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Get Real! - as in Real Food. This blog is a Fusion between Rustic Food and Modern Ideals. Mia shares original recipes and recent articles that support her beliefs. Organic, Non-GMO, Grass-Fed, Wild, Artisan,Pastured, Local, Gluten-Free, No-MSG, Paleo, etc. - are common topics being explored here. Check back often or follow her on Facebook to keep an eye on her latest blog posts and make sure to join in the conversation!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger901125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-10144524750726476412016-04-29T14:02:00.000-05:002016-04-29T14:03:26.593-05:00The Paleo Diet Is More Than A Fad: “The lifestyle captures a certain discontent with modernity”<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">www.salon.com - Friday, April 29th 2016</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Arrange peppers and garlic cloves on a baking sheet and drizzle generously with extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and black pepper. Bake for 20 minutes, turning vegetables over halfway during cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used raspberry balsamic vinaigrette.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-42544733641069196252015-01-19T07:58:00.001-06:002015-01-19T08:01:54.820-06:00You Want To Order A 'Natural,' 'Organic,' 'Free-Range' Meal, But You Don't Know What That Means<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/menu-labels-explained_n_5867982.html?utm_hp_ref=food-for-thought" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com - January19th, 2015</a></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Rarely do we as Americans reflect on the fact that 10 billion land animals are slaughtered each year for our food system or that over 90 percent are raised in CAFOs, better known as factory farms. Since profit is the driving force, living, breathing creatures are treated as a commodity with the goal to produce the highest volume of meat and dairy on the smallest amount of feed, taking up the least amount of square footage. These animals are crowded in cages or pens with no vegetation, restricted fresh air and movement, and are fed a disease-inducing diet that betrays what each species has evolved to eat over thousands of years. For example, as we know, cows are herbivores and they're designed to thrive on fresh grass. In the common industrialized system though, they're forced to eat GMO corn, plastic pellets (to compensate for a lack of fiber), and pulverized animal parts, which creates acidification and inflammation in their bodies. Crammed in feedlots, often standing in thick, muddy fecal matter or breathing in "fecal dust" they're subjected to high stress from birth to slaughter. It's no wonder then that the need for antibiotics has increased!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat mascarpone and lemon curd until pale and creamy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to medium. Add powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed; after every two additions, raise speed to high and beat 10 seconds to aerate frosting, then return to medium-high. This process should take about 5 minutes. Frosting will be very pale and fluffy.</span></div>
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In a small mixing bowl, combine extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, lime juice and lemongrass paste. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Wash mahi-mahi and dry. Rub 1/2 the lemongrass and extra virgin olive oil mixture generously on the fish. Set aside to marinade for 1 hour.</div>
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Cut yellow peppers/capsicum and onion into equal size large chunks to ensure even cooking. Remove the hard rib off the kale. Cut fish into equal size large chunks. </div>
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Assemble kebabs (refer to the picture). Brush generously with the remaining lemongrass oil (leave some aside for serving). Season with sea salt and black pepper. Place on a sheet of aluminum foil. Place a single kebab on the foil and wrap tightly so that the juices don't leak out when it's on the grill.</div>
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Remove from the barbecue. Serve hot.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remove the hard stem off kale leaves and finely chopped. Combine all the ingredients in a large salad bowl. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Keep chilled.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">1 teaspoon Dijon mustard</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Blend lemon zest, juice, and mustard to combine. With the blender running. drizzle in olive oil until vinaigrette is thick and creamy. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Drizzle some over chilled salad and serve immediately with the rest of the dressing on the side.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-73467802731685311032013-08-21T17:18:00.001-05:002013-08-21T17:18:22.947-05:00Gluten Free Raspberry Bars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1 cup almond flour/meal</div>
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2 teaspoons guar gum</div>
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2 cups coconut sugar</div>
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1 cup cold grass fed salted butter, cut into small chunks</div>
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4 cups fresh raspberry preserve or jam</div>
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1 cup powdered sugar</div>
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1 large lemon, juiced</div>
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Combine all the dry ingredients. Cut butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles large crumbs. Add enough cold milk to form a dry dough (about 1/2 to 3/4 cup). </div>
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Press half the dough into a medium size cookie pan and spread the preserve to cover the top. Scatter the rest of the dough over the top and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.</div>
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Remove from the oven to cool completely.</div>
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Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice to make a frosting and drizzle over the top to set.</div>
