Sunday, May 19, 2013

Roasted Potatoes

3 lb red potatoes
2 cloves garlic
2 large green onion bulb
1 bay leaf
Oregano
Thyme
Rosemary

Combine all ingredients but the potatoes in a food processor. Pulse until slightly blended but not pasty. Cut the potatoes into small pieces and lightly cover a baking pan with oil. Set the oven to 375. Put the potatoes and the onion mixture in a plastic bag and mix thoroughly.


















Spread onto the baking sheet and bake for about 40 minutes or until potatoes are done throughout. Add water periodically to avoid sticking.


Roasted Rhubarb

Rhubarb
2 juicing oranges
Ginger root
Sugar

Arrange the rhubarb in a pan. Juice the ginger and two oranges. (If you don't have a juicer, squeeze the oranges to produce as much juice as possible. The ginger can be minced.) Pour this mixture over the rhubarb. Zest the orange peel of one orange and add to the pan. Sprinkle with sugar and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or until soft. (Raw and baked shown below).



Pickled Peppers

Peppers (I bought a basket and just cut them to fit in 2 quart jars)
5 C vinegar
4 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
Oregano

Place 2 cloves of garlic, oregano and 1 bay leaf in each jar. Cut the stems off the peppers and divide the peppers between the 2 jars. Boil vinegar in a saucepan. Pour over peppers and cover. Let stand for at least 2 weeks.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Blarney Juice

So green that I couldn't help but give it a festive name since today's the first day I made this juice!

5 stalks celery
1 kiwi
2 baby cucumbers
.5 lemon (peel removed)
2 oz (ish) kale


Juice all ingredients. Serve chilled and enjoy!


Salmon with Apple & Almond Pesto

1 large granny smith apple, diced
.25 C almonds
Juice of .5 lemon
.5 bunch parsley leaves
4 4-ounce salmon filets



Cook apples for about 5 minutes or until softer.  Set aside.

Combine almonds, lemon juice and parsley leaves in a food processor. Add water as needed for the texture you prefer. Add apples in small portions.



Heat oven to 400. Coat each salmon filet with equal portions of pesto.



Bake for about 15-20 minutes.



Serve and enjoy!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Vitamin water

1 cucumber, skin removed
2 strawberries, stem removed
juice of 1 small lime

Slice cucumber and strawberries. Add lime juice and water (I added about 2.5 quarts).

Chill. Enjoy daily!


Chipotle Sweet Potato Hummus

Here's a link to the original recipe. I made some adaptations.

http://blissfulbblog.com/blog/2012/3/8/blissful-eats-with-tina-jeffers-smoky-sweet-potato-hummus.html

1lb sweet potato
1 can chick peas, drained and rinsed
1 tsp ground chipotle
2 T tahini
2 cloves garlic
Juice of 2 small limes


Heat oven to 325. Coat a baking sheet lightly with olive oil. Slice the sweet potato and cook for about 20 minutes,, turning hhalfway through.


Meanwhile, combine the remaining ingredients in a food processor and gently blend.


Once the potato is done cooking and has cooled a bit, combine for the final mixture. Enjoy!


Sunday, February 17, 2013

Gingered carrot and apple juice

4-5 large carrots
1 large granny smith apple
Ginger to taste



Juice all ingredients & serve!