Month: January 2025

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Food Recipes

Instant Pot Split Pea Soup with Ham

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 ribs celery diced
  • 2 carrots diced
  • 6 oz. diced ham
  • 1 lb. split peas sorted and rinsed
  • 6 cups low sodium chicken stock or veggie stock, water, or mixture
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon mushroom powder
  • Salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Turn Instant Pot to “saute” mode. Melt butter, and saute onion, celery, and carrots for 5 minutes, until soften
  2. Add split peas, chicken stock, home, and 2 bay leaves. Turn off “saute”.
  3. Cover the Instant Pot. Et to manual, high pressure for 15 minutes.
  4. Natural release for 15 minutes.
  5. Taste and season with salt and pepper, and mushroom powder
  6. Serve immediately, or store in fridge for 1 week, or freezer for up to six months.
Categories
Food Health Recipes

Pomegranate & Pear Green Salad

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup raw pecans (halves or pieces)
  • 5 oz. baby arugula
  • 2 oz (~ 1/2 cup) feta cheese, crumpled
  • 1 large ripe Bartlett pear, thinly sliced
  • 1 Honeycrisp apple, thinly sliced
  • Arils from 1 pomegranate
  • GINGER DRESSING
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • About 10 twists of freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Toast the pecans 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and rough chop them
  2. Arrange the arugula across a large serving platter (or bowl). Sprinkle the chopped pecans and crumbled feta over the arugula. Fan the slices of pear and apple and arrange them across the salad in sections (see photo). Sprinkel all over with fresh pomegranate arils.
  3. To prepare dressing, combine all the ingredients and whisk until blended. Taste, and if not zippy enough, add another teaspoon of vinegar.
  4. Wait to dress the salad until you’re ready to serve (the dressing will wilt the greens over time). When ready, drizzle the ginger dressing lightly over the salad.