Posted by theo at 7:53 pm
Aug 112010
If your repertoire for cantaloupe is limited to slicing and eating on a plate consider the following: Cantaloupe Based Organic Fruit Salad (made with Cantaloupe, Strawberries, Pineapple, Blueberries and Banana) Cantaloupe Ice Pops (made with Cantaloupe, water, sugar and mint leaves) Cantaloupe Martini (made with pureed cantaloupe, water, sugar & lime mixed with Vodka & Midori) Not only are there many foods we haven’t tried but many different ways to serve the foods we now love. Go ahead, be fearless. Laugh at your mistakes and delight in your successes.
Posted by theo at 12:57 pm
Apr 162010
I haven’t had much to do with Hexane since back in the day in chemistry lab. This compound is a very good solvent with many important industrial uses but when I read that it was being used to solvate and extract fat from Soy Veggie Burgers I almost fell over. I mean, of course it’s an excellent chemical to perform this function, but to use it on food to be consumed… What are they thinking? Anyway, there’s a flood of news on the subject.. a neurotoxin, blurred vision, headaches from exposure, the FDA doesn’t have limits [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 5:27 pm
Mar 112010
So it’s come to this, I’ll admit it. I’m a big fan of cabbage. Brought up in a French Canadian Household and on Sunday we’d have Boiled Dinner with a big salty ham sharing the pot with a variety of veggies including cabbage. And that there cabbage would just soak up all that ham fat and be soo darn good. … Nowadays, however, I’m trying to atone and nurture my circulatory system back to an ”as-new” condition so I’ve traded the ham for skinless chicken breasts and ham fat for olive oil. But you know what? That love for [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 2:25 pm
Dec 142009
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 recipe simply because everything was organically grown back then. But unfortunately, now we must, since we really have two classes of foods to choose from. One could say ”old-school vs. chem lab” but I won’t … so everything organic and please hold the [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 2:37 am
Oct 082009
We kick off this series with a head to head competition of Organic Popcorn vs. Non-Organic Popcorn. Now as you know, popcorn is a fantastic snack, good for you and good nutrition. I like it’s taste, it’s mouth-feel… even making it is fun. My personal preference is the air popper…easy, no mess and no fat.. plus no saucepan to clean. But, like most natural foods Popcorn has been messed with. With popcorn you have your usual problems of modern mass production methods of spraying, fertilizing etc. which may be “not-good”. Let me put it this way, I just don’t want [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 1:58 pm
Sep 252008
Had a Rice Cake emergency yesterday (was headed to the beach for a run and realized that I forgot the rice cakes that go along with the crossword puzzle for the essential cool-down/goofing off period that follows). So I headed down to the supermarket to buy a non-organic substitute. Anyway, after the run and a quick dip in the ocean I sat down with my puzzle and cakes. .. And the first thing I noticed was that these non-conventional ones were thicker. They were also pretty pale looking vs the organic ones which have a nice brown freckling. Took [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 7:06 pm
Aug 292008
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 plate (à la minute) is something missing with the fries (and most other things in restaurants to be honest). So until someone outlaws the heat lamp and makes cooking with caring & love a requirement we’ll have to do this ourselves. [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 11:17 am
Aug 212008
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 you don’t, until you get your unique flavor combo that’s right for you. Here’s one of the variations modestly called Theo’s Veggie Medley… Shopping list: 1 Medium Organic Rutabaga 2 Medium Organic Yellow Onions 1 Bulb (not clove!) of Organic [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 5:32 pm
Aug 092008
Over the past few months my diet has been transitioning to being closer to vegetarian than anything else. And this is a smart thing given it’s effects of lowering cholesterol and increasing physical and mental energy. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ll still enjoy non-vegetarian cooking from time to time (and if I’m going to have something non-vegetarian I make sure that it’s an outstanding party in my mouth. .. Hamburger helper need not apply). However, one of the challenges of eating this way is making certain you are getting an adequate intake of protein (you need to consult with your nutritionist or [...click to contimue reading...]
Posted by theo at 9:02 pm
Jun 132008
Well, back from the no-blog vacation (like blogging about food is something I needed a vacation from). Anyway goofed off for a number of weeks, met some incredible people and just up’d everything by two levels. .. It’s been a very, very nice couple of weeks. Anyway, back to Soy Milk. This is West Soy’s brand. One of those beverage products that comes in a box that needs no refrigeration.. And this is nice especially if you’re roughing it with a backpack in the middle of nowhere. It has this plastic tab kind of thing with a [...click to contimue reading...]
