17 Nov 2015
by Vinny Grette
in Breakfast foods, food, recipes, Salads
Tags: cheese, eggs, meringues, spinach

Egg clouds crown your salads.
This is an easy and impressive dish if you prepare all your ingredients ahead and save making the eggs till the end.
I saw these clouds while surfing for egg dishes and meringues last week. Then I discovered that Rachael Ray herself had copied my take on this idea (haha).
Although most people might like to serve egg clouds for breakfast, my spin involves crowning a lunch-time salad with them. More
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04 Aug 2015
by Vinny Grette
in food, health
Tags: beans, berries, broccoli, diet, fruit, kale, mushrooms, nuts, onions, pomegranates, seeds, spinach, tomatoes, vegetables

Eat more leaves and berries… and onions. And tomatoes!
Eating for a long life
Put these 10 foods on your grocery list every week and you’ll up your chances of living a longer, healthier, happier life! So says Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. More
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29 Dec 2014
by Vinny Grette
in food, health, Holiday foods, recipes, Side dishes
Tags: cheese, Christmas, mushrooms, perogies, perogy, pierogi, potatoes, spinach, Ukrainian

Use parchment paper if you line your pans. Wax paper sticks.
Last week I posted some tips for up-dating your techniques when making perogies from scratch. I also posted many reasons for undertaking this task, in spite of the effort involved. But isn’t that true of most Christmas preparations? Good things take time to develop.
Without further ado, here is the recipe, which I share mainly so my family can carry on this tradition without further meddling on my part. I’m sure over the years they will institute improvements of their own. The world turns.
If there are readers out there who also are inspired to try these little tasties, please let me know. It will make my Christmas to hear of your success! FYI, Ukrainian Christmas is still to come. Celebrate with us on January 6 :). More
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27 Aug 2014
by Vinny Grette
in food, health, recipes, Salads, stories
Tags: beets, olive oil, spinach, vinaigrette

Olive Oyl is heart friendly
Olive Oyl, a popular comic strip character of the 1920s, is named after olive oil… a healthy choice for vinaigrettes. Early newspapers also featured Olive’s brother, Castor Oyl, and his wife, Cylinda Oyl… as well as my personal favorite, the intrepid explorer Lubry Kent Oyl.
Lubry Kent’s gift to Castor and Olive led them into the adventure where they met Popeye, the sailor man. As it turned out, Popeye was mad for spinach. And the perfect match for spinach is none other than the lovely Olive Oyl!
But why did Olive Oyl’s creators choose spinach as Popeye’s passion? It all hinged on one little mistake, a mistake that launched the first modern super-food. More
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07 May 2013
by Vinny Grette
in food, health, Holiday foods, recipes, Soups
Tags: carrots, family, gourmet, liquor, Mothers Day, mushrooms, nutrition, presentation, sherry, shiitake, spinach, stock

Mom’s shitake mushroom and spinach soup
Boost your soup’s healing power, flavor, and presentation
Turn your Cinderella leftovers into a healing soup stock fit for a princess. Here are a few magical ways to take my basic recipe for garbage soup and boost the healing power of your bone broths.
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