Tag: Bruce Tretter
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Fresh Whipped Cream Picture Book Recipe
What doesn’t go great with fresh whipped cream? I often have the vat-sized measuring cup you see below in the fridge good to go whenever I need it: in coffee, on pancakes, French toast or with fresh fruit – and it’s incredibly easy to make! The secret to whipping cream as quickly as possible is…
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Fresh Banana-Mango Ice Cream Picture Book Recipe
Picture book directions show how to make fresh banana mango ice cream
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Savory Steel Cut Oats with Beans, Avocado & Bell Pepper Picture Book Recipe
Last post showed how to put together a fully-flavorful, energy sustaining sweet one bowl meal with cooked steel cut oats, nut butter, fresh fruit and kefir. As I mentioned in earlier posts, steel cut oats are richly versatile and can be used to make savory dishes just as well as sweet tasting dishes. And I…
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Steel Cut Oats with Nut Butter, Fresh Fruit & Kefir Picture Directions
Like I mentioned in the last two posts, steel cut oats are fully flavor and can be used in a wide variety of easy-to-make sweet or savory meals. As a guy living by himself right now, I’m a big fan of what I call one bowl meals. Here’s a terrific breakfast one bowl meal that…
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How to Cook Steel Cut Oats to Make Them More Easily Digestible, Especially For Those in Phase 1 IBD-AID
First, what is IBD-AID? The first part, IBD, is irritable bowel disorder, which translates in practical terms to a painful gut brought on by inflamed intestines. I’ve had it. It’s uncomfortable and recovery takes – and took me – a long time. AID stands for anti-inflammatory diet, which is a richly vibrant diet to live…
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Scrambled Pancake Picture Directions
The other day I wanted something a little different for breakfast with flavor and substance to power me through a good late winter Hickory, NC, group bike ride. Here’s what I came up with. I call it scrambled pancake because I used most of the ingredients I use to make a fruit pancake but scrambled…
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Food Brings People Together: Apple Cherry Pancake
Food sure does bring people together, and I’ve had a lot of fun sharing what you can find on this site with new friends I’ve made since moving to Hickory, NC, last summer. Yesterday, I made the apple cherry pancake you see below for a terrifically outgoing, warm and welcoming husband and wife who both…