Beet Greens Bruschetta With Poached Egg and Fontina — Recipes for Health - NYTimes.com

1 or 2 eggs

1 thick slice (1 inch) or 2 thinner slices whole-grain country bread (about 2 ounces)

1 garlic clove, cut in half

2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup blanched or steamed beet greens, coarsely chopped (about 2 1/2 ounces)

Chopped fresh chives (optional)

1/2 ounce fontina or Gruyère, thinly sliced or grated

1. Poach the eggs first and set aside in a bowl of warm water.

2. Lightly toast the bread, and rub with the cut side of the garlic clove. Finely chop or purée the remaining garlic.

3. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a small skillet and add the garlic. As soon as it smells fragrant, in about 30 seconds, stir in the beet greens. Stir together for about a minute, until greens are infused with the garlic and olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

4. Top the toasted bread with the greens. Top the greens with the cheese. Place in a warm oven or a microwave and heat just until the cheese begins to melt. Remove from the heat. Blot the eggs dry if they are in warm water and place on top of the greens. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and chives, and enjoy.

Yield: 1 serving.

Advance preparation: The cooked beet greens and poached eggs will keep for 3 or 4 days in the refrigerator.

I would use a different cheese - whatever I have.

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Crowne Plaza North Dallas - Addison, Texas

September 23-25, 2011

Shady Vegetable Garden

The following crops will produce with three to six hours of sun, or fairly constant dappled shade, per day.

Salad Greens, such as leaf lettuce, arugula, endive, and cress.
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Peas
Beets
Brussels Sprouts
Radishes
Swiss Chard
Leafy Greens, such as collards, mustard greens, spinach, and kale
Beans

Fall planting, the advice for Houston at this time (Sept.) is to plant:
Beans
Parsnips
Turnips
Potatoes
Carrots
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Winter Squash
Might also try for cucumbers which really should be August.

Gazpacho - summer treat

Total time: 30 minutes, plus chilling time for the gazpacho
Servings: 6

2 cups tomatoes (about 4), peeled and chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped cucumber
1 cup diced onion (from about ½ whole)
1/2 cup diced green bell pepper (from about ¼ whole)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup tomato juice, more or less to taste
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne pepper
Tabasco sauce, or other hot sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice (from about ½ lemon)
1/4 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon diced fresh chives

1. In a blender, combine the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, bell pepper, garlic, tomato juice and vinegar. Puree the mixture, then pour into a medium bowl.

2. Season with 1½ teaspoons of salt, or to taste (amount of salt can vary depending on the brand of tomato juice, if purchased), one-half teaspoon each of black pepper and cayenne pepper, and one-fourth teaspoon of the Tabasco, the 1½ teaspoons of lemon juice and one-quarter cup of olive oil. Taste and adjust seasonings and flavoring as desired.

3. Cover and refrigerate the gazpacho until well-chilled. Stir in the chives, and thin if desired with additional tomato juice or water. Taste and adjust the seasonings once more. This makes a generous quart of gazpacho.

Each serving: 125 calories; 2 grams protein; 10 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams fiber; 9 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 0 cholesterol; 6 grams sugar; 701 mg sodium.

Top with sour cream or yogurt if desired.

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Carrot Top and Toasted Walnut Pesto - Friends Food Family

Carrot Top and Toasted Walnut Pesto - Friends Food Family

About time for my fresh carrot top pesto.

1 bunch carrot greens (organic, washed, and loosely chopped)
1 clove garlic
1/2 onion chopped
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/2 cup toasted walnuts
1/4 cup chopped italian parsley
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup olive oil (we found we only used about 3/4 cup, total)
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

In a saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and loosely chopped carrot greens. Heat the greens and onions just until wilted (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat and let cool for a few moments.

In a blender, add the garlic, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, walnuts, parsley, cheese, carrot greens mixture and half of the left over olive oil. Puree in pulses. Add the rest of the olive oil as needed to make a loose paste. Taste and adjust seasonings and oil.

Serve over prepared pasta, as a garnish for soups, or as a sandwich spread.
Keep in container in refrigerator for several days, or freeze for several weeks.

Apple Chunk Bread

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup soy milk (badly needed using)

3 tbs vegetable oil

1 tbs brown sugar

1 1/2 tbs Apriva sugar substitute

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 cups bread flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 tsp yeast

1 tsp baking soda

1 3/4 medium apples diced

Add apples after ball forms. Add 2 tbs flour if necessary after waiting a while for apples to mix in as it was this time for me. Can replace liquids, sugars, flours or fruit with similar ingrediants based on what you have and desire. Baking soda is only needed with buttermilk. If using more whole wheat flour add 2 tbs gluten flour to improve rise and texture as whole wheat has little gluten compared to bread flour.

