Pumpkin cream-soup

This is an easy to cook and very seasonal dish that is amazingly rich and nourishing. All the ingredients I use here are organic.

Ingredients:

1 medium pumpkin
2 large carrots
2 medium onions
2-3 garlic cloves
100 g butter (I use 1/2 a block or sometimes more)
small bunch of green onions (optional)
small bunch of parsley (optional)
50 - 100 g double cream
1 1/2 - 2 litres chicken stock (warm or hot)
sea salt and ground black pepper (to taste)

Equipment:

Hand blender

Instructions:

Clean the pumpkin using the potato peeler, or any other way you prefer. Cut it in small cubes and set it aside. Finely chop onions and garlic and sauté them slightly in a heavy-bottomed cast iron skillet with a generous blob of butter. Peel and grate the carrots and place them together with the onions and garlic, add roughly chopped green onion if using and pumpkin cubes, cover with a lid and cook until the pumpkin is very soft. At the end add some salt and pepper and the last chuck in some chopped parsley, if using. Leave it with the closed lid for a minute or 2 and turn off the gas.

Place all the ingredients from the skillet into approximately 3 litre pan, add half of the chicken stock, the rest of the butter, 50 g of the double cream and using hand blender blend the mixture till it reach the consistency that you like. Try it and see if you need to adjust salt and pepper; see if it is liquid enough for your taste, if not add some more stock and/or cream and blend a bit more or just mix everything with a big spoon. Taste again to see that you are happy with the result.

It is very good on a cold autumn day with a spoon of sour-cream and some croutons or just on its own.
Please enjoy!

Sourdough Flatbreads

This recipe is very tasty to have for breakfast with your favourite dip, salsa or chutney; it is good with meats or sausages, salad or sautéed vegetables or just with some butter and cheese. These flatbreads are absolutely fantastic to cook on the barbecue grill along with the meats and vegetables. They are best to eat while warm.

Ingredients:

200 g (under 1 US cup) plain organic yoghurt (I used here raw unpasteurised)
100 g (under 1/2 US cup) active white sourdough starter (here is the recipe)
300 g (1 1/4 US cup) organic white all purpose unbleached flour
1 tsp unrefined sea salt
1 tbsp raw organic honey (optional)
Organic rice flour for dusting

Equipment:

Mixing bowl
Cling film
Rolling pin
Cast iron grill pan (or regular cast iron pan, or barbecue frill)

Instructions:

Mix together yoghurt, starter, flour and salt, knead for a few minutes. If you or your child do not enjoy the sourness too much just add honey to cover that up, you might want to add a bit more flour. The dough should be soft and just slightly sticky. Transfer the dough into lightly floured bowl, cover with cling film and leave to ferment for 8 hours or overnight. I usually mix the dough in the evening and ferment it overnight so we can have the breads for breakfast. I left it out longer and used one half for breakfast the next morning and the rest (resting covered at room temperature) for breakfast the day after and it was still very yummy.

When ready heat the cast iron grill pan and divide the fermented dough into 8 balls. Dust the counter with some rice flour and roll out one of the balls into a flat circle around 2 mm (1/8") thick, make sure it is smaller in diameter then your grill pan if you have a small one like I do. Transfer the dough circle straight into the hot grill pan. Grill each side for around 1 minute or until ready.

Your grill pan should be really hot and not oiled. Transfer the flatbread straight into a plate to eat right away or a kitchen towel lined bread basket or shallow bowl and cover it with another kitchen towel to keep it soft. Repeat with the rest of the flatbreads and keep them covered with tea towel.

The flatbreads keep well covered with a kitchen towel for about an hour, for longer storage transfer them into the plastic bag, reheat on the grill.

This recipe is my new e-book Sourdough Goodness. If you want to get the book please email me at annadroz@gmail.com

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I really enjoy cooking and baking and I am always looking for new ideas for healthy recipes so when I saw this collection of books I got really excited, it had everything I needed. This e-book collection is smaller and cheaper than a lot of the ones that I have seen coming through recently.  It’s very niche-specific, only traditional food recipes and mostly books that have not been in any of the recent bundles.

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• Real Food, Real Easy by Angela Montgomery of Real Whole Health
• Real Food for Real Homemakers by Jami Balmet of Young Wife’s Guide, Jaimie Ramsey of Living In the Light and Elsie Callender of Richly Rooted

 

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• 7 Day Real Food Meal Plan by Roxanne King of The Holistic Mama
• Much Ado About Chicken by Debra Worth of Sweet Kisses and Dirty Dishes
• Stretchy Beans by KerryAnn Foster of Intentionally Domestic
• Divine Dinners by Lydia Joy Shatney of Divine Health From the Inside Out (92 gourmet dinners, sides, soups, and more, GF)

 

Snacks and Sides

• The Veggie Book by Danielle Tate of More Than Four Walls, Sara Shay of Your Thriving Family and Debra Worth of Sweet Kisses and Dirty Dishes
• Healthy Snacks to Go by Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship
• Steeped by Katie Stanley of Nourishing Simplicity
• Toadally Primal Smoothies by Primal Toad of Primal Toad

 

Desserts, Baking and Special Occasions

 

• Festive Traditions by Jill Marks of Modern Alternative Kitchen
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• Sourdough Goodness by Anna Drozdova of Thought For Real Food
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I've spent far too many nights sitting on my couch, when I've either forgotten to make a meal plan or forgotten to print it out (such a tiny thing that is a huge mistake for me!) wondering...what's for dinner? I start to scour the internet for ideas. I ask you, my lovely readers, what you're having. I check out mainstream recipe sites for new dishes that might contain the ingredients I have. I might even pore over my old cookbooks in the kitchen. Just to find some inspiration. But what if you had hundreds of 100% real food recipes at your finger tips? Recipes that could inspire you for a quick meal...teach you to cook with whatever's on hand...help you make real food frugal...or offer gourmet ideas to plug into your meal plans or special nights? A lot of my readers have said they wished that they had something like this. Next Tuesday, I will have the perfect collection for you: the Traditional Recipes Bundle.

