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POPCORN as diet food Top it with truffle powder, or maybe even shrimp powder. Popcorn is way more than a movie treat or a kid-based snack. As an adult snack it is low in calories and great for poop relief. It’s the fibre in the corn that helps there. One cup of air-popped popcorn has about a gram of fiber and 30 calories. So partake in popped popcorn in a plentiful way to push the...diet forward. It is also the rage these days to top your popped corn with something besides butter and salt. Of course many would argue it is always the rage to eat popcorn as a calorie saver. Top with an excellent fine sea salt (I wonder if a mist of salty water might be better?) and a condiment of your choice. Chocolate is good, though that is more like a dipping than a topping, and it does add calories. We like to think interesting flavored salts are a good choice, though many of those are “salt first" kind of flavors. More salt than flavor. Now on the other hand (Popcorn eating can be an ambidextrous thing, just think of your first movie date and where you sat was way more important than where the location of the popcorn was), we have this amazing jar of white Truffle powder that has just a touch of salt in it. That's right, for you truffle lovers, this might be the most important culinary movie you make in your life. It has the aroma and the taste of white truffle (that’s because it is truffle, not some conception born in a test tube) and is like truffle fairy dust you can gently toss with a flick of your wrist over a vat of popcorn. Because it is so light it might not add any calories to your already popped dinner. It truly might be the ultimate in truffle love! Keep in mind, that the creator of this white truffle treat was not thinking of culinary popcorn. Most likely he was thinking how to preserve the wonderful nuanced flavors of the elusive white truffle to add at any time, at a moments notice, to the dish you just created! Truffle and popcorn, now that is a diet worth eating. Shop now for Tartuflanghe White Truffle Powder! |
Cool Beans Beans are a wonderful and beautiful food. Good for you and beautiful to look at, beans can be used as a feature like rice and beans, or as an integral important component like in a tostada. Beans can also be a side or a bed for a dish. Beans are easy. They can be cooked quickly in a pressure cooker though we prefer to soak them overnight and then cook. The hardest part about making beans is remembering to soak them overnight. After that you’re all set. Baked beans are also easy to make and with time can be glorious by themselves. Refried beans are easy, too, and are a great spread for toast or an enchilada. Search "bean recipe" and you will get over 1.25 billion results, "chicken" has a few more, "steak" less. There are a lot of ways to eat beans! The key to a good bean dish is fresh beans. Ideally the beans are from the most recent harvest. Winter and spring is a great time to have beans! Add some flavor with carrots, celery, garlic and onions. Woodsy herbs like sage, rosemary and thyme pair well with the earthy beans. Lard or fat of some kind is always good. Salt is essential as well. That’s it. Beans add a bountiful soft bite full of goodness alone or with others, either way more beans are great. Don’t forget rice and beans is one of the best, simplest dishes you can have! Shop now for Beans! |
Organic Teggia Beans Garden Treasures Farm A French shelling variety, these dried Teggia beans have a delicate flavor and creamy texture. Plenty of nutrition and protein packed into a perfect side dish for any meal or in a wonderfully hearty soup. These may be the most delicately flavored legumes you have ever enjoyed. Shop now for Organic Teggia Beans |
Tiger Eye organic beans The original bean from South America, the Tiger Eye Bean has a buttery-smooth texture, and a rich and hearty flavor. It lends a tender melt-in-your-mouth appeal to your plate. We love these beans as a creamy soup, refried or in a bean casserole. Shop now for Organic Tiger Eye Beans! |
Vermont Cranberry Organic Beans A variety dating back to the 1800's from the northeastern US, this Vermont Cranberry Bean is great tasting. It has a similar but fuller flavor to the pinto bean. Good eating almost any way you want: soups, boiled, re-fried, or in a cold salad. More vibrantly "red" than the standard, mid-western cranberry bean, these beans are beautiful. Perfect for a red bean stew. Shop now for Organic Vermont Cranberry Beans! |
Sangre de Toro Organic beans These heirloom Sangre de Toro beans are originally from Southern Mexico. They are the perfect bean for red beans and rice, or any other traditional Latin American recipe that calls for a red bean. A dense bean without being too starchy, they are great in salads, soups and with rice. Shop now for Organic Sangre de Toro Beans! |
Scarlet Runner Organic Beans An original high-altitude bean from Central America, but now widely adapted as a pole bean in the Northern Americas. Widely used on the farm to capture beneficial insects and in organic trap cropping. Scarlet Runners are a large bean - as big as a Corona Bean - are rich in flavor, and are traditionally used in soups or boiled. And they are just stunning to look at. Shop now for Organic Scarlet Runner Beans! |
Hidatsa Shield Figure Organic Beans Deep in the Missouri River Valley of North Dakota, the Hidatsa Indians grew this pole type drying bean in their corn fields. This Shield Figure varietal is a farm favorite, they are creamy and on the larger side - so are multi-purpose. Tan and white, they are simply gorgeous. Shop now for Organic Hidatsa Shield Figure Beans! |
Wild Hibiscus Flowers not just for champagne anymore It’s not just for New Years. And it’s not just for champagne. Though it is quite good looking and festive when it is in a glass of bubbly Prosecco. We are talking about Hibiscus flowers. Wild ones that open up to expose themselves. They are pretty and some would argue that looking pretty and looking good is their main purpose in life. I would agree. Though, the bite is pretty fun, too. For instance, try a ball of goat cheese and a spoonful of syrup over the top. Or top a pastry with a honey top. To the bite the syrup is the flavor, sweet and tasty. And it is a hibiscus flavor, perhaps, though I am not sure exactly what that flavor is. It is for sure a sweet sauce that has a flowery taste, maybe. The bite is firm with a crunch similar to pickled food, after a few crunch bites you notice that it has a fiber-ish feel that comes from petals. Not unpleasant, instead it is interesting. Use the syrup as a way to add color and a sweet flavor. It looks good! Add to your champagne flute or on-the-rocks glass. Dress up next time you plate with Wild Hibiscus Flowers. Shop now for Wild Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup! |
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Bean and Winter Squash Posole Stew Recipe Try any bean in this simple to do recipe. Tuna and White Bean Salad in Endive Spears Recipe Nothing could be easier, and tastier, than this recipe. Unless you want to cook beans from dried, it’s almost as simple as opening a few cans from your pantry, mixing them together, and serving in endive spears. Recipe adapted from “Essentials of Italian Cooking” by Marcella Hazan. Einkorn and Bean Minestrone RECIPE Farro and Bean Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. Although we think of minestrone as a chunky soup with small pasta pieces, in Italy they often add farro as the starch filler instead of pasta. In this case, however, we have used Einkorn. A precursor to Farro (or Emmer), Einkorn has a slightly smaller grain, and is much softer than Emmer - so it requires less cooking to get it to that "al dente" texture that I love so much. |
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