this salad celebrates both the cool and the spicy – the juiciness of the cucumbers and the cool mint taste help to defuse the sharp bite of the jalepeno, creating a broad taste profile that is intriguing to the tastebuds.
and because quinoa is a fluffy high-protein gain while cucumbers are light and watery, this dish [...]
this drink remedies two problems i have with processed grape drinks. first, i think grape flavoring is gross – tasting nothing like natural goodness of grape juice – because the “grape flavor” is simply a chemical compound that is synthesized in a laboratory.
secondly, most drinks you buy in a supermarket are loaded with sugar or [...]
like the daikon radish or momotaro tomatoes, shishito peppers are special japanese treats that – lucky for us – are easily grown in california. and lucky for me, the local japanese family farm i work for carries them.
most of these miniature peppers are very mild, almost like a bell pepper with just the tiniest bite of spice that is not [...]