Healing, probiotic rich recipe of raw carrot, apple and ginger juice mixed with fresh homemade raw kefir.
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This year, while searching through various old cookbooks for pecan pie recipes I came across a lovely fresh apple relish (Apple Kitchen Cook Book by Demetria Taylor), which I just had to try. It was fantastic! Especially tasty with fresh, local apples, it works particularly well as a relish with turkey, and really helps to [...]
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Rose hips can easily be made into a vitamin C rich tasty spread. I make this recipe with dates and apples to sweeten the rose hips. It is best to cook rose hips even though heat breaks down vitamin C. There is also an enzyme in rose hips that also breaks down vitamin C very [...]
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Apple sauce! Everyone knows how to make it, I have found a way to do it with minimum processing and I love to add lots of spices to my apple sauce. This is great for Almond Pancakes or for Apple Sauce Souffle. 5 lb organic apples water to cover the bottom of the pan vanilla [...]
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A very simple light and fluffy dish. 1 c home-made apple sauce 2 egg whites 1/4 c honey Method: Add honey to apple sauce, or if it is sweet enough leave it out. Beat egg whites until stiff and dry. Fold into apple sauce. Put mixture in buttered baking dish (I like to use teacups). [...]
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Charoset A traditional Passover relish. Makes about 4-5 cups This is an ancient, wise and delicious food that every age group loves: ½ c dried cranberries or cherries, chopped ½ c dried apricots, chopped ½ c raisins ½ c dates, chopped 2/3 c mixed nuts, chopped 2 large red apples unpeeled, cored, and grated 1 [...]
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Originally published in Healthy Options, November 2003, New Zealand I know a young fellow who eats 6-8 apples a day. As a child he was insulted when his teacher told him that apples could not be his staple diet. It is uncertain where the first wild apple was cultivated to eventually produce the sweet and [...]
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