Feb
11
Kale Is The New Chocolate!
How do YOU bring CLEAN FOOD into your life on Valentine’s Day to nourish yourself and the ones you love? Share your thoughts as an inspiration to others and as a reminder to treat yourself well this Valentine’s Day.
All comments posted before midnight, Sunday, February 14th, will be eligible to receive a CLEAN FOOD cookbook, and I’ll announce one lucky recipient on Monday, February 15th. Good luck and wishing you a delicious Valentine’s Day!
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I use organic chocolate and pure dark cocoa in recipes (and to eat on its own!)
Thanks for coming to the Edible Institute last month, everyone at Edible loves your book (hope I can get a signed copy from you sometime!)
For Valentine’s dinner, I’m going to make Terry’s pumpkin soup with the Thai influence that includes coconut milk and ginger for my husband who was in Thailand in the Peace Corps. Next the greens in phyllo dough with the pear puree. Her chocolate pecan pie for dessert. Good (clean) food is the best aphrodisiac.
I’m not sure what I’ll make for Valentine’s Day yet! We eat so well now at home now, that we don’t ever want to eat out. I guess I should ask for requests. And then maybe I’ll surprise them with some heavenly chocolate tofu pudding:
1 box silken tofu, 1 c. choc. chips (your choice), 3 T maple syrup, 1 t. vanilla. Blend the tofu ’til smooth then warm it w/choc. in pot. At end add syrup and vanilla. chill in cups.
I use organic chocolate and wine to go along with an organic meal that I make at home instead of going out!
I’m really grateful for Farmer’s Market Saratoga Springs NY that is open all year.
I love your cookbook – I had it out from the madison library and I think I renewed it 6 times before I finally returned it.
Not so healthy but ……….. we’ve been ask to make a chocolate fondue for a party – will use organic/free trade chocolate and Ronnybrook cream, yummy. Oh yeah, there will be lots of fresh fruit to dip!
I have two special “valentines”. For my 20 year old son, I made a basekt of healthy foods and snacks for him to share with his roommates and friends. My husband has been working out of state, but will be home for the weekend. We’ll cook a special meal together including roasted brussel sprouts, coconut shrimp, brown rice, and papaya salad. Sometimes the cooking together is as much fun as the eating!
This is about honesty, right? Clean Food…clean conscience! Whoever is home gets what they like best and I try to find some free trade 70+% dark chocolate to end the day.
I’m just finishing a 2 week detox so I’m keeping it as clean as clean can be! Roasted organic carrots, sweet potato and butternut squash with olive oil, rosemary and salt and pepper, steamed asparagus with fresh lemon juice and sea salt, home made bread and… (that’s as far as I got) As for dessert, Ill probably make a tofu chocolate mousse (my kids new favorite). To make the day extra special some dark cocoa hot chocolate with marshmallows for the kids.
Happy Valentines day to all
Not sure yet, but going out to eat GMO, over-processed food isn’t on the list. We buy organic as much as possible. I’ve been craving quinoa breakfast casserole, so maybe that will be our treat. Or coconut flour pancakes with plain yogurt and a little organic just-fruit jelly. Hmmm…
Kale Chips n’ Dark Chocolate is my special way of treating myself on Valentine’s Day!
Keep up the great work, Terri…Happy Valentine’s Day!
Terry, I so enjoyed your cooking class at Whole Foods in WeHa last month. I’ve made the coconut corn chowder several times, and my kids even like the ginger/lime tofu. Thank you for beginning to teach me about eating from the source, I hope to learn even more. I refrained from buying your book that night due to being on a tight budget, although I’ve gotten some great ideas from your site. Keep up the good work!
Hi Terry,
I would love to have another one of your cookbooks to give to my mom. Maybe I will see you at a race this year?
I am going to buy the most packaged-processed-refined-hydrogenated piece of candy and place it as a target to ride over and over with my bike with snow tires. Then recover from the effort by drinking a coke…NOT!
Seriously, I will make my 3 boys (twins + hubby) love cupcakes. No fake coloring, thank you.
Happy Valentine’s Day all loving creatures!
Organic, Raw Chocolate Raspberry Cake! Yum!
i just really want to win your cookbook to learn your secrets and get on a healthy track of eating for the rest of my life!! thank you.
In honor of Valentine’s day, I would love to cook up that delicious corn chowder soup…You made it for us at Whole Foods on January 17th in West Hartford. You had said it would be in your new cookbook! It was super delicious! Is it posted on your website?
Terry, thanks to one of your seminars, I discovered Quinoa and love it!! Wishing you a Happy Valentines Day!
Hi Terry,
I was also at your Whole Foods demonstration in West Hartford last month. You are a terrific teacher and I have your recipes out on my kitchen counter…ready to take on the Corn & Coconut Milk Soup as soon as my Cuisinart hand mixer arrives! Happy Valentine’s Day to you! I will be celebrating the day with a piece of dark chocolate and a glass of Malbec.
Am making a beautiful vegan dinner party menu from “The Conscious Cook” using fresh, CA certified organic , seasonal produce for a dear vegetarian client.
