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Glycemic Load Discussion – 3 soups compared 23 May 2010 | 08:28 am
The Glycemic Index is touted in most updated diabetic diet information as the key to one leg of blood glucose control – healthy eating. (The other three legs are exercise, medication and supplements,...
“Spanish” Quinoa 19 May 2010 | 04:22 pm
Today I tried something new that I had wanted to try – using quinoa instead of rice in a Spanish rice recipe. I took a can of diced tomatoes with roasted garlic and drained the juice into a measuring...
Special White Bean Soup 14 May 2010 | 06:33 am
This is another soup which uses water as its base and produces a delicious vegetarian soup which is also loved by the rest of the family. It is adapted from Julia Child’s cookbook. High glycemic pot...
French Onion Soup 13 May 2010 | 03:28 pm
This soup recipe is based on the basic onion soup recipe in Julia Child’s Original Cookbook. I made two batches as described in “What is Parallel Cooking”. One used beef broth and one used vegetable...
Chili Mac 13 May 2010 | 02:25 pm
The two issues for my vegetarian and I with this dish are that I shouldn’t have too much pasta and we need to keep the proteins separate. An easy solution is to substitute beans for half of the macaro...
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner 13 May 2010 | 02:21 pm
This was the first time I cooked a corned beef dinner without a crockpot. Usually everything was mushy. I cooked the vegetables separately and it was very successful. Ingredients: A corned beef bris...
Apple Rosemary Couscous or Quinoa 13 May 2010 | 02:19 pm
This recipe is based on one on the Near East brand website. They claimed it made 4 servings – it was more like 10 LOL. My son didn’t like it because he had a problems with garlic and apples in the sam...
Best Potato Soup 13 May 2010 | 02:10 pm
This is the only soup recipe I have ever tried that my whole family likes. Actually, I don’t think my husband has ever liked any of my homemade soups before. It is based on a recipe in Julia Child’s o...
Dolly’s Taco Salad 13 May 2010 | 02:08 pm
My mother grew up in East LA in the 1920s. She learned this recipe which was called Tostadas Compuestas from her neighbors. Originally it used home-made Tortilla Chips (this was decades before Doritos...
Mediterranean Chicken Menu 13 May 2010 | 01:58 pm
Here is today’s menu and how we turned it into parallel cooking. This menu uses shared side dishes and saving out something for sauce for the vegetarian patty. I developed this recipe during a “cook ...
