We tried the long forgotten Apple Dowdy recipe as described in Della Lutes’ Book “The Country Kitchen”. This is her Aunt’s Recipe from the 1890’s as she describes it and it was certainly around for many years prior to this as it passed from generation to generation.
Now Della did not specify Organic “This” or Organic “That” in her [...]

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Chicken breast is one of those staples for people who want low calories, high protein and great taste. But getting a great seared chicken breast that’s not loaded down with added fat isn’t all that common. Don’t get me wrong, the typical chicken breast is OK, but it just doesn’t knock your sox off. Anyway, here’s how we do [...]

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 OK, I’ll be the first to admit that this is too simple to be called a “Recipe”, but heck I have to call it something. Anyway these will be posted in the recipe section along with the old school written versions. Enjoy!

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 This is an excellent recipe for an Organic Apple Crisp. If you’ve never had Apple Crisp before you’ve got to try it. It’s fairly easy to put together and absolutely delicious. And when you serve it you’ve most people like to serve it warm (not hot) on top of ice cream (organic vanilla of course) or yogurt/frozen yogurt or [...]

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  When most people think french fries they think of their favorite fast food place. Or a half step up would be restaurant fries. Now I’ve had both and both are lousy. The typical problem is that they are over-greased, tasteless and old. The old French cooking maxim of getting food immediately from the pan to the [...]

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 I like having some food in the frig that’s delish, natural and convenient. One of my favorites is this little veggie medley I came up with. Cook up a bowl-full and store in the frig for good food/fast food. The recipe is like Summer, loose and easy .. add what you like, deep six what [...]

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 Was visiting the other day and the hostess was preparing some fresh strawberries for strawberry shortcake. .. And you know what happened, large bowl, chopped strawberries and a ton of sugar. Into the frig and out comes this very sweet, runny type of deal. .. Don’t want to complain here but it has to be done. [...]

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 We all know how the advertising industry has done a marvelously sinister job in brainwashing many of us into believing that convenience foods are actually good and also “convenient”. OK, case in point let’s compare our homegrown blueberry yogurt against the ..ugh.. pre-made fruit in the cup stuff.
 But before we actually get into prep time [...]

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Was doing some smoothie experimentation yesterday and came up with one that tastes like this creamy, evil, delicious milk shake kind of thing. Anyway the key is that it’s non-dairy, no gluten, high protein, high vitamins and very low cholesterol. Here goes:
Shopping List:

1 Cup of No-Fat or Low Fat Vanilla Flavored Yogurt
1 1/2 Cups of Mixed Fresh Strawberries, Blueberries and Pineapple [...]

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 Well if you’re having a get together today it represents a fantastic opportunity to introduce the conventional foodies to what real food sans chemicals tastes like. And hey, what better way to start the Summer than a great tasting potato salad.. Here goes..
Shopping List:

3 Pounds of Organic New Potatoes
4 Organic Eggs
Organic Garlic to yield 1 [...]

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