Food

Foray into Indian Cuisine

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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to try cooking new foods or to eat healthier, then why not try Indian food? If you’re new to this cuisine & ingredients like “asafoetida” terrify you, have no fear! Here are some simple recipes to get you started.

After our recent food tour in Chicago with Rebecca Wheeler, Eric has been impatiently awaiting the arrival of spices & ingredients from The Spice House — an online supplier that Rebecca suggested.  The website also has some wonderful recipes, which Eric began experimenting with.  So far we’ve tried the Dahl Soup, Hummus, and Chicken Curry with Cashews & Sweet Potatoes — all were wonderful! The recipes below have been modified from The Spice House’s site but I’ve linked the original recipes as well — just click on the recipe name.

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Food

Mission Beets Accomplished!

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beets recipe
After years of trying out recipes & visiting the finest dining establishments, I finally ate beets…and liked them.
Before beets became a trendy “super food,” I can remember my mom espousing the nutritional value of this root vegetable. But this was one food I just couldn’t stomach. I mean really, who wants to eat something that tastes like dirt? So I resigned myself to never eating beets. Once I began eating high nutrient foods, the beet challenge reared its head again. This veggie really is worth the effort to get right, with its excellent source of folate, manganese, potassium, copper, fiber, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin C, iron & vitamin B6. Like I said, “super food.”
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