A Tasty Walnut Shake

Just blend…
    3 tbl toasted walnuts
    2 dates torn up
    ½ frozen banana
    2 tbl coconut
    7/8 cup milk


Some people like this with cinnamon and honey too, but this is very tasty to me…

A delicious baked fish

that warmed up my wintry kitchen!

a delicious baked fish

adapted from the 1951 Joy of Cooking's "Fish Baked in a Covered Dish"

Spread olive oil over the bottom of a large casserole dish with a cover.

Lay in

            about 2 pieces adding up to 1 lb of fish eg salmon.

Put a little

            butter on the fish.

Sprinkle with

            smoked paprika

            nutmeg.

Cover. Put into a 325 oven. Set a timer for about 30 minutes (if your fish is very thin, you could try just 20 minutes; it took my 1" thick salmon about 30 minutes).

After about 10 minutes, add around the fish

            up to 2 tbl sweet white wine.

Meanwhile, put into a bowl in this order:

            a small bunch of parsley, cut

            at least 1 tbl capers

            about 1 tsp or more caper juice

            about 1 tbl butter, cut so it will fit nicely down the center of your piece(s) of fish.

When the fish looks like it might be done in 5 or 10 minutes, remove the fish from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 375. Upend the bowl's ingredients over the fish. Put the fish back in the oven without a cover.

When the fish is at least 145 inside, it's done. If you check and it's not done, it won't hurt the "sauce" for it to keep cooking.

Nice served over whole wheat couscous, and with some vegetables such as broccoli and carrots.

Some exquisite food from 1931

From an extremely well done novel from the 1930s...

While the last of the fogs went wherever fogs go to when there is no wind...Sir Herbert Livewright [fresh back to London from a vacation in the South of France] remained in his library [with] a fire burning briskly on the open hearth, exercising his brain....When...his butler came quietly into this...atmosphere and announced that luncheon was served, Sir Herbert...pushed his little table away and rose to his feet and...washed his...hands;...and then Sir Herbert Livewright went through into his dining room, and consumed, with every appearance of relish,

a little something of egg,

and some roast chicken with every kind of appurtenance,

including salad,

and a large portion of a distinctly heady trifle,

and some biscuits

and some celery

and some cheese.

And during this repast Sir Herbert Livewright also drank

some exceedingly good still Moselle,

and a cup of excellent coffee,

and a noggin of admirable cognac.

- Denis MacKail, The Square Circle, 1931

A delicious festive porridge!

a festive porridge

Delicious and pretty; also note it's helpful when one is having a dental moment, as it's not crunchy…

Enough for 2, but I think I'll double it next time, it's that good. Just microwave leftovers in the next days.

Put into a pot then refrigerate overnight; no real need to stir yet:

            up to 2 tbl coconut oil

            3 small red apples, quite finely chopped

            heaping ½ tsp cinnamon

            heaping 1 cup old-fashioned oats

            up to ¼ cup smooth almond butter

            about ¼ cup rinsed frozen cranberries (or fresh)

            ½ cup milk (skim is fine)

            1-1/2 cups water

In the morning, simmer, stirring occasionally, until everything is tender (maybe 10 minutes). You may need to stir in

            about ¼ cup more water.

Pour into bowls and top with

            generous flavorful honey (up to 2 tbl/bowl)

Adapted from Megan Gordon's Whole-Grain Mornings' Warm Farro Breakfast Bowl with Apples, Cranberries, and Hazelnuts