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I found this website as part of the volunteer research I’m doing for A Single Light which is a cancer information website.  It talks about the role nutrition plays in various types of cancer.  http://www.cancerproject.org/

Pomona’s Universal Pectin has this recipe for low sugar apricot jam.  If you don’t want to use any sugar they also have a recipe for jam with fruit juice. Continue reading → Post ID 186

Today we walked to our neighborhood farmer’s market and brought home basically all we could carry.

Now I’m trying this roasted beet recipe.

Here’s what the beets looked like going into the grill >

We also got spinach, radishes, cauliflower, scallions, pluots and cabbage.

Then when we got home our neighbor brought us some plums.

It’s a veritable cornucopia!

I’ve got to try this.

Sweet Potato Chili Continue reading → Post ID 186

I make this at least twice a week when we’re at home. We never buy commercial “bread” unless we’re traveling.

• 12 oz water, preheated for 25 sec in microwave
• 2 Tb olive oil
• 1/4 cup honey (to feed the yeasties, else you get flatbread, ha)
• 1-1/4 tsp salt
• 3-1/2 C whole wheat flour
• 2-1/4 tsp yeast
• 3 oz ground flax seed (kicks the Omega-3’s up)

Bake in bread machine on Whole Wheat, Medium, 1.5 lb loaf setting.

The bread is best toasted with peanut butter, and it’s Real Food.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups corn kernels (from 3 ears)
• 1 large ripe mango (about 1 pound), peeled and diced
• 1 15-ounce or 19-ounce can black beans, rinsed
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 small canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, drained and chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in corn and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer the corn mixture to a large bowl. Stir in mango, beans, onion, bell pepper, lime juice, chipotle, cilantro, cumin, and salt.