Seitan Stew

1-2 Cups seitan, cut into big bite sized chunks

3 Cloves garlic, cut into small pieces

1 Medium onion, cut into thick wedges

2 Carrots, cut into large diagonal chunks

1 Stalk burdock,, sliced on a thin diagonal

1 Cup Brussels sprouts, cut in half

1 Stalk celery, cut on a thin diagonal

Spring water

1/4 Cup shoyu

Kuzu, diluted in 1/3 cup cold water

Place seitan and garlic , onions, carrots, burdock, Brussels sprouts, and celery into a 6 quart pot. Add spring water to just cover, then add shoyu. Bring to a boil. Reduce flame to low and simmer until vegetables are done, about 20 minutes. Add diluted kuzu, stirring constantly until it thickens stew. Simmer for 5 more minutes. If the stew is too thin, add a little more thickener. If too thick, add more cold water for desired consistency.

- I can’t buy fresh burdock on our island so I used other root vegetables instead. I added some diakon and some parsnip. It was a crappy rainy day and this dish was perfect!  

All recipes are posted with permission from Jessica Porter.

Tomorrow I will be starting the THIRD annual spring challenge.  The last  two years went great! I used Aveline Kushi’s book(The Complete Guide To macrobiotic Cooking), then Christina Cooks-Everything You Always Wanted to Know about WholeFoods but were afraid to ask. This year I have chosen The Hip Chick’s guide to Macrobiotics by Jessica Porter. She is a great chef with  a kooky sense of humor and her book is full of fun recipes . Soon you will be having a great laugh and will feel wonderful eating her delicious recipes . Don’t worry if you don’t own this book. I will be posting the recipes everyday with photos. Or, pick your favorite cookbook  or chef to follow. The point is adding new recipes to our daily repertoire.

Today is Day 1- Finding your cookbook and collecting your groceries.

This first week all  recipes will be  on Grains!

1- Perfect Brown Rice

2-Mediterranean Barley Salad

3- Rice, Avacado And Corn Salad

4-Good Morning Oat Porridge

5- Quinoa Salad

6-Millet Mashed “Potatoes” With Mushroom Gravy

7- Kasha And Cabbage

Please post comments and photo’s of what you are cooking!

All recipes are printed with permission from Jessica Porter.

Please join me starting May 1st and enjoy a fresh new (or old favourite) recipe every day for a month..  Bring on the spring.

AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL

(Image from Healthycrush.com)

This month it’s all about  A Complete Macrobiotic Meal!

Thursday April 19th at 6:30 p.m

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes.

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

THE THIRD THURSDAY EVENING  OF EVERY MONTH AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO or e-mail me here.. 

Whole foods cooking class CBC interview

AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL

This month it’s all about MUSHROOMS! 

Thursday February 16th at 6:30 p.m

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes.

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

THE THIRD THURSDAY EVENING  OF EVERY MONTH AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO or e-mail me here.. 

Whole foods cooking class CBC interview

AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL

This month it’s all about THAI FOOD! 

Thursday November 17 at 6:30 p.m

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes.

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

THE THIRD THURSDAY EVENING  OF EVERY MONTH AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO or e-mail me here.. 

Whole foods cooking class CBC interview

AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL

This month it’s all about APPLES AND PUMPKINS! 

Thursday October 20th at 6:30 p.m

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes.

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

THE THIRD THURSDAY EVENING  OF EVERY MONTH AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO or e-mail me here.. 

Whole foods cooking class CBC interview

*NEWS! Kids Can Cook program will be held on Thursdays ONLY for the Fall Semester. Starting September 22 at 3 p.m  Hope to see you there! 

After School Program

Fun in the kitchen with macrobiotics and fresh local whole foods, sewing creations, crafts and dance!

I’m very excited to be spending time with your wonderful children. I hope they all enjoy the fall program with me. We will be dancing, making crafts and doing lots of cooking! All of our projects will be hands on, using local organic ingredients as much as possible and recycled goods for our craft projects.

September 16-December 14th 2010

All Elementary School kids -Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-5:30

All Junior High students- 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00-8:00 p.m

$15.00/a day

Please contact me for further information. Sign up today!

Location:Charlottetown Prince Edward Island

Telephone: 902-367-9491

Kale And Black -Eyed Pea Soup

1 to 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 to 3 cloves of fresh garlic, thinly sliced

1 Yellow onion, diced

Sea salt

2 to 3 Stalks of celery, diced

1 Carrot, diced

1 Teaspoon sweet paprika

1 Bay leaf

4 Cups spring or filtered water

11/4 Cups canned diced tomatoes with liquid

2 Cups cooked black-eyed peas

2 Teaspoons white miso

1 Cup cooked brown rice

2 Cups finely shredded fresh kale

Place the oil, garlic, and onion in a soup pot over medium heat. When the onion begins to sizzle, add a pinch of salt and saute for 1 minute. Add the celery, carrot, paprika, bay leaf and another pinch of salt and saute for 1 minute. Add the water and tomatoes, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes. Add the black-eyed peas and cook for 5 minutes. Remove a small amount of broth and use to dissolve the miso. Stir the miso mixture into the soup and remove the bay leaf. Stir in the brown rice and kale and simmer, uncovered for 3 to 4 minutes to activate the enzymes in the miso, heat the rice and lightly cook the kale.

-I used a red onion in this . It worked fine. We really enjoyed this soup!

This recipe is printed with permission from Christina Pirello

Creamy Cauliflower Bisque With Pumpkin Seed Pesto

Bisque

1 Yellow onion, diced

1 Head cauliflower, florets removed, stem discarded

1/2 Cup arborio rice

5 Cups spring or filtered water

Mirin

Sea salt

Pumpkin Seed Pesto

1 Cup pumpkin seeds

1 Cup loosly packed fresh basil leaves

1/2 Cup loosely packed  fresh flat-leaf parsley

1/3 Cup extra-virgin olive oil

1 Tbsp white miso

1/4 Teaspoon chili powder

Juice of 2 lemons

Spring or filtered water, if needed

1/2 red bell pepper, roasted over an open flame, peeled, seeded, and finely diced, for garnish

To make the bisque: Place the onion, cauliflower and rice into a soup pot. Add the water, a generous splash of mirin and a pinch of salt. Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the cauliflower is soft, about 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and simmer for 5 minutes. Transfer the soup, by ladle fulls, to a food processor and puree until smooth. Return the soup to the pot and keep the soup  at a simmer while making the pesto.

To make the pesto: Place the pumpkin seeds, basil, parsley and olive oil in a food processor and pulse into a coarse paste. Add the miso, chili powder and lemon juice. Puree until smooth. You may need to add a small amount of water to puree properly, but keep the pesto thick, so that it holds it’s shape in the soup.

To serve, spoon the soup into individual bowls and scoop a generous dollop of pesto in the center of each bowl and sprinkle with the bell pepper.

This recipe is printed with permission from Christina Pirello