Pickled eggplant

Ingredients: ½ kg Eggplant  2 large cloves Garlic  1 tbsp Pepper 3 sheets Laurel Oil and Vinegar, as needed  Salt and ground Pepper to taste Directions:  Wash and dry eggplant, cut the ends and make slices 1 cm. Put in layers of coarse salt sprinkled on colander for ½ hour. Shake well to remove salt [...]

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Pickled Zucchini

Ingredient: 8 zucchini  1 sprig mint 4 cloves garlic  Olive oil  White wine vinegar  Salt Directions: Trim off the ends of the zucchini, rinse them, and dry. Cut diagonally into ¼ in slices and spread these out in a single layer on a clean cloth or paper towels and blot dry with another cloth or [...]

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Parenting a child with food allergies: How to live with the spendy challenge

Grocery store specials on milk, butter and other pantry staples offer little promise for Brenda Eich to save money. Her youngest son has an intolerance to milk and soy protein. Those two ingredients rule out anything from macaroni and cheese to ice cream for 5-year-old Carson. He doesn’t get anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction that [...]

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The allergy mystery

Why do so many kids have allergies? Theories abound, but answers are few By Julie Deardorff / Chicago Tribune   House dust mites, those microscopic insects we unwittingly sleep with every night, are among the few known causes of asthma and allergic symptoms. But pesky mites alone can’t explain why the prevalence of childhood allergies has risen [...]

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Stir – Fried Pork

Ingredients: 1 lb pork tenderloin 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp dry white wine 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch 1/8 tsp pepper 1 tbsp cooking oil 1 cup thinly sliced onion 1 zucchini, sliced 1 red pepper, cut in 6 mm slices 2 cup pineapple chunks, drained Directions: Slice pork diagonally across grain into 1/4 inch strips. Combine orange [...]

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Lamb and Asparagus

Ingredients: 1 chopped red onion 3  garlic cloves crushed ½ cup of dry white wine 3 cups of steamed sliced asparagus 1 ½ lb boneless lamb chopped into small cubes Salt  Ground black pepper Directions: Heat a large frying pan and add ½ of the wine. Bring to the boil and add the onion, garlic [...]

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Pork Loin with Apricot Glaze

Ingredients: 2 tbsp  apricot spread jam 1 ½  tsp  White wine 1 tsp  dijon  mustard 1 tsp  honey 1/8 tsp. minced pared ginger root 5 oz  pork loin chops dash of each: salt, pepper and garlic powder  Directions: In small saucepan, combine apricot spread, wine, mustard, honey and ginger. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, [...]

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Roasted Beet Salad

Ingredients:  3 tsp olive oil, divided 4 medium red beets, peeled, stems reserved 4 medium yellow beets, peeled, stems reserved 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground black pepper 1 tbsp finely chopped shallots Greens from 8 beets, washed and coarsely chopped Citronette for drizzling 4 tbsp chopped walnuts (optional) Directions: Preheat the oven to 425F. [...]

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Milk Allergy

What Happens When Someone Has a Milk Allergy? People who are allergic to cow’s milk react to one or more of the proteins in it. Curd, the substance that forms chunks in sour milk, contains 80% of milk’s proteins, including several called caseins (pronounced: kay-seenz). Whey (pronounced: way), the watery part of milk, holds the [...]

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Spanish Omelette or Potatoes Tortilla

Ingredients: ½  pint of olive oil 5 medium (40 oz each) baking potatoes, peeled, sliced and lightly sprinkled with salt ½ yellow onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 5 eggs Salt Direction: Heat the olive oil in a 9-inch skillet and add the potato slices carefully, because the salt will make the oil splatter. Try [...]

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