Low Fat Ranch dressing recipe

4 teaspoons olive

2 teaspoons lemon juice or cider vinegar

2 teaspoons granular sugar

1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram

3/4 cup buttermilk

3 tablespoons Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons Vegenasie (find at Wholefoods in Refrigerator         section get the one with grape seed.)

2 tablespoons finely chopped onion

2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley or dried

½ tsp garlic powder or use 1 whole clove minced

 

Kale Chips

Clean a small bunch of kale leaves and lay on a towel to dry.  Using a small knife, peel off a small portion of the stem so it’s thinner.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Arrange the kale chips on a cookie sheet with the leaf edges just touching each other.

Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt.

Place in the oven while it is still preheating and set the timer for 15 minutes.

Remove when leaves turn slightly dark and crisp.  Eat immediately!

Strawberry Preserves with Black Pepper and Balsamic Vinegar

 

Paired with fresh goat cheese on crostini, these preserves make a great appetizer.

Prep time:  45 minutes
Makes 2 cups

Ingredients:

2 cups strawberries (about 1 pint), trimmed and quartered
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper

 

In a small heavy saucepan bring all ingredients to a boil, stirring.  Simmer mixture, stirring and skimming foam occasionally, for 15 to 30 minutes, or until thickened and translucent. Remove pan from heat and cool preserves completely.   Preserves keep 1 month if covered and chilled.

 

Hot Green Bean & Potato Puree From Cooking for Healthy Healing, by Linda Reetor-Page

  

For 6 servings: Preheat oven to 450°

  • Cook 1lb RED or WHITE DICED POTATOES in boiling salted water for 10 minutes.
  • Add 1lb FROZEN GREEN BEANS, partially cover pot, and cook for 7 to 10 minutes more. Drain.
  • Puree in the blender with 5tbsp OIL or BUTTER, and NUTMEG, SALT and PEPPER to taste.
  • Scrape into a lecithin-sprayed gratin dish. Bake for 15 minutes until a skin forms on the top, and puree is heated through. Serve immediately with crackers or rye rounds.

Pumpkin Cookies (gluten-free)

×        2 cups rice flour

×        1tsp vanilla

×        ½ cup honey

×        1tsp lemon extract (optional)

×        ½ cup safflower oil or spectrum spread

×        2tsp baking powder

×        1 cup pumpkin

 

 

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix honey, oil, vanilla, pumpkin and lemon extract together. Mix rice flour and baking powder together. Blend wet mix with dry to a drop cookie consistency. Place dough onto a greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake for 20 minutes

Gluten Free Millet Oatmeal Bread Recipe

1 cup brown rice flour

1/2 cup certified gluten free oat flour (you can pulverize oats in a food processor to make oat flour) *If you are sensitive to oat flour, try quinoa flour

3/4 cup millet flour

1/2 cup tapioca flour

1/3 cup arrowroot starch* you can substitute cornstarch if you need to

1/3 cup sweet rice flour

1/4 flax seed meal (you can’t taste it and it adds fiber)

1 Tablespoon xanthan gum

3 eggs

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 packet active dry yeast+ 1 tsp granulated sugar for proofing yeast

1 Tablespoon molasses

3 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

4 Tablespoons butter or butter substitute, melted

1/4 cup plus 1 cup heated water (I heated my water to 120 degrees to proof the yeast)

DIRECTIONS:

