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Sunflower Microgreens

Sunflower Microgreens

Since late spring, we’ve had a constant supply of delicious buckwheat and sunflower microgreens growing on the back porch.
I’ve written about growing microgreens before, but am now following a slightly different growing method. Instead of planting dry seeds under a thin layer of soil, I now follow the soaking and sprouting method of Ann Wigmore’s book “Sprouting.”
This [...]

Tomato Dressing

Tomato Dressing
modified from a recipe in the Vita-Mix cookbook

1/2 cup filtered water
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1-1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons tomato paste
4 tablespoons agave syrup
1 teaspoon black pepper
2-1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon prepared mustard

Blend all ingredients thoroughly in Vita-Mix. Pour into glass jar or dressing container. Refrigerate.

Wild Salmon Salad

Instead of tuna, we eat wild salmon. Because wild salmon is lower on the food chain and smaller than tuna, its mercury levels are much lower. Wild caught salmon, as far as we know, are safe to eat in terms of mercury.
Jeff’s mom and dad just went on a cruise to Alaska and brought us back [...]

Mediterranean Cucumber-Tomato-Mint Salad

I dream of having a garden someday soon with an abundance of Mediterranean cucumbers and ripe red tomatoes. In the meantime, I have to make a couple of each of them from the grocery store, when in season, stretch out to last the week. There have been nice organic cukes (not Mediterranean, though) and tomatoes [...]

Cucumber-Yogurt Salad

CUCUMBER-YOGURT SALAD ~ KHYAR BI LABAN
Recipe from the cookbook “Sahtein”

2 large cucumbers
2 cloves of garlic
1 quart of plain yogurt
1 tablespoon dried mint
sea salt to taste

Peel and chop cucumbers to medium/fine size pieces. Mash garlic. Add to yogurt. Salt to taste. Add the cucumbers to the yogurt. Mix. Garnish with dried mint.

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