My daughter is on an all-natural diet for seizures. That plus some great supplements has kept her seizure-free for over a year. Eating well is the answer to so many things, but I know we can kick so many diseases if we do. I am working my way through Clean Food page by page, but for V-Day I’m going to make Terry’s rice-crispy-peanut-butter-dipped-in-chocolate balls – a recipe shared at one of her cooking classes. Life is so very good! Ahhh.
Okay, it is a stretch and last year I would have totally dismissed the idea of Kale being the new chocolate.
However, this past Wednesday, I finally cooked kale at home for the first time. Terry, your Kale with carmelized scallions recipe was delicious! It looks like we are kale konverts now. Thanks for gently & deliciously pushing me/us to healthier choices.
I’m just getting used to using words like kudzu,khombu, and arame in my cooking vocabulary. Borrowed the cookbook from the library… love the format! My sister in law bought a copy for herself, and my other sister in law is getting a copy as a gift for her birthday. CLEAN FOOD makes a lot of sense!
I am enjoying all the ideas shared here, especially for fondue. My other half would love a “healthy” fondue and Helen’s comment has me inspired to plan a Valentine’s treat with the freshest, local ingredients I can find. Thanks!
My weekend is packed, so Valentine’s Day food may involve thawing some of the delicious lentil soup from Clean Food I made a couple of weeks ago.
Since I am missing the Mardi Gras season, I am looking to try the Chocolate Pecan Pie recipe for Valentine’s Day!
(Mardi Gras is Tuesday Feb 16th!).
I have just recently started doing the healthy food diet for myself and my family. Having a young child really changes your food beliefs. This book would be a great learning tool
Thanks for the opportunity!
I love cookbooks, and review them as often as I can.
I love to cook too.
Not sure what I will make for Valentines dinner, but it will be romantic and yummy!!!
Terry, I’d love to own your cookbook. My birthday is coming up and I have told everyone I must have your book. I am fascinated with your recipes, your approach to whole foods and how you base everything on the seasons.
Thanks for spreading the message of good whole foods!
Thanks Kurt. Great article on Civil Eats. Hope you don’t mind my sharing!
Hi Christine,
I will be a guest speaker/teacher at Skidmore College on March 16th. You can call the school for details. I wish your farmers market were open during the week so I could make it part of my visit. I guess I’ll just have to come back another time! Thanks for the tip!
I enjoy feeding my loved ones with your cookbook becasue the food is in seasonal order , the info and stories for each meal are helpful. I talk about it often! sharron
Thanks for the great menu, Kathy! Sounds delicious!
Hi Amy! Nice to hear from you and hope you are well! Thanks for your well wishes and Happy Valentine’s Day to you as well.
Hi Debbie,
I’m not racing much this spring, but running is still my therapy of choice! Would love to see you at the Avon Road Race on May 16th if you can make it. It’s a fun 5k and a great cause. I expect a number of friends to do the Vermont 50 so perhaps I’ll take the trip to cheer you all on and provide CLEAN fuel from the sidelines – baked sweet potatoes anyone? Hope you’re well.
So inspiring Laura. Thank you for including me and CLEAN FOOD in your journey. Glad to hear things are going so well.
And thanks to YOU and the Simsbury Library, Jennifer, for helping me get the word out there! Glad to know I’ve started to rub off on you! : )
Happy, healthy and delicious birthday, Nicole!
Terry:
We met in 2006, when you visited with the Team New England ladies while we were training for our Danskin Triathalon. Since then I have had a baby girl, travelled all over selling green energy to large industrial companies, and have been trying really hard to nourish our family with healthy foods. I never forgot your discussion on quinoa and have incorporated it into our weekly meal plan. Three weeks ago, I was diagnosed with Epstein Barr and my two year old is fighting the same. We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with extra vitamin C, olive leaf extract, and lots of hugs. (maybe some chocolate!). We need Clean Food to keep our immune systems healthy for the rest of 2010. I need to get back on track to do another Tri in 2011. Thanks for your healhy foods inspiration.
I found the Clean Food cookbook at my library and it allowed me to Finally! take the step with my family to eat well! I am so grateful for this book because it answered the question of How to implement good food into our lives. I have 3 teenage boys at home and I have been trying to implement good eating for quite a while. This book is the answer! Even my boys love the food that I make from this cookbook, and I know that we are all on our way to better health. Thank you Terry!
What a fabulous book! I was given “Clean Food” as a birthday gift by a dear friend who knows that I have begun to focus on eating nutritious foods. There are so many great recipes that I have hard time deciding which one to make next. I have a friend I’d love to give the book to if my name is drawn. Happy Valentine’s Day. The hearts of my family are healthier due to discovering your wonderful book! Thank you.
from CT and a fellow runner – i must get my hands on this book!
I learned the hard way. Cancer in 2005 and it turned my world upside down. Ever since I have made ALL holidays, birthdays, celebrations, and each and every day (which are celebrations for me just to be here) revolve around powerhouse super foods that protect all of us. It is now my life’s calling to help others understand the connection between what we put into our mouths and how our health turns out. And kale? Kale is my most favorite super food as it is the first defense against any cancer cells. When I eat it I can hear my body singing inside with a simple whisper…”thank you”.
