Tonight I made a soup of my own making, borrowing snippets of other recipes as a base, then adding my own ingredients to come up with something new to us. This is a wonderful soup that is much different from the traditional lamb stew recipe. Ingredients: 1 lamb shank 4 cups chicken stock 2 cups…
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Zesty Lentil Salad From Turkey
This recipe was given to me by a Turkish woman who teaches classes at PCC. Ingredients: 1 cup French green lentils 3 cups water 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 tbsp. lemon juice 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup parsley, chopped 1/2 tsp. cumin Pinch of chili powder 1/2 tsp….
Masala Lamb Chili with Kohlrabi and Kale
After harvesting kohlrabi from my garden, I was thinking it might pair well with the lamb stew meat I had purchased from Whole Foods, so I went online to search for a recipe. I found several for stuffed kohlrabi using ground lamb, but that didn’t interest me. Finally, I stumbled upon a recipe by someone…
Gifts from the Garden
My garden is really doing well this year and I’ve been eating lots of spinach, kale and chard. This is the first year I’ve planted kohlrabi and fennel. Both are ready to harvest, so I looked up some recipes. Dinner tonight consisted of a kohlrabi and fennel salad and kohlrabi greens with toasted sesame oil…
Intuitive Cooking
I don’t always use a recipe when I’m cooking. Over the past year, I have been cooking more with items on hand and making up my own recipes. Most of the time, they work out fine and there’s only been a few instances where I had to toss out the dish. Tonight, I made a…