Easy Cabbage Salad

This easy cabbage salad changes delightfully as it ages. Eat freshly made and you have a refreshing, crunchy snack. Let sit a few hours and you have a tangy slaw side dish to accompany rich barbecue dishes. Let sit a few days and it takes on the fermented flavors of sauerkraut. ½ a cabbage –…

Summer BBQ Sauce

Stone fruit like peaches, nectarines or plumbs, may be substituted for the mango. Most people can find tasty mangoes year round as opposed to the other fruits. This sweet and spicy BBQ sauce works well on pork, seafood and chicken. 1 slice bacon, chopped 1 mango, peeled, seeded and chopped ½ a large red onion,…

Mock mole

This ‘mole’ certainly lacks the complexity of traditional mole, but it serves as a decent substitute when you lack the ingredients, time and patience to complete all the steps required of most mole recipes.  You can choose how healthy to make it.  For a richer mole, sauté the onions in vegetable oil before adding the…

Spicy chickpea sandwich spread

Spread on multi-grain bread and top with sprouts, serve as a dip, or use as the glue in a traditional sandwich, this lighter style ‘hummus’ serves as a meal in a spread.  The key to a creamy hummus is to excessively moisturize the chickpeas and this takes time. Resist the temptation to buy canned chickpeas,…