Cauliflower Tajeen

  Cauliflower Tajeen serves 6-8 1        head cauliflower 4        tablespoons olive oil 1        medium onion, chopped 1      16 ounce can diced tomato 1      8 ounce tomato sauce 6      cloves garlic, mashed 1 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2    medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes 1   12 ounces can cooked garbanzo beans, drained 3   [...]

Cauliflower

Mark Twain once said that, Acauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.@ Most people say it=s one of the blandest foods available. But if you can find ways to un-bland it, cauliflower is a good source of fiber. Cauliflower comes from a single species of plant called Brassica oleracea, which has yielded a [...]

My, Clean The House Before The Housekeeper Comes, Syndrome

Although I am only a nutritionist, I want to share with you a new theory I’ve developed.  It’s a syndrome called “cleaning the house before the housekeeper comes.” I have a housekeeper who comes every two weeks to clean up the areas of my house that I’ve missed the previous two weeks.  Before she shows [...]

The History of Cheese Making

 I was reading Little House on the Prairie to my daughter one night last week, a segment where Laura was talking about her mother making cheese.  At that time in history, Laura’s father had to find a small calf who had not yet eaten anything but his mother’s milk in order to slaughter it.  The [...]