Healthy Green Eats For Earth Day

Mother Earth Day Salad

Mother Earth gives us a bounty of beautifully nutritious fruits and vegetables to create plates of amazingly good tasting dishes. 

So in honor of "Earth Day" 2015 I created a salad made with raw and natural ingredients straight from Mother Earth's finest ingredients of organic kale, carrots, brown mushrooms, beets and sunflower seeds.

This salad is so darn delicious, simple and quick using only 5 ingredients.  Celebrate life and Mother Earth!

Mother Earth Day Salad
1 bu. Flat Kale, Chopped
4 ea. Organic Brown Mushrooms. Sliced
2 Organic Red Beets, Cooked, Peeled and Sliced
1/4 c. Shredded Carrots
2 Tbs. Raw Sunflower Seeds

Walnut-Honey-Citrus Vinaigrette
4 Tbs. Orange Juice
1 tsp. Orange Zest
2 Tbs. Honey
1/2 tsp. Dijon Mustard
1/2 c. Walnut Oil
Salt/Pepper to Taste

Method:
In a small mixing bowl add the Dijon mustard, honey, orange juice and orange zest.  Whisk in the walnut oil to emulsify.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl add the kale, mushrooms, beets and carrots.  Add the vinaigrette and toss lightly.  Transfer to a serving bowl or platter and top with the raw sunflower seeds.  Enjoy!


  
 

Celebrate Earth Month 2012

It's Earth Month in almost 200 countries and in protecting the health of the planet here is a natural contribution for sharing your love for the earth.

Choose Organic!
Choosing organic has got to be the #1 most recommendation for protecting the planet and its inhabitants.  Organic farming supports natural ecosystems by limiting the input of toxic and persistent chemicals into the air, soil and water.  So support you local health food markets and local open farmers markets and buy organic.  You'll probably find tons of organic products on sale too!

Relax.....It's Only Food!

Leslie Newman and Kai Chase

Hey everybody, it's Sunday afternoon and my brother, Lil' Darrell and I just came back from the open farmers market here in Valley Village.

We had a great time meeting new people (I even ran into a longtime friend, Leslie Newman), trying new foods and "roasting" in the sun. It sure was hot today, a perfect day for a mango mojito and a hammock.

Guess what? Darrell got really adverturous today and stretched his culinary curiosities by tasting "Green Chili Lamb," from the Gangadin East Indian restaurant. While at the market we also sampled sweet Blood Oranges, "Mango-Lentil Soup," (which was my absolute favorite), a variety of super saucy mac and cheese bites with flavors like "black truffle mac and cheese," "hot wing mac and cheese" and "leek and wild mushroom mac and cheese." Then we picked up some lovely, fresh organic greens for our salad this evening. As we continued to "Nibble" our way through the farmers market shopping, browsing, and chomping we stumbled upon a vendor selling these awesome grape juices made from wine grapes like cabernet and syrah (without the alcohol). Can you believe it? The juice from those grapes were delicious, very high in antioxidants which is great for the prevention of alzheimers and cancer. I can't remember the name of the company, but they are from Paso Robles. I will be going back next Sunday to stock up on the juice and let you what's for dinner.

A Bouquet of Herbs: Thyme-Spearmint-Oregano

And dinner from the farmers market tonight is .....

Whole Wheat Penne Pasta with Ground Soy Meat and Organic Oregano Tomato-Basil Ragout

My lil' brother Darrell, chopping up the organic oregano from farmers marketa! Check out his chopping technique.