Category Archives: Cook from scratch with Sally and Carol

CarolCooks2 weekly roundup… 2nd-8th January 2022-

Welcome to my weekly roundup...And welcome to a New Year I hope 2022 is a better year, a
the year where we see the end of Covid or find ways to live with it as we do flu and other
communicable diseases…

What is in store for you then this week if you are catching up…  Culinary A-Z, Monday Musings, and let me tell you Spam begone and I will tell you how…A review and sausage recipes…and Saturday Snippets…I hope you enjoy!

My first Monday Musings of the New Year…where I discuss plastic straws and today when shopping there was a whole end isle of plastic straws(which) I thought were banned…

I also received some bamboo straws and a lovely ickle brush so I can clean the straw properly after using…Plus how to get rid of spam ..a cocktail recipe, some music…I hope you enjoy x

CarolCooks2…My Monday Musings…3rd January 2022.

Today we have the start..the beginning of back on wagon talk, healthy eating after all the Christmas goodies my body is groaning and feeling bloated…This is not a New Resolution unless they float your boat it is just getting back to pre Christmas Covid eating…both have played havoc with my diet I don’t know about yours…too much fresh from the oven bread……

CarolCooks2…Healthy eating… How to shift those Christmas and Covid kilos…For good!

The Culinary Alphabet is nearing the end now…only W, X, Y, Z to go and unless I can find any more dishes/ingredients I will probably put these 4 letters in one post and waffle a lot…haha

Young Pete Springer very cleverly found two more for the letter V…the first one was Guvec which is an earthenware casserole dish that is wide and of medium height, it can be glazed or unglazed and used in the Balkan, Turkish and Levantine cuisines…

Giouvetsi…is a meat and pasts dish cooked in a Givec…but to complicate matters further there is also a dish called Turkish Guvec made with eggplants, potatoes, red onions, garlic, tomatoes, oregano, paprika which sounds delicious…Mmmmm one to try…

I hope you enjoy this rather shortened version of the Culinary Alphabet x

Culinary Alphabet…A-Z…The Middle Letter V…

Over to Smorgasbord…where Sally is doing a rewind of some posts that we did back in 2018  I enjoyed contributing the recipes…this week it is Vitamin A…and I must say Vitamin A is abundant in food which I love like Apricots, carrots and trout…

Please head over and enjoy...I think we all need a rewind I know I do and a reminder of what we should be eating to maintain a healthy body…

Smorgasbord Health with Sally Cronin and Carol Taylor – Cook from Scratch to prevent nutritional deficiency – Vitamin A – Carrots, Liver, Apricots, Trout. Eggs, Frittata

Friday is my review day it could be a product or an ingredient that I am looking at in more depth…this week it is a trip down memory lane where I extol the virtues of my nanna’s food grinder…I will also tell you that I had a comment on this post that I didn’t understand…I’m old and not up to date with many of the modern ways and apps so before responding (and) how glad am I..phew…I asked my son…just as well…my answer was an Ahhhh :)…I left it at that…But that is why I love blogging I learn something each and every day

To understand what I am talking about you will have to read the comments on this post…I would love to know who knows what I now know…hehe x

CarolCooks2…Friday Product Review… Spong National #25… Food Grinder…

Saturday Snippets…

My most fun post of the week to write…I have a fascination with words and connections I love how a word has connections to so much…a great learning curve and I am always being surprised…just as a few of you were to receive an incomplete Saturday Saturday Snippets on Thursday…you wouldn’t want to be inside my brain at the moment it bordering on chaos…lol

Enjoy, have a lovely Sunday…stay safe and well if you venture out…As always I look forward to your comments …

Saturday Snippets…8th January 2022…Today’s one-word prompt is “New”…

The end…another week finished…did you know there will be 13 New Moons this year so hopefully it will be a magical year…Love Carol x

 

 

Smorgasbord Health Column – Food Therapy – 12,000 years of history that we know about and avoiding the wind factor by Sally Cronin

Beans, Beans are good for your heart, The more you eat the more you ****…Not if you listen to Sally’s advice…#recommended read lots of good health advice, how to cook beans and some recipes as Sally has very kindly linked back to one of my posts…Thank you, Sally 🙂 xx

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

As a follow on from the recent series on theWeekly Grocery Shopping List of foods that contain the nutrients the body needsthat contain the nutrients the body needs I am going to repeat my series from 2017 on the health benefits of some of our most common foods.

