Foods Long Life

Turn those garden Serrano peppers into hot sauce. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Fall Brings Peppers Fall in Northern California is generally the time to pull out your summer crops and plant broccoli, kale, beets, lettuce, garlic, and other winter crops. The one plant that is still in the ground, however, and that's always late to produce is our pepper crop.  But now it's time to pick them before the weather turns bad so I picked all the serrano peppers and most of the red pimento and poblano peppers. But what do you do with 3 pounds of serranos when only one is needed to flavor a dish? Well, let's make hot sauce! I blogged a hot sauce recipe a few years ago using jalapeños and serranos but this year I'm using serrano peppers combined with a sweet red pimento pepper. It's still turned out super hot, but the sweet pepper cut the heat a little bit and gave it a nice flavor. Sweet red pimento peppers cut the heat a bit and adds a lovely flavor...

Green Plantains make delicious grain-free tortillas. And, they are less than 40 calories! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Gluten and Grain-Free Tortillas Most people buy corn tortillas when they are trying to avoid gluten or products made from various gluten-free grains such as brown rice, amaranth, quinoa, millet, teff, and sorghum. But if you want to avoid grains completely, here's a brilliant alternative that my friend Margarite introduced me to - making tortillas from green plantains! Make sure to buy green plantains, not ripe ones. Plantains may look like bananas but they are starchy, not sweet. They are not eaten as a fruit and must be cooked. The biggest difference is that they are not as easy to peel! But I'll be showing you a trick to make that easier.  Although most plantain tortilla recipes just use plantains, I've jazzed these up with seasonings, and herbs. And of course I added some freshly harvested garlic. For my herbs, I used t...

Black beans add fiber and protein to these whole grain tortillas. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . So Simple to Make Home-made tortillas, hot off the grill, are a great addition to any meal. And they are surprisingly easy to make. To add some nutritional goodness to today's recipe, I use King Arthur's White Whole Wheat flour  and organic black beans. Each tortilla provides 3 grams of dietary fiber and 4 grams of protein. Let's get started!        *                        *                         *                           * Whole Wheat Black Bean Tortillas Vegan, Dairy Free [makes Eight (7 1/2-inch) tortillas or a dozen (5-inch) tortillas] Ingredients 1/2 cup canned organic black beans (drained and rinsed) 1 1/2 cups King Arthur White Whole Wheat flour 1/4...

Poblano rajas is a great topping for scrambles, tacos and more. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. Poblano Peppers This year, I went a little crazy growing so many different peppers in my garden - peppers that I had never before prepared. Poblano peppers, for example. They grew easily and plentifully. I know they are used to make chile rellenos but since I don't eat cheese, I didn't know what else to do with them. Poblano peppers originated in the state of Puebla, Mexico. They are very mild but once in a while you may get one that has a bit of heat. If you let them ripen, they will turn dark red and become quite spicy and flavorful. Dried, they become "chile ancho" and you can grind them up and use them to flavor dishes.  I looked around for recipe ideas for my poblano peppers but just about every single one of them required removing their skin as you would do for roasted red peppers. But that's a bit tedious considering how many peppers my pla...