Noodle Salad with Asian Peanut Dressing
June 3, 2019 ~ Stephani Bloomquist ~ Leave a comment
This noodle salad with peanut dressing is so easy and flavorful, you’ll hardly believe it when you taste it. Plus, you can make it even easier on yourself by preparing the tofu and Asian peanut dressing ahead of time.
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Heritage Breads and Gluten Sensitivity
November 20, 2018 ~ Stephani Bloomquist ~ 5 Comments
Note: Heritage Breads has closed since I wrote this post, but the information here is still relevant! I now buy from Sunrise Flour Mill flour and make my own heritage sourdough bread each weekend.
Heartbeet Kitchen’s sourdough recipe is a very easy one to follow. I highly recommend it!
When I first met chef Jonathan Kaye, I hadn’t eaten bread in 7 years. He says he hears that all the time. Kaye estimates roughly 50 percent of his customers at his very much not gluten-free bakery, Heritage Breads, struggles with some form of gluten sensitivity and when they eat his heritage bread, most have no issues at all.
“I even have 10–15 customers who are Celiac,” Kaye says. “It’s up to them to try it because everyone has different symptoms. But virtually every week in the store and at the [Mill City Farmers’] market we get at least 2–3 people who say, ‘I haven’t had bread in 8 years, 10 years, 12 years and I found you online and suddenly now I can eat bread again.’”
How is this possible? It seems like a miracle, so I needed to find out.
Mustard Potato Salad with Herbs
August 19, 2018 ~ Stephani Bloomquist ~ 2 Comments
I love a good potato salad. Growing up, potato salad was one of those things I wouldn’t touch with a 39 1/2-foot pole, but now I look forward to enjoying it each summer. Whether it’s my mother-in-law’s version (my husband’s No. 1 comfort food) or a tri-color mustard potato salad tossed in tangy vinaigrette and herbs, it’s a dish we eat all summer long.
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Purple Smoothie (Plant Paradox Compliant)
September 9, 2018 ~ Stephani Bloomquist ~ 3 Comments
Before I started on the plant paradox diet about a year and a half ago, I drank a green smoothie pretty much every morning. I simply thought I was getting my green veggies in, so what was the harm? The problem: I was spiking my blood sugar first thing in the morning without any fat or protein to complement it.
Once I started the plant paradox diet, my morning smoothie was the first thing to go. It wasn’t until a reader requested a recipe that I decided to explore what a plant paradox smoothie might consist of. The recipe suggested in the Plant Paradox book never seemed appetizing to me, so I didn’t try it. But this new recipe I developed has less than half the sugar of my original green smoothie while still packing healthy fat, a little protein, good carbs and fiber as well as spinach! And it tastes good to boot.
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Grain Free Tortilla Chips (Plant Paradox Compliant)
July 20, 2018 ~ Stephani Bloomquist ~ Leave a comment
If you’ve ever made homemade tortilla chips, you know how incredible they are. If you have not—it’s time. If not with these grain free tortilla chips, then with my original homemade corn tortilla chips method found in my easy homemade guacamole recipe. They take less than 10 minutes and they’re so very delicious! Dip them in my super-popular vegan nacho “cheese” sauce, which also happens to be Plant Paradox compliant! It’s based on hot for food’s vegan nacho cheese.
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