This salad is one of these successful kitchen improvisation made from left overs. It was a winner for my eyes with it’s vibrant colours and the flavours were wonderful in my mouth for sure!
I’ll tell you the ingredients I found were a superb mix and you’ll be in charge of the quantities.
Cooked squash (butternut - [...]
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Cardamom squash salad
Farm - bicylcle delivery and your dinner
Do you see the link or the trail?
Some of us desire to eat locally grown food, some of us are cycling advocates and some of us love to eat in the comfort of our home and with our family home prepared food.
And someone here in Vancouver, British Columbia has thought of a great way to [...]
Keeping veggies fresh
Many people have asked me how do I keep my veggies fresh and crispy without the clear produce plastic bags. This is the method that I’ve been using for quite a while now for most of my vegetables.
I reuse the tube into which the baby greens come in. I rinse all my veggies , first [...]
It’s so easy to sprout with Moukinets!
Step 1. Soak 1/2 cup of your desired beans for 8 hours or overnight. These are french lentils.
Step 2. Drain the beans into a Moukinet mesh bag; over the sink is best.
Step 3. Rinse under the tap in the morning and late afternoon. Hold it so that the water can drip for a few second [...]
Veggie paté
Using the pulp left from the almond milk recipe makes this paté very easy to make. This is really just a basic recipe, once you get the idea, you can really play with flavours and add your own choice of spices and add additional ingredients.
Step 1. Put the pulp into a bowl big enough to [...]
Making almond milk in 4 easy steps
Step 1. Soak 1 cup of almonds in 2 cups of water for 8 hours or overnight.
Step 2. Discard the water, put almond in blender. Add 2 cups of water. Blenderize until it becomes real smooth. Add water if it’s too thick for your taste.
Step 3. Place a Moukinet mesh bag in a [...]
How jellybeans grow
A little girl was standing in front of my display table at the Folk fest with her mother. While I was talking with her mother, the little girl was looking at the sprouting beans in a Moukinet mesh bag I had hanging, and at the mini Moukinets filled with jellybeans displayed right next to [...]
Keeping fruit flies away
If you feel as I do, fruit flies are really annoying! They multiply so rapidly!
Wikipedia says that there are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly, categorized in almost 500 genera. Most fruit flies lay their eggs in plant tissues, where the larvae find their first food upon emerging. The adults usually have [...]
Simply beet-nick!
I’m all for simple and easy. This simple salads’ fresh taste will surprise you.
2 beets ( grated)
3 Tbs chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup olive oil
1 freshly squeezed lemon juice
Mix all ingredients and serve right away. The salad will also keep well for a couple of days.
Salt to your taste
For a different tang to it, replace basil [...]
Sun-dried tomato dressing
This is an easy and tasty all purpose sauce. You may try it on regular noodles, rice or on raw zucchini noodles.
Put all these ingredients in a blender:
Soaked sun-dried tomatoes: 7 pieces in one cup of water for 2 hours or so. Put into the blender including the water from the soaking.
juice of 1 lime [...]