Quick and Flavorful Blender Salsa (Using The Ninja Chef Duo Blender)

Posted on July 24, 2019 by foodandword

Anyone who is close to me knows I like to process and can fresh, garden vegetables into delicious, shelf-stable and ready to eat foods – one of which being salsa. Depending on what and how much we have in our garden from year to year determines what assortment of food I preserve. I have tended … Continue reading →

Appetizers / Dairy Free / Egg free / For the Holidays! / Gluten Free / Goodness on the Side! / Main Dishes / Ninja Chef / Savory and Splendid! / Snacks

Cilantro Jalapeño Hummus

Posted on July 3, 2019 by foodandword • Leave a comment

We are hummus lovers in our house. It can be made into a quick and easy meal or snack, and because fresh veggies are the perfect dipper, it makes consuming them (veggies) that much easier. Win…win! I was at Aldi the other day and grabbed a container of hummus which had four different varieties, one … Continue reading →

Dairy Free / Gluten Free / Goodness on the Side! / Main Dishes

Arroz con gandules {rice with pigeon peas}

Posted on February 11, 2019 by foodandword • Leave a comment

One of my most favorite, flavorful dishes is arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas). I’m not really sure where I heard of this dish for the first time, but I think it was probably a video that was shared on Facebook, actually. It’s a classic Puerto Rican dish and I love it. My mouth … Continue reading →

Appetizers / Blender / Dairy Free / Egg free / Gluten Free / Goodness on the Side! / Main Dishes / Ninja Chef / Savory and Splendid! / Snacks

Hummus {super simple recipe in the Ninja Chef blender}

Posted on January 28, 2019 by foodandword • 1 Comment

Hummus. Such a simple dish to make with a myriad of possibilities available to doctor it up. Today’s hummus recipe though is pretty basic. I’ve been making it for years, typically with my immersion blender…which usually ends up taking a bit of effort and being a bit much for the handheld wand (aka – it … Continue reading →

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Homemade Tahini {made in the Ninja Chef blender}

Posted on January 21, 2019 by foodandword • 1 Comment

This past week our local grocery store had a sale on bulk bin items. This made a prime time to purchase hulled sesame seeds to make a homemade tahini (sesame seed paste). I was able to purchase about 3 cups of sesame seeds for only $2.50! This was a great deal and I’ll be able … Continue reading →

Fresh Produce / Goodness on the Side! / Preserving / Savory and Splendid! / Vegetables

Oven Roasted Hatch Green Chiles

Posted on August 23, 2018 by foodandword • Leave a comment

A few years after my husband and I were married, we were staying with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law for a while in the Chicago-land area. They had recently moved from New Mexico to Chicago. Well, one day a huge box appeared on their doorstep from a friend of theirs in New Mexico. Inside the box? … Continue reading →

Gluten Free / Goodness on the Side! / Main Dishes / Using an electric pressure cooker

Perfect Electric Pressure Cooker Rice

Posted on February 8, 2017 by foodandword • Leave a comment

Looking for a simple and fool-proof way to cook rice using your electric pressure cooker? If you are used to cooking rice on the stovetop, it is a bit different than the 1:2 rice:water ratio, so that can take a bit of getting used to, but once you are past that, you can go on … Continue reading →

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Homemade Gluten-Free “Cream of” Condensed Soups

Posted on January 18, 2017 by foodandword • Leave a comment

If you or someone in your family has been gluten-free for very long, you have come to realize that finding a gluten-free store bought option for cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, or cream of anything soup can be next to impossible! Today’s post is to show you just how simple making your own “cream … Continue reading →

Baking Goodness! / Breakfast / Desserts / For the Holidays! / Fresh Produce / Goodness on the Side! / Sweet Treats! / Using Freshly Ground Flour / Vegetables

Whole Wheat Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Posted on July 11, 2014 by foodandword • 1 Comment

One of the things I love about summer are all of the fresh vegetables that we are able to grow, pick, and then eat up! Our zucchini plants look excellent this year and we’ve been chowin’ down on everything from grilled zucchini, stir-fried zucchini, sautéed zucchini, to zucchini bread. My family loves zucchini bread, but … Continue reading →

Dairy Free / Desserts / Egg free / For the Holidays! / Fresh Produce / Fruit / Gluten Free / Goodness on the Side! / Homemade Gifts! / Preserving / Sweet Treats! / Using Coconut Oil

Tart Cherry Pie Jam

Posted on June 10, 2014 by foodandword • 2 Comments

I am not sure why I was amazed to see two of my children come inside from the backyard the other day with a bowl full of ripe cherries. I know there are cherry trees back there, and I realize that it is summer…the two kind of go hand-in-hand! I guess in my head, it … Continue reading →