This corn and mushroom chowder with clams recipe is a simple and delicious one pot meal. All of the vegetables are fresh and the butter and cream are grass fed for best nutrition. I usually use canned chopped clams but…
Fresh Okra And Grape Tomatoes Recipe
About Okra Okra is a wonderful and underutilized vegetable. The young pods are best and cook more quickly when still tender but fully mature pods work fine with just a little extra cooking time and moisture. Okra supplies a lot…
Curried Ginger Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Since I am usually cooking for 2-4 people(or two people with leftovers), I like to use small 2-5 pound pumpkins as soon as they show up at the farmers’ markets and produce stands. A pumpkin in this size range will…
Southwestern Beef Tartar Recipe
Southwestern beef tartar is a twist on the classic recipe for those eating raw whole foods. Usually made with beef tenderloin for its silky texture, my version uses grass fed beef chuck cap. Half of the parsley in the classic…
Red Chile Sauce Recipe
This red chile sauce recipe is made from whole dried chile pepper pods in the traditional Northern New Mexican style popular in Santa Fe. It is a very simple recipe with few ingredients. There are no tomato products, meat or…
(Almost) Traditional Italian Fresh Tomato Sauce
Authentic Italian tomato sauces start with ripe Roma tomatoes. Either onion or garlic is part of the recipe, depending on region and personal taste, but not both. Olive oil is used to saute the onion or garlic and makes for…
Roasted Spaghetti Squash Recipe
Spaghetti squash is a member of the hard, or winter, squash family which also includes acorn and butternut squash. This family of vegetables are good sources of carotenoids, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin. Though relatively high in starches, the complex…
Pot Of Beans Recipe
Dried beans are an important part of my healthy whole food diet and I make a pot of them every week or two to always have available as a side dish or entree. Full of fiber, minerals, vitamins and micronutrients,…
Spiced Acorn Squash Recipe
Are you feeling the need for a healthy dose of vitamin A, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds and fiber, too? Does it have to be fast and easy because you are short on time? How about cheap and widely available at…
Herbed Roasted Pork Loin Recipe
This recipe starts with the same bone-in pork rib roast used in the “Stuffed Pork Chops” recipe. I like this cut of meat a lot because of its convenient size, versatility and low cost. These bone-in rib roasts can be…