Curried Potato Salad

July 8, 2007

INGREDIENTS

3 large Yukon Gold or other all-purpose potato, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
1 small bunch spinach, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
2 green onions, both white and green parts, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (use the thick stuff at the top of the can)
2 teaspoons rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
1-2 teaspoons curry powder, to taste
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Sea salt and freshly-ground pepper to taste

1. Boil the potatoes until they are just tender, about 10 minnutes, then add spinach and allow to cook a minute or so, until wilted. Drain, and place potatoes and spinach in a large mixing bowl. Add bell pepper and green onions, stirring to mix.

2. In a small bowl, whisk the olive oil, coconut milk solids, and vinegar together until smooth. Add curry powder, cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste, whisking again to combine. Pour over potatoes and vegetables, adding a little more olive oil if the mixture is too dry. Stir well to coat.

3. May be served room-temperature or chilled.

Serves 6.

from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/curried-potato-salad.html?print=1

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Zorba’s Layered Veggie Dip

Inspired by Simply In Season, by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert (Herald Press, 2005).


SIMPLE SOLUTION: 

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups Greek yogurt (see below to make your own)
2 tablespoons fresh snipped chives
1 cup hummus (store-bought, or make your own Quick and Easy Hummus (it’s the second recipe on the page)
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped
3 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup oil-cured or Greek-style olives, sliced
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup green onions, white and green parts, chopped
Fresh or dried oregano, for garnish

1. Mix the yogurt and chives together and spread in a 10-inch glass pie-plate.

2. Spread the hummus evenly over the yogurt. Sprinkle with cucumber, then with tomatoes, olives, feta, and green onions. Sprinkle top with oregano.

3. Serve with pita chips. May also be used in wraps or pita pockets as a sandwich, or served with grilled eggplant.

Serves 4 to 6.

To Make Greek-Style Yogurt

Place the contents of a large container of plain yogurt in a colander or strainer lined with cheesecloth. Allow to drain for an hour. The thickened yogurt remaining in the colander is Greek-style yogurt!

from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/zorba-greek-layered-veggie-dip.html?print=1

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Iced Berry Lemonade

Inspired by Meals That Heal, by Lisa Turner (Inner Traditions, 1996).

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup honey
2 tea bags–black, green, or herbal
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
3 cups water

1. In a small saucepan, combine the lemon juice and honey and heat over low heat until the honey has dissolved. Add the tea bags and allow to steep for 5 minutes, then remove tea bags.

2. In a blender, puree the lemon-honey with berries and water. Chill until very cold.

3. Rinse 4 glasses with cold water and freeze for 5 minutes until frosty. Add crushed ice, if desired, and berry lemonade, garnishing each glass with mint sprigs or additional berries, if desired.

Serves 4.  from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/iced-berry-lemonade.html?print=1

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Horseradish Mustard

1 TBSP. Dijon mustard combined with 1 TBSP. prepared horseradish. 

Can’t wait to try both of these mustards!

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Wasabi Mustard

What you need

3 Tablespoons of Dijon mustard

1 Tablespoon of wasabi paste

Combine.

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Autopoiesis

see www.prototista.org/E-Zine/Autopoiesis.htm

I often see people use this term in their writing though even after reading this article I need to do some more reading of primary material to like really understand what it means, and then I have to figure out how to pronounce it so I can toss the term out casually in conversation.  From what I gather, autopoiesis theoretical basis is systems complexity and dynamic change rather than the static view found in mechanistic determinism.  Starting with one of the books mentioned, Fritjof Capra’s "The Web of Life," is probably a good place to begin as he writes in an accessible fashion. 

Another reference mentioned in this article is Principia Cybernetica Web (website).

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fractals (pix)

at http://pixrat.ibibo.com/picture/similar/cfcb567722f37a008ebb298d46859fd04b988771

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Guy Garcia - Skin Deep (another book to look for)

The narrator of Skin Deep is David Loya, a second generation Chicano from the East L.A. barrio. With a degree from Harvard Law School he is a rising star in a major New York law firm. He returns to L.A. in response to an urgent request from a Harvard friend to find a missing illegal Mexican named Josefina Juarez. David’s search for Juarez takes him deep into the barrio where the mystery of her fate upends his world and forces him to confront long-buried questions about family, love, friendship, and his own identity. Skin Deep is a novel about coming of age in the new America, a place in which races and cultures have not so much melded as collided and in which no identity is secure. Garcia chronicles this new urban landscape with acuity and informed sympathy.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky (website)

at http://www.fyodordostoevsky.com/

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Sena Jeter Naslund (books)

I read Ahab’s Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel  by Sena Jeter Naslund while travelling in Mexico, one of those lucky finds at a second-hand bookstore, and would like to read some of her other work:

Ice Skating at the North Pole; The Animal Way to Love; Sherlock in Love; The Disobedience of Water; Four Spirits; Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antionette and others.

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