Gordon shows how to make an easy, healthy and delicious appetizer or dish for a snack or brunch. He adds black beans to sauteed onions and garlic with spices, and then gently mashes them. He serves this mixture on crunchy tortillas, topped with diced avocado and feta cheese. Vegans can replace the feta cheese with a feta alternative. Delicious. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Southwest Veggie Burgers by Chad Sarno with Whole Foods Market
Chad makes these healthy burgers with black beans, brown rice, roasted bell pepper, fresh tomato, carrot, green onions, sweet potato, nutritional yeast, cumin, chili powder, hot pepper sauce, and garlic. He uses the pre-cooked sweet potato as a binder in this recipe. He mixes all these ingredients together, and places the mixture in the refrigerator for a little while to firm it up. Then, he forms his burgers and places them in the oven. He builds his burgers on a whole wheat bun, with guacamole, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and cilantro. He serves it with baked “sweet potato fries”. This is a delicious and very healthy alternative to a traditional hamburger made with meat. Try it and Enjoy. Continue reading
How to use a Pestle and Mortar by Jamie Oliver
Jamie demonstrates the two basic techniques for using a pestle and mortar, bashing and muddling. He demonstrates how to grind spices with both muddling and bashing. He then creates a wonderful flavored oil by bashing fresh basil leaves and mixing them with olive oil. Finally, he makes a marinade by bashing lemon peel, rosemary, garlic, and olive oil. You can almost smell and taste his dressing, flavored oil, and marinade just by watching his video. Learning how to use a pestle and mortar is definitely a skill worth developing. Continue reading
Moroccan Roasted Squash Hummus by Gordon Ramsay
Delicious! This video recipe demo by Gordon Ramsay guides us through several, but simple steps to make a delicious and healthy hummus. It involves toasting some spices in a dry pan, grinding them to a powder mixture, chopping up squash and ginger, adding the spices, roasting it, and blending to a desired consistency. This elegant dish is amazing, – a roasted squash hummus you’ll definitely want to add to your appetizer recipe collection. Continue reading