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Hoshigaki – The Japanese Art of Drying Persimmons

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I call it serendipitous when I saw persimmons hanging like on a clothes line at Folktale Winery in Carmel Valley last week. The timing was too coincidental as I had just been chatting with my friend Lakshmi a few days earlier about this drying technique, when she was sharing with me about a friend of hers who dried persimmons on a clothes line the Japanese way.

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From the Kitchen, Salads

Apple Salad with Super Seeds – Hemp, Flax and Chia Seeds

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With apples a plenty nowadays it’s a wonderful time to use these delicious crunchy fruit in a salad. Here I’ve added thinly sliced apples to a mixed greens salad and gave it a boost of healthy goodness with a combination of super seeds such as hemp seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds and chia seeds. All tossed with a store bought Ceaser dressing.

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Dairy free recipes, From the Kitchen, Indian Food, Pastas, Grains and Legumes

Vangi Bath. South Indian Eggplant Fried Rice

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Vangi bath which translates to eggplant rice is a popular dish in Southern India. In this dish eggplant is cooked with spices then combined with cooked rice to make the vangi bath. Delicious as a main course or accompanied with a side of yogurt, for a delicious one pot meal give this eggplant fried rice a try.

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Black Eyed Peas and Squash Stew. Kerala Olan Coconut Vegetable Stew

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Loaded with good for you ingredients like black eyed peas and butternut squash all delicately flavored with curry leaves and cooked with coconut milk. This is a simple dish with lots of flavor. Serve it alongside quinoa and you have a nutrient packed dinner that is satisfying and delicious.

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