Well, Sylvie, that would make it great for the immune system.....no one will come near you! Garlic is more fun, though!
I cooked today. Now I'm stuffed!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Supplements
two scrambled eggs
One pint goat's milk warm chocolate
small plate of tortilla chips with goat cheese and re-hydrated plum tomatoes that I dried last year, and some fermented bean paste.....wow, was that good!
And corn salad, recipe below.
Swiss chard pie, recipe from this site, but I added homemade sausage, and more dried tomatoes.
I have to tell you about the pie. I'd ground the wheat (soft white) and made and fermented the dough yesterday....I'm out of lard, so I used butter. Almost all the ingredients came from our homestead: swiss chard, tomatoes, eggs, goat's milk, and goat's milk cheddar. I just opened a new wheel, three months, and quite sharp. Patience is a virtue I must continue to work on!!! I also used sausage that dh made from a pork loin we purchased and ground and spiced. I used the garlic I recently fermented. I purchased a vidalia onion and used half of that. Lots and lots of cheese on top! DH took pictures, he said it looked like it came from a magazine. Then we devoured half of it.
OK, here is how I made the corn salad. It is a forgiving recipe, so all amounts are guess-timates.
10 ears sweet corn, blanched about 3-4 minutes and then chilled in cold running water, then cut from cobs. (Don't forget to make cheese from the husks.....by feeding them to the goat!)
A bunch of cukes with the skin....I used pickling cukes from the garden. I had eight. Dice 'em up.
Generous sea salt and black pepper, and a bit of onion powder.
A big spoonful of my fermented herb salad dressing mix.
About 3-4 Tbsp each of white wine vinegar and olive oil.
I will often use tomatoes or red bell peppers, diced, to add more color, and a generous amount of chopped fresh basil in place of the salad dressing herbs. The recipe calls for diced fresh red onion, but I don't care for raw onion. I'd also have used dried onion bits if I had them available. I've also been known to dice up fresh green or yellow beans and sugar snap peas if I have them, and thinly sliced carrot coins scattered on top.
Don't be fooled, this is not a vegetable dish, it is a carb with a little veggies with the cukes and anything else you add. It is the same as having bread, rice, potatoes, any other carb, so treat it as a carb serving. Fresh sweet corn from roadside stands cannot be missed, so just use in moderation if you are on a weight management program. This is considered a "cheat," but still better than cookies, candy, etc. But it WILL lower your metabolism and switch you into fat storage mode, just know what you are eating. Make a much smaller batch with more of the other veggies and less of the corn if you will be alone in the house with this in the fridge, calling your name!
Hope I didn't sound like a commercial, but it is the answer.... 