Food therapy is a broad term for the benefits to the body of a healthy, varied and nutritional diet of fresh foods.

Most of us walk through the fresh produce departments of our supermarkets without really paying much attention to the individual fruits and vegetables. This is a great pity because the vast majority of these foods have been cultivated for thousands of years, not only for their nutritional value but also for their medicinal properties. If you eat a healthy diet you are effectively practicing preventative medicine. A robust immune system, not only attacks external opportunistic pathogens, but also…

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Smorgasbord Health Column – Food Therapy – The pungent defenders Onions and Garlic by Sally Cronin

Sally certainly knows her onions…Lots of great info on the benefits of eating your onions and garlic and recipes to make your mouth water and your body healthy…Enjoy!

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

As a follow on from the recent series on the Weekly Grocery Shopping List of foods that contain the nutrients the body needs I am going to repeat my series from 2017 on the health benefits of some of our most common foods.

Food therapy is a broad term for the benefits to the body of a healthy, varied and nutritional diet of fresh foods.

Most of us walk through the fresh produce departments of our supermarkets without really paying much attention to the individual fruits and vegetables. This is a great pity because the vast majority of these foods have been cultivated for thousands of years, not only for their nutritional value but also for their medicinal properties. If you eat a healthy diet you are effectively practicing preventative medicine. A robust immune system, not only attacks external opportunistic pathogens, but also works to  prevent rogue cells in the…

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CarolCooks2…Weekly roundup…5th Jan-11th January 2020…

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup…I am settling into my new routine of writing more although January is always a funny, unsettled month for me…I think we all get embroiled in the furore and planning for the festive season and then it goes a little flat.

January always seems to be the month for tragedies like the Australian bush fires, the plane crash, Prince Harry and Meghan wanting to step down as Senior Royals all major disasters …

Monday 6th January 2020…Recycling and Climate Change latest news…

Of course, the bush dominated the beginning of this post they have been burning now since September and have caused deaths and devastation…There is most probably more to come and many questions to be answered…

butterfly and bee flower meadow

I also mentioned wildflowers and the butterfly and bee populations and our carbon footprint which is something which every single one of us can do something about and improve…

https://carolcooks2.com/2020/01/06/recycling-and-climate-change-6th-january-2020/

Tuesday 7th January…

I reblogged Smorgasbord Blogger Daily where Sally laid out her plans for the year and promoted myself and a few other authors and bloggers…

Debby Giess will be writing a new column over at Smorgasbord after her Winter break Sally and I have one more cooking from scratch to prevent deficiency this coming week with Phosphorous as the nutrient in question… and then Carol will be featuring her A – Z of food every two weeks. She is going to be getting her cookbook and novel ready to be published this year (no pressure then Carol ♥)

Sylvia with her authentic Italian recipes and the lovely William Price King who provides the music…So lots to read about…

https://carolcooks2.com/2020/01/07/smorgasbord-blog-magazine-weekly-round-up-29th-december-to-4th-january-2020/

Wednesday 8th January…

Egg-drop-soup-recipe

The day where anything goes whatever takes my fancy…In this case, it was sausage rolls and a mummy Rhapsody as well as a delicious soup recipe…

https://carolcooks2.com/2020/01/08/whimsical-wednesdays/

It was also the last of our nutritional deficiency posts this week it was Phosphorus where Sally provides the health information and I provide the recipes, in this case, it is a lovely pork fillet recipe for starters…

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/smorgasbord-health-column-cook-from-scratch-to-prevent-nutritional-deficiency-with-sally-cronin-and-carol-taylor-phosphorus/