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Slice into bars. Keep refrigerated in an airtight container.</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-79599439141282129312013-08-21T09:19:00.002-05:002013-08-21T09:19:21.742-05:00Bring Back Food Education Where It Belongs -- In Our Schools!<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-huehnergarth/food-education-in-schools_b_3764239.html?utm_hp_ref=tw" target="_blank">www.huffingtonpost.com - August 21st, 2013</a></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Back in the dark ages (my junior high school years in Baltimore), food education was mandatory for every girl. While the boys were hustled off to shop class and the sublime opportunity to saw off a finger or hammer a nail firmly in their thighs, the girls were ushered into a fully decked-out modern kitchen to cook adult things that gave off heavenly aromas. It sure beat my Easy-Bake Oven! We even had our own aprons -- homemade from sewing class (when I accidently sewed my apron strings together my mother secreted it off to the tailor for repair).</span></div>
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While sewing wasn't everyone's cup of tea, and surely wasn't mine, cooking instruction seemed universally beloved. Sure it was an era of rampant sexism, with society assuming women would handle all household chores while the men pounded away in their garage workshops until they were called for dinner. But I remember that the boys were jealous. Who wouldn't be jealous, learning that half of your classmates had just prepared and eaten chicken potpie while you were sanding a birdfeeder? The boys would have to walk by the home economics kitchen after finishing shop class and the aromas drove them crazy -- apple cobbler, chicken soup, biscuits, beef stew, pancakes and more. Thanks to those blatantly sexist cooking classes, I've always enjoyed cooking -- and pitied the poor boys for missing out. And what I learned from school cooking instruction has served me well for decades as a grocery shopper, a cook and an adventurous eater.</div>
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So I couldn't help but cheer when I heard that Jamie Oliver's Food Foundation and the organizers behind Food Day (Oct. 24) are collaborating on a new national initiative to put food education in every school, for every child. Why critical life skills like food education and cooking were ever eliminated from many districts is beyond my comprehension. But it's easy to see the damage wrought, beginning with the fact that a third of our kids are either obese or overweight.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-39129764863231900442013-08-07T09:20:00.000-05:002013-08-07T09:20:08.579-05:00Lab-Grown Meat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's nothing creepy about growing meat in a lab. But there is something more inherently creepy about the way Big Agriculture deal with the animals that we eat. ... They live a horrible life, and they often die quite cruelly. Lab- cultured meat can play an important role in the future: Not only could it help feed the planet, but it could also help solve environmental problems stemming from conventional meat production. So the idea of being able to eliminate some of that is extremely exciting to me.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-15433277438190625652013-08-06T08:48:00.000-05:002013-08-06T08:48:14.675-05:00The Amazing Kale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013067002005875543.post-4317160639830681642013-07-22T17:01:00.004-05:002013-07-22T17:05:00.306-05:00Chef Feiny's Everything Rub Chicken<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt</div>
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1 Meyer lemon, juice and zest</div>
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10 boneless chicken thighs</div>
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Combine all the ingredients. Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper. Marinade chicken for three hours. Bring chicken to room temperature 20 minutes before cooking.</div>
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Arrange chicken in a single layer and brush with extra marinade. Grill for 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked, turning over occasionally during cooking. Serve immediately with fresh herbs and extra olive oil over the top.</div>
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6 tablespoons grass fed salted butter, melted</div>
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4 8 ounce cream cheese blocks, room temperature</div>
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1 1/2 cups <a href="http://www.heilalavanilla.com/" target="_blank">Heilala Vanilla Sugar</a></div>
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4 large eggs</div>
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8 ounces dark chocolate, melted</div>
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2 teaspoons <a href="http://www.heilalavanilla.com/" target="_blank">Heilala Vanilla Bean Paste</a></div>
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Combine almond flour, oats, chopped almonds, and melted butter. Press into a round springform pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.</div>
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Place cream cheese and sugar in the mixer at medium speed and beat until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, followed by sour cream, chocolate powder, melted chocolate, and vanilla bean.</div>
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Preheat oven to 300 F</div>
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Pour mixture into the pan and bake for 45 minutes. Turn off the oven. Leave the cheesecake to cool completely with the oven door closed before you take it out. Keep refrigerated.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The appetite of countries such as ours for this grain has pushed up prices to such an extent that poorer people in Peru and Bolivia, for whom it was once a nourishing staple food, can no longer afford to eat it. Imported junk food is cheaper. In Lima, quinoa now costs more than chicken.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t's all about outdoor grilling during the summer months for my family and I. Grilled Thai Chicken is a favorite. Use your favorite brand of Thai paste and be aware that they vary greatly especially in heat factor. Do you have a summer favorite?</span></span></div>
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Combine all the wet ingredients. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Marinade chicken in room temperature for up to 30 minutes.</div>
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Preheat outdoor grill to medium high</div>
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Arrange chicken in a single layer and brush with extra marinade. Grill for 8 to 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. Serve immediately with fresh herbs and extra olive oil over the top.</div>
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