Food & Recipes

  Ingredients Hearty thick whole grain bread 2 slices Monterey Jack cheese 2 slices Tuna salad with mayo, celery, onions 1 scoop Alfalfa sprouts Avocado slices  Tomato slices 2, cut thin Directions Place the cheese, 1 slice on each slice of bread, then sprouts, then tomatoes, then tuna, repeat backwards to finish sandwich. Cut in half. Enjoy In the late 70s, the Trader Joes in Pasadena had a fresh sandwich deli. The Pharmers would go there on Saturdays and treat me to a sandwich.

  Original recipe yields 4 servings Ingredient Checklist 1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry dough, thawed 2 teaspoons white sugar, or as needed for dusting Directions Step 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone sheet. Step 2 Separate dough at the seams into 4 squares and place on prepared baking sheet. Score the dough all over with the tines of a fork to prevent it from rising too much when baking. Lightly sprinkle dough sheets with white granulated sugar. Step 3 Cover with a sheet of parchment paper and 3 sheets of aluminum foil. Nest another baking sheet on top to apply some pressure to the dough while it bakes. Step 4 Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes; remove top pan and foil and gently peel off the parchment paper. Return pan to oven and bake until pastry is beautifully browned, 10 to 15 minutes. (Optionally, you can bake about 7 minutes after uncovering, then flip sheets over and bake until brown on the other side, another 7...

Grocery Outlet has black garlic, the cloves are not cooked and are in a plastic container for $5.99; a great price.  6 Impressive Health Benefits of Black Garlic -- [Consult your doctor always] Black garlic is raw garlic that people have fermented under controlled high-temperature, high-humidity conditions for several weeks. In addition to having black cloves, black garlic has a milder flavor and a more delicate, sticky consistency than raw garlic. Black garlic also offers a number of health benefits that may outweigh those of raw garlic, which hasn’t been aged. 1. Contains more antioxidants The fermentation process causes black garlic to contain substantially more antioxidants than raw garlic.  This is partly because allicin, the compound that gives garlic its pungent odor when crushed, is converted into antioxidant compounds like alkaloids and flavonoids as black garlic ferments. Antioxidants are compounds that help protect your cells from oxidative damage, which may otherwi...

  Dairy Flavor and texture are important considerations when substituting dairy products. When working with liquids, you can easily doctor consistency, thickening milk with a little flour or cornstarch to mimic half-and-half, or thinning out Greek yogurt with water to replicate milk. The ingredients below are ordered from thinnest to firmest; if you don’t have the desired substitute for a specific item, move up or down the list. Ingredient Substitution Milk Half-and-half or heavy cream thinned with water, evaporated milk, light coconut milk, light cream, oat milk, nut milk, soy milk. Half-and-Half Thicken milk with a little cornstarch or flour (about 1 tablespoon per cup of liquid) or thin heavy cream with a splash of water. Heavy Cream For 1 cup heavy cream, use 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup melted butter, or thicken 1 cup milk with 1 to 2 tablespoons cornstarch or flour. (Whisk milk into cornstarch or flour little by little.) Coconut milk, coconut cream (beware of increased sw...