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Continuing with the theme of serving sizes from both the Green and Red recipes, here is a good side dish recipe involving shiitake mushrooms and garlic.

Ingredients:

Shiitake mushrooms, quartered

Garlic, minced

Salt & Pepper

Parsley, minced

Olive oil

Putting it Together:

1. Stem and quarter the shiitake mushrooms.

2. Combine the mushrooms, minced garlic, salt and pepper and minced parsley together, mixing together.

3. Saute the combination above in olive oil, until just beginning to get crisp on the outside.

Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!


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In many places stretched across the country where I live, Canada, there is a lot of snow from coast to coast! So yes there will be a white Christmas around here!  The white colour is like that of a storybook setting, making the holidays a splendid thing.

Yet the white foods of fruits and vegetables may not be the flashiest as the coloured fruits and vegetables (greens, reds, yellow, orange, or blues and purples) they do not they lack in nutrient value. One of the most important foods in white foods is the Allium family of food: onions, garlic, shallots, and leeks. The health benefits of these foods, make these foods a leading role in many recipes. White foods contain antioxidants for healing and protection, help maintain a health cholesterol level, boost the immune system, and promote good heart health!

Some white foods include:

cauliflower, shallots, mushrooms, turnips, bananas, pears, parsnips, white corn, potatoes, ginger, garlic, white nectarines, and jicama

Next: White food recipe.

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The first recipe of the 3 primary Christmas colours, green, is a side dish. For this recipe, keep in mind what 1 serving size is. Depending on how many you want this side dish to serve, just mulitply the number of people to the single serving size. For example if there are 6 people total at your dinner, # of total people x 1 serving size. Therefore in this example 6 x 1 = 6. Make sure you have enough for 6 people.

Ingredients: *amounts will vary to number of people side dish is for. Adjust accordingly.

Olive oil

Broccoli florets

Green olives, chopped

Capers (optional)

Lemon zest

Dried red pepper flakes

Garlic

Putting it Together:

1. Warm olive oil over medium heat and add broccoli florets and saute them until soften – let them sizzle and brown a bit.

2. Add chopped green olives, capers (if using), lemon zest, dried red pepper flakes and garlic. Saute until broccoli is golden and flavours have melded together.

Enjoy this green side dish!

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Most of the beef that I get comes from a farm – so if you also have that insider track or you have stored beef in the freezer pre-beef recall from certain stores and meat-packing places then let’s get into this recipe!

In this recipe, a Korean-styled beef dish, the beef will be easier to cut into thin slices if it is partially frozen.

Serves 3 to 4 – goes with other dishes.

Ingredient list:

  • 500g beef or 1 pound beef steak (sirloin or other), finely sliced
  • 4 green onions, chopped about 1 inch or 2.54 cm in length

Marinade –

  • 60 ml or 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 30 ml or 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 15 ml or 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 30 ml or 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 2 garlic clove, finely sliced
  • 5 ml or 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • pepper flakes to taste

Putting it together:

  1. Prepare the marinade, mixing all the ingredients together. Pour over the sliced beef, cover and marinate at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
  2. Drain the beef mix well and cook with the green onions over high heat in a wok or skillet until you get the desired texture and amount of donness in the meat.

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What happens when you mix some onions with some tomatoes and mix in some flavour of India?

     

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As the onions and the tomatoes are the key ingredients in this breakfast dish, you get the anti-inflammatory properties of the onions and the lycoene of the tomatoes.

Here is what is needed for this breakfast dish: (serves 2 to 4)

  • dash of olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • a few garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ground tumeric
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 and 1/4 cups of stewed canned tomatoes
  • flavour of pepper
  • 4 eggs
  • optional: 1/4 cup fresh chopped coriander

How to put it together:

  1. Heat the oil in a large skillet with the onions and garlic for a few minutes (softening)
  2. Add the tumeric and cumin, stir for about 2 minutes
  3. Add the tomatoes and season to taste. Simmer the mixture for about 20 minutes until the mix thickens
  4. Make for `pockets` in the mix, break one egg in each pocket
  5. Cook until the egg whites are cooked
  6. Garnish with the optional coriander if  you choose (had this without, or a light mix of cheese overtop the mix)

With this recipe you get 2 bonuses: using the super ingredients of cumin and tumeric (these will be discussed in future posts).

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