12 Days, 8 New Recipes, 5+ New Ingredients

Since the end of March, I've been on a mission to bring healthier and more diverse foods into my home. We're going organic, and we're cooking more frequently than ever! Here is a sampling of what my partner and I have been discovering, eating, and enjoying over the past 12 days. Astericks indicate new-to-us foods.

From my IIN Healthy Cooking DVD:

1. Collard Greens* Saute with Daikon Radish*
   ....Collard greens have a strong taste that radish or herbs help tame. Your body will tell you how healthy this veggie is!
   
2. Carrot Burdock* Strengthener
   ....Good woody, earthy taste; possibly not enough to last 'til lunch on its own
   
3. Quinoa* with Bay Leaf Infusion
   ....Liked the quinoa better tonight, cooked in chicken stock!
   
4. Red Lentils* with Baby Spinach and Lemon Juice
   ....YUMMY! Easy! Filling!
   
5. White Beans with Sage
   ....I liked it, my partner did not - he doesn't like tomatoes =)
   

From Another IIN-provided collection of recipes I have:

6. Easy Pork Chops
   ....Much like Mom used to make. =)
   

From Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon

7. Coconut Almond Cookies
   ....With Almond meal*, arrowroot flour* and Sucanat*. Crumbly but tasty!!!
   
8. Coconut-Almond Kisses
   ....I made them less almond, more chocolaty. I made them 3 times last week, they are so good!

I also took a metabolic-diet-type questionnaire as part of my classwork, which seems to validate my inherent self-knowledge that I cannot subsist on a diet of seeds and berries. Nope, the ancestors whose genes are manifest in me ate meat! As I learn more about this questionnaire, I will discuss it and tell you where to find it. =)