Edible Universe

17/07/2020

Coconut curry fried tofu with veggies and jasmine rice!
What did you make / eat today?

06/08/2014

New recipe!

Butterscotch Squares as we call them, have been around as a staple in our family for as long as I can remember. We have had them over the years as an easy weeknight dessert, for picnics, gatherings,...

30/07/2014

Re-posting this one since it is so yummy and now has a new home on my website...
http://www.luminousuniverse.com/edible-universe/potato-bar

One of my family's favorites for dinner... "Potato Bar". There are soooo many options depending upon what you have in your fridge. Italian, Mexican, breakfast, or Asian all on whole boiled...

29/07/2014

Okay friends! Edible Universe now has a home wrapped in with my Luminous Universe site! Woo-Hoo!
http://www.luminousuniverse.com/edible-universe

Part of my love of the creative is cooking! Some people don't love it, and that's cool, but we all have to eat, so we might as well eat well! This is really an easy-peasy recipe that can be whipped...

01/02/2014

Homemade oatmeal with a pinch of sea salt, raw milk, cinnamon, organic maple syrup, organic peanut butter, and sliced banana... heaven.

01/02/2014

Dinner at The Tree House aka Home...
Balsamic smashed red potatoes, garlicky spinach, topped with organic beef, local tomatoes, & organic cheddar... sprinkled with some red pepper flakes.

22/09/2013

Dinner at The Tree House AKA Home...
Madeira Alfredo Florentine with chicken and heirloom tomatoes, topped with mushrooms and figs, and a splash of balsamic (gluten-free). AKA... let's make up a recipe like we do almost every night right before dinner.

04/06/2013

An interesting look at cooking around the globe...

Delicatessen with loveEat, Eat, Eat!!!From Grandma with loveI will never forget grandma Sara’s artichokes. They have become a cult since when a famous Spanish cooking blog published their recipe, which I transcribed from memory, following the thread of the taste left in my mouth (just like Proust’s…

11/05/2013

One of my family's favorites for dinner... "potato bar". Soooo many options depending upon what you have in your fridge. Italian, Mexican, breakfast, or Asian all on potatoes. Tonight's assortment of toppings: shredded cheese, feta cheese, Bacon, sour cream, onions, salsa, wild cabbage salsa, sliced smoked turkey, sunflower sprouts, tomatoes, balsamic pan seared cabbage, wine glazed mushrooms, and a garlic-wine cheese sauce. Yum! And really SO easy!

04/04/2013

Here is the recipe I made up for a great gluten-free Chocolate-y Chocolate Cake, and the picture from the cake I made recently for my friend's son for his birthday.

Rae's GF Chocolate-y Chocolate Cake:

1 stick softened butter (to make dairy free use all expeller pressed coconut oil instead)
1/2 cup expeller pressed coconut oil
1 1/2 cups rapadura (coconut palm sugar, or sugar)
3 TBLS organic pure maple syrup
stir until combined
add:
3 eggs
stir
add
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups Pamela's GF Baking mix
1/3 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
lightly stir and add:
Approx. 2 cups almond milk (or milk of your choice)
add enough milk to make the consistency of cake batter... not too thick, not to watery.
*For brownies, eliminate the almond milk and the baking powder, add an extra 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
Bake at 350* until you start to smell them and they are not jiggly... do not over bake!

Ganache Frosting -
3 cups organic chocolate chips
3/4 cups organic cream
1 TBLS coconut oil
pinch of salt

OR:
Optional traditional frosting:
1 1/2 - 2 cups organic powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp organic cornstarch
1 stick softened butter (for dairy free use coconut oil)
1/2 tsp vanilla
dash of salt
milk to soften to desired consistency, start with 3 TBSP.
Mix.

Add fresh organic whipped cream in between with fresh fruit like bananas, blueberries, strawberries or raspberries!

ENJOY!

28/03/2013

Word...

www.facebook.com/Sistahintheraw

06/02/2013

Awesome!

30/01/2013

I pay $14 a gallon for milk. We don't have a lot of money, but I vote with my dollar everyday of my life. I make choices for health or wellness everyday of my life. $14 is a drop compared to the expense that "grocery store" milk will cost in the long run. A great article...
"Of course I would pay $10 a gallon for that. It’s not even a question. And I’ve never made much money. But I always found the money to pay extra for milk that was worth it—for a community that was worth it...

If I can’t use what little money I have to help support and build these sorts of communities, what the hell good is it? This is why we’re here, folks. Someone asks why I would pay $10 for a gallon of milk? Community and affection is my answer. If we can’t be bothered to support those—even when it costs more, or it’s less convenient, a greater challenge—than we’re in dire straights, indeed. We have to think about and see the patterns. A gallon of milk is not a gallon of milk. A carrot is not a carrot. A human being is not a human being and a community not a community. They’re all dependent on context. They can be happy or miserable, healthy or diseased, abundant or denuded.

As Wendell Berry recently said, and E.M. Forster said before him, it all turns on affection. We can’t have a good world if we don’t love.

We can’t do this if we don’t care."

When I lived in Portland, I paid $10 for a gallon of milk. This wasn’t store bought milk, of course, but raw milk. It came from a farm south of the city—a piece of land leased by two wo...

29/01/2013

Make the switch!

Here is a handy FREE printable on 20 easy real food substitutes! This is a great list to have hanging in your kitchen for a quick reference! http://bit.ly/10Ya36h

28/01/2013

Is organic important to you? Why or why not?

A new study by the EU's official food watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has revealed that the international approval process for GM crops failed to identify a virus gene.