Thursday 9th January…

Another Blogger Daily from Sally where she shares my post on Climate Change and the bush fires as well as a great book review and some helpful tips on a book launch…Very handy…

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/smorgasbord-blogger-daily-monday-january-6th-2020-book-review-by-michelle-clements-james-booklaunch-booksigning-tips-mary-smith-climate-change-recycling-carol-taylor/

I also shared a beautiful painting which depicts the bushfires in Australia…

melina-ilustrats

https://tidalscribe.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/australia-is-burning/

Friday 10th January…

In my kitchen where I cooked pan-seared salmon with lovely crispy skin and a spicy Thai sauce and some other taste tingling goodies…

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Pan-seared Salmon

https://carolcooks2.com/2020/01/10/carolcooks2-this-week-in-my-kitchen-pan-seared-salmon-with-spicy-thai-dressing/

Lastly…Sally Cronin who writes Smorgasbord Magazine was with DG Kaye where Debby was asking the questions..for a fascinating insight into the lady we love …pop over to Debs…

That looks like there could be some fun and shenanigans to come….x

https://dgkayewriter.com/q-and-a-with-d-g-kaye-featuring-author-blogger-and-promoter-sally-cronin/

That’s all for this weeks roundup…Thank you for reading and thank you to everyone who supports me by commenting I so love to hear from you…You all rock…x

Tomorrow it time for another update on Climate Change and REcycling but I have lots of good news this week although those devasting bush fires keep on burning…

We love you Australia and keep you in our thoughts but you are strong and resilient and will get through this…Much love xxx

About Carol Taylor: Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them.

I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling.

Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and wellbeing.

Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!

Thank you once again for reading this post I hope you all have a great weekend 🙂 xx

Smorgasbord Health – Christmas Cook From Scratch – Sally Cronin and Carol Taylor – Cranberries #bittersweet

Time to get your cranberry sauce made for Christmas but did you know about the great health benefits Cranberries can provide? If not it is all in this post along with some other great recipes and they also make great cocktails a very versatile little fruit…Enjoy!

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

Here is another of our posts where I share the nutritional benefits of an ingredient and Carol Taylor incorporates it in a delicious recipe. Next week Carol will be back to share some of her creations from her Thai kitchen offering you some alternative delicacies to eat over the festive season.

This week… ..Cranberries – a bitter berry which has a long history in medicinal terms and is still used today in certain over the counter preparations.

Cranberries have a documented medicinal history and were used by the Native American Indians as a nutritious addition to their diet normally sweetened with honey as of course the berries are very tart. The Indians also used the berries in poultices for wounds as they recognised the antibacterial and antibiotic effect of the fruit even if they could not scientifically prove these properties. Colonists, who had been introduced to the…

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Smorgasbord Health – Christmas Cook From Scratch – Sally Cronin and Carol Taylor – Perfect and Healthy Brussel Sprouts

Awww Brussel Sprouts love them or hate them…I am in the love them camp… they always bring a lovely memory of my dad to mind as one of the last Christmas he spent with us he sat at the table saying “Love Brussels, must eat my Brussels ..repeated a few times over we were all in fits of laughter and it always makes us remember him with much love he made us smile ..Enjoy your Brussels daddy I am sure you have converted them all up there 🙂 xx

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

It is that time of year when we bring out the decorations and over here – The Cook from Scratch Christmas recipes... I look at the health benefits of the food.. and my friend Carol Taylorturns them into something delicious the whole family will love.

Brussel sprouts are not necessarily the most asked for vegetable by children as they do have a slightly bitter taste (actually the healthy element of the Brussels), but if you prepare them following Carol’s guidance, they should be a hit with all the family.

At this time of year they are readily available in the stores and are a wonderful side dish for Turkey on Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

Variety is the spice of life….and our bodies need a wide variety of foods to extract all the nutrients it needs to be healthy.

We are just coming into the Brussel sprout season and…

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