Make sure all your dry ingredients (and eggs!) are at room temperature. Grease the bottom of a 10 inch loaf pan or two 8 inch pans. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and then turn off. In the bowl of your stand mixer (I used my paddle not my dough hook for this recipe), sift together the dry ingredients. In a separate medium bowl, mix eggs, molasses, vinegar, and melted butter together. Heat your water for proofing the yeast. I recommend 120 degrees. In a small prep bowl, stir together your active dry yeast and one teaspoon of sugar. Add 1/4 cup of the heated water to the yeast mixture. Let the yeast sit for 10 minutes. It should be foamy and active! If not, start over with another packet of yeast. Once your yeast is ready, add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients. Then add the yeast mixture. Then slowly add your water (should still be warm) to achieve the right consistency in your batter. Since different brands, flours, measuring techniques act different I do not recommend just blindly dumping in the rest of the water but adding gradually instead. The dough should be like very stiff cake batter. I beat my dough on high for about 15 minutes in my stand mixer. If you accidentally add too much water simply add a little rice flour until you achieve the dough consistency you are after. Put the dough in your prepared pan and place in oven to rise for about 1 – 1 1/2 hours. You can put plastic wrap or a towel over the pan. My house is much too cold right now so I put mine in the oven so that the dough can rise. Once the dough has risen to the top of the pan, bake the bread for 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. As you can tell, I am big on thermometers.

Makes a delicious loaf of bread that is eaten in no time. My bread is always consumed within 2 days so I don’t know how long it lasts. I would not refrigerate this bread ( it might get soggy), but I would slice and freeze it for later use.

 

 

Gluten Free Flour Mix

Ingredients

×        1 cup brown rice flour

×        1 1/4 cup white rice flour

×        1/4 cup potato starch

×        2/3 cup tapioca starch

×        3/4 cup sweet rice flour

×        1/3 cup arrowroot starch

×        2 tsp xantham gum

Directions

Sift together twice and mix well. Can be used 1:1 for all purpose wheat flour. Additional xantham gum may be needed in some recipes.

Fresh Ahi with Rosemary & Thyme From Cooking for Healthy Healing, by Linda Reetor-Page

 

For 4 servings: Preheat grill and brush with oil.

 

Marinate 1 lb THICK FRESH AHI STEAKS for 1 hour in:

2 tbsp LEMON JUICE

2 tsp FRESH THYME LEAVES

½ tsp SESAME SALT

2 tsp ROSEMARY SPRIGS

3 tbsp OLIVE OIL

½ tsp CRACKED PEPPER

 

  • Grill AHI for 4 minutes on each side until just pink in the center, squeezing with lemon juice during grilling. Garnish with LEMON QUARTERS and ROSEMARY SPRIGS.

Farmer’s Market Salad with Japanese Miso Dressing by one of our patients

Farmers Market Salad with Japanese Miso Dressing  by J.A.

Serves 2

Wash in cold water, rinse and spin until completely dry the following:

  • 1 cup sunflower sprouts
  • 2 endives – cut crosswise in 3/8 inch slices
  • Small radicchio -cut crosswise in 1/2 inch slices
  • Small romaine lettuce -cut crosswise in 1 inch slices

Toss together with:

  • 1 carrot, cut into thin strips
  • 1 spring onion or green onion cut white and light green parts crosswise in thin slices
  • 1 avocado cut in small pieces
  • Miso Dressing:

Whisk together in a small bowl until blended:

  • 2 Tbsp. roasted sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp. Hikari Mild Sodium Organic Miso (can be bought at Mitsuwa Marketplace on Saratoga Ave.)
  • 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar

Proportions of miso, sesame oil, and vinegar can be adjusted to your own taste.

Drizzle Miso Dressing over salad greens and toss just before serving and sprinkle 1 Tbsp roasted sesame seeds on top.

Fall Roasted Root Vegetables

  • 2 cups coarsely chopped peeled yam (about 1 large or mix colors)
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped peeled sweet potato (about 1 large)
  • 1 1/2 cups of mixed yellow and purple beets (2-3 beets)
  • 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped parsnip (about 2 medium)
  • 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped carrot (about 2 medium)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (more or less to taste))
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 shallots, halved
  • 1 sprig fresh Rosemary finely chopped

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Combine all vegetables in a 9 x 13 glass casserole dish. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and fresh cut rosemary.  Roast at 375° for 40 minutes or until vegetables are tender and begin to brown, stirring every 20 minutes.

 

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