tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33450860051311708792024-03-13T17:10:13.681-07:00Comunidad Health Foodstonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-48136114062008266902012-08-16T03:44:00.002-07:002012-08-16T03:44:51.131-07:00THE SPECIAL THINGS OF NASI GORENG
Have you tasted nasi goreng (fried rice) from Indonesia? Actually, there are hundreds (or maybe thousands) of delicious foods come from Indonesia. Besides nasi goreng, you will find out that every city in Indonesia has its own unique and delicious food. Most people in Indonesia love fried rice and so do foreign people. Fried rice is served for either breakfast or dinner. Some tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-23391657432043701932012-08-04T09:35:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.823-07:00Summer Sunrise Sorbet Makes Breakfast Exciting!When you need to wake up a full 1 ½ - 2 hours earlier than you’d ideally like – especially if you need to do so for an extended period of time – breakfast better be something special. You just need something to look forward to when your alarm starts harassing you. This morning, I was so not into waking up that I didn’t even register that my alarm was going off until it was well into its “tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-40049140196848792482012-08-01T11:26:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.823-07:00Thai Chicken SandwichesIt’s time to say farewell to jicama and transition to a completely different food: chicken. I really haven’t been on much of a meat kick lately, but I did make these Thai Chicken Sandwiches a few weeks ago and my parents both loved them. It isn’t that I dislike the taste of chicken, or that I thought these sandwiches were bad – trust me, even if my parents raved about them, they wouldn’t be on tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-31616841596167024892012-07-29T10:19:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Jicama's Last Hurrah: Thai Jicama Slaw<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-62364665378569901662012-07-26T09:06:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Heck of a Jicama Salad (now that you know what the heck a jicama is!)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-90054378854561052252012-07-24T11:04:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00What the Heck is Jicama?! A How-To PostHave you ever seen this guy hanging out at your local grocery store and wondered who the heck he thought he was? I honestly passed him by every visit for years without a second thought. Jicama? How do you even pronounce that? Gee-comma? Jik-uh-ma? It wasn’t until I decided to make this gee-comma/jik-uh-ma/I-give-up salad a little while back that I paid it any mind in the supermarket. I bought tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-51405555938602402002012-07-21T10:07:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Sophisticated Champagne Gelato<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-12708349706986006922012-07-18T06:00:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Frugally Fantastic, Fantastically Frugal French Toast Casserole (or: How to Make Stale Bread Taste Good Again)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-8350297943109422992012-07-15T06:30:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Feta-Radish Spread & Perseverance<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-52737024680837097422012-07-12T16:03:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00Thirty Minute Thursdays: Quinoa Vegetable StacksMost of Rachael Ray’s recipes are fuss-free. They’re straight-up, straight-forward, and downright simple. Mostly. I like this about her recipes. Sometimes, I like putting on heirs and pretending I’m some gourmet chef who owns half a dozen Zagat-rated, 5 star restaurants peppering the entire globe. Like when I decided to make that ridiculously elaborate graduation cake. But a lot of times, it’s tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-40624040222553085892012-07-09T12:09:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.824-07:00It's National Sugar Cookie Day!Happy National Sugar Cookie Day, everyone!For the past year and a half, I've made it my mission to find The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe Ever and then perfect the art and skill of decorating them with royal icing. I've drooled enviously over the works of bloggers who have mastered this talent, and I wanted to see if I could be one of them. The journey has been more intense than you'd like something tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-7075014192434568192012-07-08T11:15:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Nutella Muffin-Brownie-Cupcakes (who cares what they're called as long as they've got nutella?!)PHEW! Is anyone still with me? I wouldn’t be surprised if after the ghostly behavior I’ve exhibited toward this blog for the past week, a few people here or there lost faith in me. I haven’t lost interest or stopped cooking or been eaten alive by a giant jelly fish on the shores of the Atlantic ocean. My vacation was, however, fuller and more time-constrained than I had anticipated, and so tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-20918731374176430222012-07-03T15:52:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Sauteed Asparagus with Tomato-Mozzarella ToppingAre you in need of a last minute side dish for the 4th? If so, I have the perfect recipe for you (really, even if you don’t need a recipe for tomorrow, I still think you’ll like this Thursday, Friday, or sometime next week). Asparagus is one of my favorite warmer weather vegetables, and what better way to celebrate summer than adding fresh tomatoes and a little bit of cheese to make it a truly tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-84864124208951543742012-07-01T15:13:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Paying it Forward with the Versatile Blogger Award!On Thursday I mentioned that Lauren at Nutrisavvynominated me for the Versatile Blogger award, and that I’d be back this weekend with more about it. Yesterday was off-the-charts insanity – on the way to the beach L’s car overheated (though we didn’t know that was the problem at the time), in an area where AT&T towers happened to be down. Luckily, a truly kind couple pulled over (and tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-67544013694458066572012-06-28T11:25:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Thirty