Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Breakfast Frittata – Low Fat + High Protein = Delicious!.
We love eggs, and luckily have a few hens that keep us well supplied. Sometimes the eggs overtake the refrigerator and I need a recipe to help use them up. Making a frittata is a good use of eggs, and best of all, a delicious and nutritious meal. Good for breakfast, lunch, whenever! I like…
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Save The Wine!
Mmmmm, I love the full taste of a good red wine. I always enjoy a glass of good Cabernet, but one or two glasses is it. The remainder of the wine is saved in the bottle, cork stuck back inside. The next time I pour a glass from that bottle the good, rich, velvety flavor…
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Mini-Mushroom & Shrimp Tacos – Soooooo Low Fat!
We love tacos, and often fall back on them for a quick meal. We always make them low-fat and nutritious. Recently we were craving a shrimp taco and had no fat-free tortillas on hand, or time (well, really no desire) to make them from scratch. What I did have was a pack of won-ton wrappers.…
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Make Your Own Pasta! No Pasta Machine Needed!
Everyone must love homemade pasta, don’t they? Fresh pasta does not even begin to compare with purchased, boxed pasta. The basic, traditional recipe is so simple: 1-cup flour to 1 whole, fresh egg. Work the flour into the lightly beaten egg a bit at a time, and start to knead it until you have smooth,…
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Green Pan – Love It!
Here I am sitting with my second cup of coffee early on a Sunday morning thinking about ‘kitchen stores’. I absolutely love browsing through a kitchen store stocked with endless items just waiting for me to drop in my basket. I truly cannot remember a time I did not wander through the displays and not…
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Flavorful White Sauce – Low Fat, Low Sodium!
Often I need a main dish and have little to work with in my pantry. Noodles of any type with a white sauce are so good when made to be flavorful. White sauce sounds bland and boring. It can be! The sauce I love to make has flavor, little fat, and little salt. Yet with…
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Marshall’s Halibut
During one of our oldest son’s first years in Juneau, Alaska, he went halibut fishing. He kindly shared and sent some lovely fish home. The amount he sent seemed to us a ton. The fish was fresh and so delicious. It was for our anniversary so lucky for him he went fishing the end of August!.…
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Portabellas! Waste Not – Want Not!
Mushrooms are one food I can rarely say ‘no’ too. I love every variety, and love mushrooms in every style of use. Fried, sautéed, broiled, chopped, stewed, you get the idea. Mushrooms are so good, and yes they are good for you. Never liking canned mushrooms I always buy mushrooms from the produce section of…
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Crispy Chicken Tacos & Avocado Cream – Low Fat!
Tacos, tacos, tacos, tacos. I think as many times as you can say ‘taco’ in a minute you can think of different ways to make tacos. Chicken, beef, mushroom, veggie, hard shell, soft shell, you name it; it probably works for a taco. Many years age, while living in northern Italy, we made friends with…
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Roasted Cauliflower – Headache or Not!
Cauliflower was a frequent vegetable on our table while our kids were growing up as it was, and is, one of my husband’s favorites. True, he does not enjoy the ‘fragrance’ of cooking cauliflower but loves the taste. Back then it was always boiled and doused with a good amount of salt and butter. We…
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