Leyla demonstrates an easy to make salad, filled with nutritious ingredients. She also makes a simple, delicious and healthy salad dressing. Leyla uses dry beans which she prepared herself. Canned beans could be used. Just remember to rinse the canned beans first. This salad tastes better after it sits for a couple of hours in the refrigerator, allowing its ingredients to marinade and its flavors to marry with each other. Continue reading
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Quinoa Recipe – Spanish Style by Chef Buck
Would you like a pilaf dish with Spanish flavors, made with quinoa instead of rice? In this video, chef Buck shows how easy it is to make one. The technique is simple, saute a mix of chopped vegetables and spices. Instead of adding previously cooked quinoa, Chef Buck adds uncooked quinoa to his sauteed vegetable mix, and then adds water and lets it simmer. After it has simmered for about 15 minutes, he lets it cool a little before adding more fresh chopped raw vegetables. This recipe is delicious! Try it. Continue reading
Chilled Avocado And Cucumber Soup by Tom Lin
Chef Tom Lin demonstrates an extremely simple, easy to make delicious vegan soup. Simply cut up an avocado, peal and chop a cucumber, add cilantro, add some lemon juice, salt and pepper, soy milk, and blend it all together. Season to taste, if needed. Add some sliced almonds for a garnish. How easy is that. Serve it with some crusty bread and a salad for a delicious, healthy, plant based lunch or dinner. Continue reading
Mango Quinoa Thai Salad by Amy Westerman
Amy Westerman likes to cook. Like so many of the rest of us, she is an amateur chef. In this video, she shows how to make a very healthy and delicious Mango-Quinoa salad with other ingredients, cucumber, jalapeno peppers, peanuts, cilantro, and lime juice. She gives tips on how to prepare these vegetables as she makes her salad. Amy emphasizes, you should vary the ingredients to suit your tastes. Add what you like. Eliminate what you don’t like. Make one of these salads yourself. You’ll like it. Continue reading
Gazpacho Recipe – Cold Tomato Cucumber Pepper Soup by Chef John
Here is a tasty Gazpacho Recipe video tutorial, provided by Chef John with Food Wishes.
In this recipe, Chef John recommends using sweet vine ripened tomatoes, not the kind you typically get in supermarkets. It’s time to visit a farmer’s market near you. Continue reading