Showing posts with label wild foods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild foods. Show all posts

Friday, May 06, 2011

Morel Mushrom Haiku and Pictures

A week ago Tuesday, my son in law and daughter visited for his birthday. Before coming in to say hello, they spent about ten minutes walking around the house and these are the beautiful morels they found in that short time!

I wrote a few (very quick)Haiku's to accompany them.

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Blessings of mushrooms to all.

Abundant Morels
Look before you take a step
Mushrooms everywhere




Morels cooking with
onions and garlic cozy
along the pans edge





Look at the size of
These morels tall, full fleshed
Delicate of taste




I want to bite these
Morel mushrooms all up, NOW
even uncooked




I know I am ahead of the season, yet, I am wondering if the Chanterelle's will be as abundant. If so, yum yum yum!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Violet Wine Fermentation Picture

I finally went through some of my images and found the picture I took of the beginning stages of fermentation for the Violet Wine I made this spring! I love the colors and all of the bubbles!



It took me so long to get the image here, the fermentation process has stopped and the wine is now waiting to be bottled!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

BLOOMINGTONRAW Recipes and Pics from June Rawluck

Recipes and Pics from June Rawluck:
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Raw Pasta Alfredo with Vegan Sausage Bits

Sausage (recipe from the Boutenkos):
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 head lettuce
1/2 cup olive oil
5 cloves garlic
1/2 cup onion powder
1 tbsp caraway seeds
1 tbsp dired sage
1/2 bunch fresh basil
Blend all ingredients in food processor, shape into bits or
patties. (This recipe made about twice as much as I put into the dish
I brought. Also, recipe is very sticky - it helps to put the shaped
bits into the dehydrator for an hour or so at 105 degrees to make them
easier to handle.)

Pasta:
2 small zucchini, spiralized or sliced or shredded into
spaghetti-like pieces.
(In hindsight I would have put this in a strainer for twenty
minutes or so, since the liquid from the zucchini watered down my
sauce more than I would have liked!)

Alfredo Sauce (recipe from Jackie Ayala & David Steinberg):
1/2 cup organic stone-crushed olive oil
1 drop each therapeutic grade basil, thyme, and oregano essential oils
water and meat of 1 young Thai coconut
1/3 cup citrus juice blend (I used orange and lime)
1 tbsp Celtic sea salt
2 large cloves garlic w/ skins
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
In glass bowl combine olive oil and essential oils.
In vita-mix blender, combine coconut water and meat, citrus juice
blend, salt and garlic. Blend on "5" until mixture is smooth. Slowly
add macadamia nuts while machine is running and increase speed to "9."
Scrape sides to be sure everything is well blended. Turn speed down
to "7," add olive oil, and continue to blend for another 5 seconds.
(Sauce will be warm from all the blending - be careful with the
vita-mix not to blend too long or sauce will get too hot to be raw!)

Arrange pasta in serving dish, pour alfredo sauce over top, then drop
sausage bits on top of sauce. Enjoy!
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Maggie's Raw Berry Pie
Crust:
Almonds Dates Coconut Lemon Juice
Filling:Cinnamon, black rapberries, red rasspberries, blueberries,
peaches, and a pinch of salt
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Cabbage w/Ginger
Cabbage
Carrot
Bockchoy
avacado
lemon juice
celtic sea salt
grated ginger
ground cumin
cayenne
grapeseed oil
filtered water
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Simple is Beautiful Desert!
I Quart Blueberries
1 Pint Strawberries
Squeezed Lemon Wedges
Drizzled with honey
and dressed with fresh mint

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Layered cabbage and sprouts

Layer these (as you would a truffle) in a loaf pan:
french lentils sprouted
shredded red cabbage
shredded celery
shredded napa cabbage
more sprouted french lentils

Make cashew sauce--two fists of raw cashews buzzed until it balls
around the blade. Add a generous splash of lime juice, two minced
garlic cloves, some dried chives and mild green chilies. Then add
enough water to make it pourable. Pour over layered loaf pan. Voila!

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Watermelon Gazpacho
6 cups watermelon, seeded and cubed
1 1/4 cups orange juice
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large english cucumbers, peeled, seeded, & diced
1/2 large red peppers, seeded and diced
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 3/4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon jalapeno chile peppers, diced fine
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, or lime juice
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1. Process 4 cups of watermelon with orange juice and oil in blender,
food processor, or with hand blender and puree. 2. Transfer to bowl
and mix with remaining ingredients. Blend with hand blender to desired
consistency. Season with salt & pepper to taste.3. Refrigerate until
ready to use.

Jan Bulla-Baker
Bloomington Cooking School
115 N College Ave., Suite 014
Bloomington, IN 47404

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Kale Avocado Salad
2 bunches Kale
2 avocados
2 celery sticks chopped
1/2 cup pine nuts
cup of cherry tomatoes sliced
Dulse
2 tsp sea salt
juice of one lemon

De-stem kale, sprinkle on salt and massage until the kale is tender.
blend avocado and lemon * add water as needed to blend. Mix all
ingredients and enjoy!
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Summer Cucumber Salad

1/4 cup organic olive oil
1/4 cup organic brown rice vinegar
2-3 Tbsp Indiana clover honey (adjust amount to taste)
1/2 organic white onion minced
2 organic cucumbers peeled and thinly sliced
10-12 fresh basil leaves cut into thin stripes
leaves from 2-3 sprigs of fresh oregano removed from stems
1 tsp of thinly sliced shoots of fresh garlic

The herbs were organically grown in a friend's garden, and the cucs
and garlic came from farmer's market.

Begin by mixing the liquid ingredients, add onion, then cucumber, add
herbs and sliced garlic shoots at the end.

May additionally season with sea salt and black pepper to taste.


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