Thanksgiving Dinner 2013

Although we don't really 'celebrate' Thanksgiving here, we did make up a nice dinner tonight.
Turkey thighs stuffed with fresh sage, rosemary and thyme. Garnet yams with lots of butter. Green beans, pearl onions, Granny Smith apples, dried peppers, dried tomatoes all steamed together. With milk. And, a dessert of sliced Pink Lady apples in a dip made of pumpkin pie filling, mascarpone, Crème fraîche, cinnamon and ginger and topped with walnuts and raisins.
MMMMMMMmmmmmm.

Dinner - May 4, 2013

Tonight's dinner was broiled in my brand new countertop oven. It was soooo good. It was organic Llano Seco pork shoulder steaks, topped with Trader Joe's 21 Spice Salute and chipotle powder. It was joined by organic tomato and cucumber slices topped with Crave Brothers Mascarpone and paprika.

Lunch - March 19, 2013

Today's lunch is an open-face ham (Applegate Farms honey ham) and pepper jack cheese pumpernickel sandwich and sliced tomato with mascarpone (BelGioioso) and chipotle powder. I think I am in love with mascarpone. This is the first time I've tried it. I may like it as much as Crème fraîche!

Dinner - March 10, 2013

Such a good dinner tonight. I just love lamb in any form. This was broiled lamb shoulder chop with Trader Joe's 21-spice blend sprinkled on it. Sweet potato slices fried in bacon grease (my mom over-cooked them a bit - some were a bit crispy like chips, but still good.) Tomato wedges with Bellwether Farms Créme Fraîche.

Lunch and Dinner - February 9, 2013

Made some really yummy meals today. I very rarely eat breakfast or snacks these days. I seem to get more than enough fuel from lunch and dinner. I do have tea at about 4pm, water throughout the day and raw milk with dinner. That's it. I am wheat/gluten-free and nearly grain-free (occasional rice, wild rice, rye or quinoa, but not often.) Although rye does have some gluten ... hmmm.
Lunch today was a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich with a side of raisins and pine nuts.

Dinner was an experiment. Our very first taste of acorn squash. I love it! I seem to like all the squashes we have tried. Tonight, I started way too late for our normal dinner time, but my mom said it was worth the wait.
I found the original recipe here: 5 Ingredient Breakfast Stuffed Acorn Squash
Since I didn't have any 'breakfast sausage', I used two of the artisan
sausages I get at our local co-op and opened up the 'tubes' and squeezed out the meat. It was hot Italian sausage! Whoowee, was it spicy! But, so good! The 'tubes' didn't go to waste - Nikky loved them!
I had to cook it longer than the recipe directed, as I can't stand a runny egg. So, after adding the egg, cook the length of time it takes to bake the egg to your taste. You may have to check it several times.

Broiled Mozzarella Tomatoes Recipe

8 small organic tomatoes
5-6 thin slices of fresh mozzarella cheese, to cover tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon crushed organic garlic
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground sea salt
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided

Drizzle 1 Tablespoon of olive oil on bottom of glass baking dish. Cut tomatoes in half and roll cut part in the olive oil; turn tomato over and arrange in dish, cut side up. In small bowl, combine spices. Sprinkle each tomato with spices. Place thin slices of cheese over tops of tomatoes, to cover. Drizzle remaining olive oil over the top. Place dish under broiler, set on low, for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and browned. This served 2.

Tomato video

The Health Benefits of Tomatoes - NaturalNews.tv

In this nutrition webisode, Margaux J Rathbun, B.S., N.T.P. (Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner) talks briefly about the health benefits of tomatoes and why we should include them in our diet....