Monday, June 8, 2015

Nine Superfoods


These are nine superfoods you should start eating now

Broccoli

Quinoa

Blueberries

Kale

Sweet Potatoes

Black Garlic

Salmon

And last but not least chocolate

Friday, June 5, 2015

Papaya Salad

1 Tablespoon of sugar
1 clove of garlic
2 cups of shredded papaya
1 cup of crab
1 cup of sardines or anchovies
1 cup of shrimp
1 Tablespoon of fish sauce

Toss ingredients together and serve cold or at room temperature.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Sweet Potato Salad


2 purple sweet potatoes

2 white sweet potatoes

2 orange sweet potatoes.

1 small butter nut squash

One small loaf or cinnamon raison bread

One bag of marshmallows

2 table spoons of olive oil

 

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook the sweet potatoes and butter nut squash for 45 minutes. Toast marshmallows. Cut slices of cinnamon bread into cubes and toast them in the oven with one table’s spoon of olive oil. Remove marsh mallows and cinnamon bread croutons from the oven. Remove sweet potatoes and butter net squash from the oven. Peel them and cub them. Place them in a large bowl. Set aside and make your dressing. Put one box of dates and one carton of raspberries into a sauce pan and reduce it to molasses. You can also toss with a bottle of sweet balsamic, strawberry, or raspberry salad dressing from Kraft Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and toss this dressing in bowl with sweet potatoes and squash. Serve in a bowl garnished with marshmallows and cinnamon bread croutons on the side.

Squash Casserole


3 Yellow Squash

3 Zucchini Squash

1 can of Chicken Broth

1 cup of Margarine or Sweet Cream (I use coconut oil now

Jiffy Cornbread Mix

One bag of Cheddar Cheese

1 large yellow, White or Vidalia onion

 

Preheat oven. Make Jiffy Corn Bread Mix. Cook Yellow Onions and Zucchini Squashes in water until tender. Then place in a casserole dish with corn bread mix. Add margarine and chicken broth. You can reduce of add liquids according to your taste. (For example I have relative who really love butter so they substitute and add more) Cover with cheddar cheese and bake until the cheese is melted on top.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Rice Milk

Rice Milk is a good alternative for folks who can't tolerate dairy or soy milk. Rice Dream is sold in most stores and. The lattes, milk and ice cream are wonderful. It can be substituted in any milk recipe. It is also good for people who are lactose intolerance or those on an acid free or vegan diet.
http://www.tastethedream.com/products/category/850.php

Goat Cheese

         Well I was looking for goat cheese products because there aren't many found in the store. I love cheese, but its not good for acid reflux. I've found some beautiful North Carolina farms. I hope to have a North Carolina farm on day. Goat cheese has less fatty acids than cows milk. It is also good for food allergies and certain skin conditions.


Prodigal farms provide a glimpse into the goat farming business. Their kickstarter campaign is still under way if you would like to help them build a facility to make hard cheeses. Their goats look wonderful. http://prodigalfarm.com/

This is the Facebook page for Dark Cove https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=142450339210914&set=a.142449492544332.25686.137254749730473&type=3

Ripshin Goat Dairy seems like a wonderful place near my house, but I can't tell if they’re open or closed. There is a list of retailers on their website.http://www.ripshingoatdairy.com/sleepy

The Sleepy Goat Farm has an online store and great recipes. http://www.ripshingoatdairy.com/

 Oak moon has a beautiful website.http://www.freewebs.com/oakmoonfarm/ 

Holly Grove has some beautiful pictures of goat cheese on their website but no store.  http://heritagehomestead.net/our-cheese/

The Heritage Homestead also has a beautiful online store which I intend to try they have a great variety of hard and soft cheeses with great flavors including spinach pesto and green olive. http://www.hollygrovecheese.com/

Elodie farms features, cheese, a beautiful farm house and offers summer camps. http://www.elodiefarms.net/

http://www.goatladydairy.com/cheese-where-to-buy.php. These cheeses are sold at Whole Foods and the farm also offers a beautiful dinner.

Round Mountain Creamery sells milk and cheese from retailers and from their website. http://www.goatladydairy.com/cheese-where-to-buy.php

The Buffalo Creek Creamery operates a farm with a tours, and an adorable country store. http://buffalocreekfarmandcreamery.com/farmstore_main.html

The cheeses at Bosky Farms are found at Earthfare in the Charlotte area. So go, eat, and enjoy. http://boskyacres.com/cheese.htm

 


Introduction

Hello,

I've toyed with the prospects of starting  recipe blog for quite sometime. So today is my launch date still without much planning or a business plan (mainly because is a rainy Sunday after noon here in NC). This blog will be a tribute to my pursuit of low acid food products mixed with great recipes and fantastic travel. The name comes from a blog  in a book I'm writing, every other practical name was already taken. I typed in Expresso Express and presto it's available, maybe that's a sign from somewhere. well any way enjoy.

Yolanda