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Kitchen Help

• Cooking With Coconut Oil by Jennifer Saleem of Hybrid Rasta Mama (68 delicious recipes featuring coconut oil)
• Design a Dish by Millie Copper of Real Food for Less Money (6 basic formulas for creating recipes with what you have)
• Restocking the Pantry by Kresha Faber of Nourishing Joy (57 sauces, condiments, and more)
• Real Food, Real Easy by Angela Montgomery of Real Whole Health (13 frugal, easy recipes)
• Real Food for Real Homemakers by Jami Balmet of Young Wife’s Guide, Jaimie Ramsey of Living In the Light and Elsie Callender of Richly Rooted (78 basic recipes + printables + how-to-anything in the kitchen -- NEW!)

 

Main Dishes

 

• 7 Day Real Food Meal Plan by Roxanne King of The Holistic Mama (7 days of a plan, complete with 38 recipes for 3 meals a day, all GF/CF)
• Much Ado About Chicken by Debra Worth of Sweet Kisses and Dirty Dishes (52 delicious allergy-friendly chicken-based meals, GF, NEW!)
• Stretchy Beans by KerryAnn Foster of Intentionally Domestic (13 frugal, bean-based meals, GF/CF, NEW!)
• Divine Dinners by Lydia Joy Shatney of Divine Health From the Inside Out (92 gourmet dinners, sides, soups, and more, GF)

Snacks and Sides

• The Veggie Book by Danielle Tate of More Than Four Walls, Sara Shay of Your Thriving Family and Debra Worth of Sweet Kisses and Dirty Dishes (52 recipes featuring 10 different vegetables, creatively; GF, NEW!)
• Healthy Snacks to Go by Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship (40 classic snack recipes that are travel- and lunch box-friendly)
• Steeped by Katie Stanley of Nourishing Simplicity (56 recipes for tea treats like cakes, scones, sandwiches, tea, and more; GF, NEW!)
• Toadally Primal Smoothies by Primal Toad of Primal Toad (150 unique smoothie recipes, primal/paleo)
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Desserts, Baking and Special Occasions

• Festive Traditions by Jill Marks of Modern Alternative Kitchen (32 holiday and special occasion recipes)
• Treat Yourself: Real Food Desserts by Kate Tietje of Modern Alternative Mama (30 delicious, healthy desserts)
• Sourdough Goodness by Anna Drozdova of Thought For Real Food (13 sourdough recipes, NEW!)
• Travel Foods by KerryAnn Foster of Intentionally Domestic (13 recipes that go with you easily, NEW!)

As you can see, there are many amazing selections in here, possibly some you've had your eye on. In this collection, you can get them all for 90% off.

Is There More?

Actually, there is more. :) We'll be offering a few bonus items that anybody who purchases the bundle will get.

• A coupon code for Real Salt
• A coupon code for Wise Choice Market
• A free premium trial membership to Tradishen
• Simple Natural Health, by Nina of Shalom Mama
• ...and more (we're still talking to a few excellent companies!)

We'll also be offering a giveaway (and no purchase is required to enter) of a $75 "Healthy" size Healthy Surprise box. By the way, if you are in the real food business and would like to sponsor a giveaway or a bonus offer for this sale, send me an email! We can take companies through Saturday. It's a great way to expose new, motivated readers to your business! kate@modernalternativemama.com. Whew. So, that's the deal. 17 great books, over 800 recipes, for just $14.97 -- plus four or more great bonus offers and a chance to win a Healthy Surprise box. The only catch is that the sale only lasts for five days, Sept. 17 - 21. I really tried hard to put together a collection that would be valuable to as many readers as possible. I hope that you're looking forward to this as much as I am. Don't forget to join us Tuesday at 9 AM to get your copy!

Which book(s) intrigue you the most?

My first e-book!!!

I am so excited!!! I have written my very first e-book! 

You know how I am converting all these recipes into sourdough ones, well I had an idea of writing a book about it. My book is all about baking with sourdough starter. 

It all started when I learned about the health benefits of the sourdough or wild yeast and at about the same time I discovered how wheat and other grains, if not prepared properly, can cause serious health problems. The problem was that me and my family really love bread and other baked goods and I did not want to exclude them completely from our diet. So I found a way to have my cake and eat it too, literally. Making all those recipes using sourdough starter allowed my family to keep enjoying our favourite foods and at the same time we could maintain our health. This was so exciting! 

I started converting the recipes that used wheat flour into sourdough versions, which came quite naturally and turned out to be easy for me to do. So now whenever I see a new recipe that requires baking with flour I say to myself: 'I bet I can convert this recipe to use the sourdough starter and make it healthier and try to keep it tasty at the same time'. 

At some point I collected so many of those recipes that I decided to put them together in a book and I called the book Sourdough Goodness. But then I realised that I had enough recipes for 2 books and so I decided to divide Sourdough Goodness into 2 volumes. I am happy to announce the release of the Volume 1, the second volume is still in the making and unlike the first volume that has only savoury recipes the second volume will have some sweet recipes as well. 

The book is quite versatile, it contains recipes from different cuisines: Russian, Jewish, English, Italian, French, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Indian, Jamaican.

If you are interested in my book you can get it through Amazon, Kobobooks or directly here.

I hope you enjoy it and happy reading!!!!!