Black Russian Pumpernickel Bread

1 cup water

1/8 cup molasses

1/8 cup apple cider vinegar

2 tbs unsalted butter

1/2 oz. dark chocolate

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/4 cup rye flour

1 1/2 cup bread flour

1/2 cup bran

1 tbs caraway seeds

1/4 tsp fennel seeds

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tbs instant coffee

1/2 tbs dried onion

2 1/2 tsp yeast

1/4 cup warm water

pinch sugar

Optional

1 tbs cornmeal

1 tbs bread flour

1/2 tsp anise seed

Place all ingredients down to yeast in bread machine. Combine yeast, warm water, and sugar in small bowl making sure it bubbles then pour onto flour mixture. Check flour ball consistency after an hour or so and add bread flour or water if necessary. After 2 hours mix and add optional topping.

WOW! Pumpernickel Bread

1 cup Buttermilk

2 tsp baking soda
2 tbs vegetable oil
2 tbs molasses
1 tbs brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp caraway seeds
2 tbs dark chocolate
1 cup rye flour
1 1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbs vital gluten
1 1/2 tsp yeast
1/8 cup raisins

Bread machine light crust/ wheat flour setting
Add 30 min check the ball and add bread flour or liquid if necessary. I added 1/8 cup water. Raisins mostly melt into the bread.



Fresh Wow! Pumpernickel Bread with Mexican Vegetable soup. Soup is before fresh lime and cilantro added.

CHOCOLATE RAISIN OATMEAL BREAD

1 cup chocolate almond milk
2 eggs
2 tbs brown sugar
2 tbs Appriva
2 tbs chopped dark cocoa
1/3 tsp salt
1/4 cup very berry apple sauce
1 1/3 cups hearty oat meal
1 cup bread flour
1 1/4 cup wheat or white wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp yeast (not rapid)
3 tbs vital gluten flour (helps rise)
1/4 cup walnuts or other nuts
3/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries

Bread machine - light browning.

Four Seed Rye Bread

1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 tbs baking soda
3 tbs vegetable oil
3 tbs honey
1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
1 tsp dill seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp caraway seeds
1 tsp anise seeds
2 cups rye flour
1 cup better bread flour
1 cup wheat or white wheat flour
3 tbs vital gluten flour
2 1/2 tsp yeast

Whole grain cycle, medium browning.

At the thirty minute mark check the ball and add flour or water if needed.

Cinnamon Chocolate Fruit and Nut Bread II

1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 1/2 tbs sugar
1 1/2 tbs Appriva
2 tbs chopped very dark 90% cocoa
1/3 tsp salt
1/4 cup very berry apple sauce
1 1/3 cups hearty oat meal
3/4 cup bread flour
1 1/2 cup wheat or white wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp yeast (not rapid)
3 tbs vital gluten flour (helps rise)
1/3 cup cinnamon chips
1/3 cup almonds or other nuts
1/3 cup dried cranberries

Bread machine on wheat bread, lite browning.
After 30 minutes look at ball and adjust flour or liquid.

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Mimosas and Brunch Episode 6

Episode One for those who need an introduction.

Cinnamon Chocolate Fruit and Nut Bread

Recipe in progress.

1 cup lite coconut milk

2 eggs

3 tbs buttermilk

2 tbs sugar

1 tbs Appriva

1 1/2 tbs chopped very dark 90% cocoa

1/3 tbs salt

1/4 cup very berry apple sauce

1 1/2 cups hearty oat meal

1 1/4 cups bread flour

1/2 cup wheat or white wheat flour

1 1/2 tsp yeast (not rapid)

2 tbs vital gluten flour (helps rise)

1/2 cup cinnamon chips

1/2 cup almonds or other nuts

1/3 cup dried cranberries

Bread machine on regular bread, lite browning.

Still working on this, looks like it needs more flour from the lack of a ball.

Eight Years Ago I posted...

Smucker's 100% Fruit is Less Than 50% Fruit

the main ingredient is fruit syrup.

Naked Travel Market Is Taking Off, Nudists Say

Rimshot.

A Drink a Day Improves Overall Heart Health

People who drink one drink a day -- wine, beer or hard liquor -- show significantly better elasticity of their body's arteries, an important measure of cardiovascular health, results of a new study suggest.

"We thought only red wine helps, but we found if people drink one beer or one unit of hard liquor a day, they also have improved arterial elasticity, better than nondrinkers," said Dr. Reuven Zimlichman of Wolfson Medical Center and Tel Aviv University in Israel.

More than one drink is not good for you.

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Cows, after you've seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though...now that would be something. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat out unbelievable. Every day, consumers come face to face with a lot of boring stuff-a lot of brown cows-but you can bet they won't forget a Purple Cow. And it's not a marketing function that you can slap on to your product or service. Purple Cow is inherent. It's built right in, or it's not there. Period.

U.S. Lowers 'Normal' Levels for Blood Pressure Readings

The risk of heart disease and stroke starts to rise at readings as low as 115/75, and doubles for each increase of 20/10 millimeters of mercury.

And more that I blogged about 8 years ago.

