to finish, and she’d never even tried collards [...]

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