Minute Thursdays: Cajun Turkey Chili & Cornbread I don’t make soup all that often, but I do make chili. I’ve even made it in the dead-heat of summer in an un-air-conditioned beach house, so it’s not uncommon for me to bring this well-loved dish into the warmer months. To me, it’s one of the perfect comfort foods, and unlike lasagna, macaroni-and-cheese, fried chicken and cream of ____ soup, it doesn’t have to kill your good dietary tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-65730030261642394532012-06-26T08:08:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00"Plain" Chickpea and Vegetable Penne TossDo you think that “plain” is a negative word? I know it has its connotations – Plain Jane, plain looking – but for me, it really isn’t an inherently bad adjective. I get into a little bit of trouble sometimes when I go to refer to something as plain without intending it to be interpreted as a bad thing. For example, plain food. That sounds bad, right? But it doesn’t have to be. It could just meantonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-34489701465392028182012-06-24T14:05:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Let's Do the Mash; Let's Do the 'Nana Mash Today, I have a quickie for you. You see, I’ve been up since 7 and apart from a 15 minute jog, a hop in the shower and an oh-so-necessary baking venture consisting of chocolate and raspberries (can you blame me?), I have been up to my elbows in research about cinnamon and Type 2 Diabetes. All of this effort and time, just to come to the conclusion that more research is needed. So needless tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-77313807399646340442012-06-22T14:07:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Perfect Pizza PortobellosI think I might be on a sugar high from all of these desserts I’ve been telling you about lately! 13 dozen cookies, the most outrageous layer cake I’ve ever made, Nutella FroYo – is it just me, or can you feel your pancreas begging you to give it and its poor insulin-generating cells a bit of a break? What do you mean, your pancreas doesn’t talk to you? Oh, nevermind…To hush my internal organs tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-31528226356665141232012-06-20T10:58:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.825-07:00Fancy Schmancy White Chocolate Champagne Layer Cake, At LastEnough is enough already! My graduation cake has been dutifully transferred from fridge to freezer to preserve its integrity (really, it’s a sin that there’s any left over to go in the freezer at all, but such are the habits of my family when it comes to my baked goods – and I can only eat so much cake myself at any given time), and that means this post is long overdue. This cake…oohhh, this caketonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-72292918290252766392012-06-18T09:14:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00The Cherry-Buttermilk Trifle (not to be trifled with)I can’t tell you about that amazing layer cake that I made for my graduation party last week. You’ll have to wait just a little bit longer. Today is National Cherry Tart Day and it just so happens that yesterday for Father’s Day I made a really delicious cherry buttermilk trifle, which is kind of like a cherry tart (re: there are cherries in it), only so, so much better. (Can you tell I’m not a tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-68248133453063646262012-06-16T08:38:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00Floptimism's Graduation Party Recipe Round Up: Hors D'oeuvres and CakeI mentioned in Monday’s post from L’s graduation party that I get a kind of thrill out of planning events. I love to think up themes and create a party around them, from the food to the decorations and everything in between. Unfortunately, I rarely get the opportunity to implement such extravagant plans – I’m almost never the actual hostess, and my family seems to be less and less into actual tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-25921970363367708442012-06-14T12:10:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00Thirty Minute Thursday: Walnut-Sage Corn Cakes I make to-do lists with goals to accomplish on any given day. Monday, for example, I wanted to have the recipe round up from L’s graduation party posted: check. Tuesday, I wanted to spend time working on my summer graduation course and finish before my dietetic internship conference call at 3pm: check. Wednesday, I wanted to finish up some graduate class homework, write a recipe round-up tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-78734954311086297182012-06-11T10:26:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00Cookie Recipe Round-Up: Peanut Butter, Cookies & Cream, Snickerdoodle, and Strawberry ShortcakeThere’s a part of me that dreams of becoming a caterer. I briefly considered that career path, until I realized how much I value my weekends and holidays. The hours just aren’t for me, yet I still get so excited when I have to opportunity to plan and execute a menu for an event, no matter how big or small. Usually, that’s pretty limited, but L’s and my graduations gave me two new excuses to get tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-74377869721256536412012-06-09T11:32:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Parfait (it's National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!) The weather gets warmer. The sun shines brighter. And I start to think to myself, “It’s almost time for rhubarb.” I start to keep a lookout in the grocery, my eyes sharp with anticipation. I eagerly frequent farmer’s markets. And then one day, sitting in what must surely be a spotlight from heaven, there it is – those long, pink-red stalks. I think I hear a chorus of angels in the tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345086005131170879.post-42217292759660147472012-06-07T15:42:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:26:21.826-07:00Thirty Minute Thursdays: Italian "These-Ain't-Philly" Steak SandwichesI have a secret to tell you, but before I do, you have to promise that you won’t point, laugh, and shun me for it. I can’t handle having to sport a branded letter on my arm, signifying to the world the truth. You see, I have this thing. With red meat. No, not making sure it’s grass fed. I mean, yes, there’s that, but that almost sounds normal compared with this other thing. This thing that’s tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09374831434582591046noreply@blogger.com0