In politics I saved all my posts for the end of the month, either that or blogspot has lost parts of the archive. I suspect the latter.

On my games blog I was on Civ 3 crack.

I hadn't started the adults only blog.

Oh, the places you will go as an iPhone.




But most of these are not my travels but the person who had the phone before me. I picked it up as a reconditioned unit when my iPhone quit working. There was a two month gap in location tracking while it was being reconditioned but the location data isn't erased when you turn a phone in for another.

Coconut Rice

1 1/2 tblsp. virgin olive oil

1 cup brown rice

1 (14 ounce) can lite coconut milk

14 ounce can vegetable stock

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes

1 pinch salt

1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

1/2 teaspoon dried cilantro

1 bay leaf, cut in half

1 1/2 oz. (1 pkg) raisins

1/3 cup sliced almonds

Place in rice steamer 55 minutes.

CHOCOLATE BANANA RAISIN NUT BREAD

Light Soy or Almond Milk 2/3 cup
Egg 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbls.
Honey 1/8 cup
Molasses 1/8 cup
banana 1 1/2
salt 1/2 tsp.
cinnamon 1 tsp.
Old fashioned oatmeal 1/2 cup
Wheat flour 1 cup
Bread flour 2 cups
dark chocolate raisinettes 1 cup
sliced almonds (or other nuts) 1/2 cup
3 tsp vital gluten (optional, helps in rising).

Large bread machine on light crust/bread flour cycle.

BAD VOTER ID BILL

I write about what is wrong with it here.

http://elemming2.blogspot.com/2011/01/bad-voter-id-bill.html

Harvard Book Store's Top 100 Recommended Books

How many have you started, finished, want to read, or only saw the movie?

These are the Harvard Book Store staff's favorite 100 books.

1. A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn
2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
Haruki Murakami
3. The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
4. The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
5. Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
7. Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
11. Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky
12. On the Road Kerouac
13. Alice in Wonderland Carrol
14. Brothers Karamozov Dostoevsky
15. The Age of Innocence Wharton
16. Don Quixote Cervantes
17. Perfume Suskind
18. Ulysses Joyce
19. Anna Karenina Tolstoy
20. Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor
21. Cry the Beloved Country Paton
22. Dracula Stoker
23. The Eagles Die Marek
24. Emotionally Weird Atkinson
25. The Handmaid’s Tale Atwood
26. Infinite Jest Wallace
27. Kitchen Yoshimoto
28. London Fields Amis
29. Moise and the World of Reason Williams
30. Movie Wars Rosenbaum
31. Paradise Lost Milton
32. Persuasion Austen
33. Tortilla Curtain Boyle
34. Visions of Excess Bataille
35. Where the Wild Things Are Sendak
36. Wild Sheep Chase Murakami
37. Beloved Morrison
38. Counterfeiters Gide
39. The Bell Jar Plath
40. Blind Owl Hedayat
41. Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
42. The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas
43. Dealing With Dragons Wrede
44. The Earthsea Trilogy Le Guin
45. The Ecology of Fear Davis
46. Franny and Zooey Salinger
47. History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides
48. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Alvarez
49. Kabuki: Circle of Blood Mack & Jiang
50. Of Human Bondage Maugham
51. The Satanic Verses Rushdie
52. The Sheltering Sky Bowles
53. Tristam Shandy Sterne
54. Well of Loneliness Hall
55. Wicked Pavilion Powell
56. Collected Stories of V.S. Pritchett
57. War and Peace Tolstoy
58. Babel 17 Delany
59. Dora Freud
60. Empire Falls Russo
61. For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway
62. Girl in Landscape Letham
63. Goodbye to All That Graves
64. Ham on Rye Bukowski
65. Like Life Lorrie Moore
66. Mao II Delillo
67. Random Family Leblanc
68. Revolutionary Road Yates
69. The Stranger Camus
70. Humboldt’s Gift Bellow
71. White Noise Delillo
72. Atlas Shrugged Rand
73. Bastard Out of Carolina Allison
74. Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills Bukowski
75. Delta of Venus Nin
76. Fast Food Nation Schlosser
77. Ficciones Borges
78. Go Ask Alice Anonymous
79. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams
80. Iliad Homer
81. On Photography Sontag
82. Republic Plato
83. Shockproof Sydney Skate Meaker
84. Society of the Spectacle Debord
85. Strangers in Paradise Moore
86. The Sun Also Rises Hemingway
87. A Wrinkle In Time L’Engle
88. Dubliners Joyce
89. The Breakfast of Champions Vonnegut
90. No Logo Klein
91. Aeneid Virgil
92. Ariel Plath
93. Charlotte’s Web White
94. Curious George Learns the Alphabet Rey
95. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Paley
96. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter McCullers
97. Henry VIII Shakespeare
98. I, Claudius Graves
99. The Lost Continent Bryson
100. Master and Margarita Bulgakov

Put an S or F or W or M behind each book and pass it on.