Friday, June 24, 2011

Sugar Detox With Dr. Oz


Research has linked eating too much sugar with the major killers of mankind – high blood pressure, high cholesterol and liver damage. Are you at...

Friday, June 17, 2011

Feta Fetish? Quick Feta Dishes in Under 5 Minutes

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Feta Pasta Salad
Barrila's new tiny pasta  (preferably whole grain, cooked al-dente), cucumbers, grape tomatoes, capers, Bulgarian feta, basil, Italian parsley, fresh lemon juice

Quinoa and Feta

Quinoa, walnut, French feta, mint, fresh lemon juice, splash of EVOO.
Fab hot or cold and delish as a stuffing for peppers or zucchini


Cucumber and Feta Salad                            Cucumber, slow cooked garbanzo beans, red and gold grape tomatoes, Bulgarian feta, dill, fresh lemon juice.

Make it a main dish: Pescatarians may add tuna or shrimp, carnivores will luv this with grilled chicken, vegetarians make it a main dish with hard cooked eggs.                                                

Excellent as a side salad,  or use as a fab multgrain wrap or fresh pita filling
My personal favorite: Avocado, heirloom tomato, red onion, Greek feta, capers, oregano, fresh lemon juice and cracked pepper. 

Thursday, June 16, 2011

EZ, Delish Green Bean Dishes

All ingredients  are in your Om Chef Culinary Prep kit                                                                                  *****                                                                    Green Bean and Purple Potato Salad:            Green beans, purple potato, red onion, thyme,  red wine vinegar, olive oil, sea salt.   Serve hot as a side dish, cold as a salad or make it a wrap.  

Green Beans with Fennel and Almonds: Steamed (or raw)green beans, fennel, toasted almonds, red onion, orange zest and a splash of extra virgin olive oil. Serve hot or cold

Classic Green Beans with Garlic and Walnuts


Steamed or raw green beans, toasted walnuts, thyme, minced garlic and a splash of olive oil. Heat a saute pan for 2-3 minutes add walnuts (or hazelnuts) toast on medium heat 1-2 minutes add a splash of olive oil, add garlic and thyme cook for 30 seconds, add green beans and cook for 1 minute....serve

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Melon, Maca, Mint With Pineapple Foam Chilled Soup or Smoothie

Melons are a delicious and healthy solution to sugar cravings, and with their gorgeous colors you are following the 'eat only beautiful foods' rule

Garnet Yams, Quinoa and Pistachio With Raspberry Vinaigrette

All ingredients for these dishes and many more are in your Om Chef Culinary Prep kit                                                                                  

Black Quinoa Rapture

Quinoa with sweet potatoes, pistachios and raspberry vinaigrette 
Fab hot or cold! Quinoa and pistachios are high in protein and offer a nice textural contrast to the softer yams, and pistachio also have an outstanding array of health promoting pytochemicals.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Menu 6-13 through 6-18

Om Culinary Kit day one through three
Kits allow you to mix and match each meal and snack according to your appetite and cravings. Please see meal delivery menu for further suggestions and ways to combine the elements of your kit. Kit items will stay fresh longer than delivered meals because elements are packaged individually. 

Friday, May 27, 2011

Om Meals and Prep Kits May 2011

All ingredients for these dishes and many more are in your Om Chef Prep kit                                                                                  *****


Beef or Seitan stir fry
Beef, chicken or seitan
baby bok choy
steamed broccoli
Red peppers
sliced mushrooms

Heat wok or large saute pan on medium to high heat, add 2 tablespoons peanut oil. Cook sliced meat or seitan first for 2 minutes until cooked through, remove from pan. Quickly saute minced garlic and ginger, add baby bok choy and cook 1 minute and remove from pan. Do Not Crowd Pan. Add more peanut oil if necessary and ginger/garlic mince, add mushrooms remove after 1-2 minutes. Add remaining vegetables and Om stir fry sauce and cook 1 minute, add meat or seitan and toss thoureghly....serve with steamed brown rice
10 minutes actual cooking time,
the time required to make a stir fry is in the
shopping and chopping

Thai pork or tofu and eggplant with Thai basil
10 minutes 

Brown rice pilaf with beet greens or kale, walnuts, sultana raisins and red onion
10 min
Fresh cucumber, dill, grape tomatoes, 
garbanzos and Bulgarian feta
5 minutes

Fresh cucumber, dill, grape tomatoes,
garbanzosRed grapes, Mission fig, Tillamook cheddar,
multigrain bread ....a perfectly delicious and healthy snack in only 2 min
                                                                    Shrimp, asparagus, edamame, penne pasta and Parmigiano Reggiano.......excellent hot or cold
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Glazed almonds, toasted coconut with dark chocolate ganache in filo cups
5 minute dessert