I will never eat kale again without hearing that whisper “thank you.” Thank YOU, Lee, for sharing your story and our shared passion and calling. Celebrating you and your good health.
Clean food relates to offering it from a pure heart and loving intent. When served this way it is an offering to the divine in us all. Congratulations Terry for following your heart and finding the way.
We just discovered that my daughter has a nut allergy. I would love to tryout some new recipes on her that do not contain things that she is allergic to.
We are blessed to have the incredible Rochester (NY) Public Market – which is open all year long! Today’s wonderful find: Brussels Sprouts that were grown on a farm in Penn Yan – not far from us! Since the Sprouts season is technically over at this time of year, this veggie will be a special addition to tomorrow’s at home feast for two! Eat locally!
What a great site and a terrific book idea. It’s hard to know where the best foods can be found, so this kind of help is wonderful.
Clean food makes you feel good inside. I live on a beans and greens diet with whole grains interspersed.
The best I’ve ever felt in my life is from using recipes from Clean Food!
I eat a vegan diet and eat organic as much as possibe. I have also started preparing ~90% of my own food using the best ingredients I can afford. Thanks for all the info! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Cooking a gluten & sugar free dinner for two. Pomegranate vinnagrete is our favorite salad dressing. So that will be part of it for sure!
Clean Food is a great recipe book! I have never read anything like it before. I have it out right now from Guilford Library. Last night I made apple crisp for my son with food allergies. It was delicious! Best valentine’s gift I could give him because their is no eggs, wheat or soy! THANK YOU!!! I would LOVE to win this book.
i started a vegetarian diet just 11 days ago and realize it is pretty much also becoming a vegan diet. for Valentines day, I am making my family baked oatmeal (with apples and dried blueberries) for breakfast and also making vegan peanut butter chocolate treats from “The Kind Diet”. i would love this cookbook. if i don’t win, i’m going to buy it
i am slowly replacing my meat filled cookbooks with healthier ones.
Love the book. Will be making Apple Squash soup shortly…and snacking on dark chocolate-covered cocoa nibs. Yum!
I am not sure what I am eating on Valentine’s day but for sure it will be vegan and organic. For dessert I am considering making your chocolate pecan pie I love your cookbook, have the original and would love the newer one as I don’t like to bring the original in the kitchen for fear of it getting dirty or bent and I think that you told me there were some changes in the new one. I have made several of your recipes and have loved them all. I know that your recipes are healthy and nourish my body and that is so very important to me.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Susan
I’m celebrating the day with my family with a large organic salad topped with thin slices of local pasture raised sirloin and chunks of organic local goat cheese with warm slices of freshly baked whole grain sourdough bread and a glass of organic red wine. To finish, we’ll indulge in a raw black and white cheesecake I made using soaked cashews, organic cocoa, vanilla, honey, lemon zest and medjool dates. YUM!
I’m celebrating the day with my family with a large organic salad topped with chunks of raw organic local goat cheese with warm slices of freshly baked whole grain sourdough bread and a glass of organic red wine. To finish, we’ll indulge in a raw black and white cheesecake I made using soaked cashews, organic cocoa, vanilla, honey, lemon zest and medjool dates. YUM!
I am new to clean food, I look forward to getting your book! Thanks so much for writing it!
Our twins turn 2 years old Monday. We’re celebrating the day tomorrow (sunday) by romping in the snow in between two hearty homemade meals…. breakfast = whole grain french toast topped with organic strawberries and later on a steaming bowl of black bean chili = lunch. I love that they’re taking to healthy eating so well.
I’m very excited for the price fixe Valentine’s menu at our local vegetarian hotspot. It should be a thrill to see the special VDay delights!
Catherine, that cheesecake sounds incredible! I’ll be right over!
I am inspired by your cookbook and your mission! It will be Baked Stuffed Shells for a loving, heart healthy meal this Valentine’s Day. The best to you!
I was intrigued by your book when I saw it waiting to be catalogued at my library, and I would love to own it. For Valentine’s Day I will make a raspberry pie with berries I picked last summer at the farm down the road from me.
For V-day start the day off right- everyone should do one thing that makes them happy- an extra 5 mins in a hot shower- some good music- cleanse your spirit.
As for the clean food portion- I have 2 recomendations- a caramelized fennel and low fat feta omelette for brunch- followed by the most divine dark chocolate bar from Cacao Atlanta (cacaoatlanta.com) called the Love Bar- full of anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals that will give you a boost for the rest of your day/evening.
My husband’s favorite tofu recipe is your Orange-Ginger Tofu. Sadly, he’s working today…and we hope to discover more family favorites. We love your book!
I am so glad that I live in an area where organic is readily available and our large grocery store really promotes local food they even label the produce items from local farms. I am in love with this movement! Sher B.
Kale is a true superfood! Love the energy it gives me, and oh so tasty. It feels like people are really wising up to eating healthier and better understanding the effects of our current food production systems on our health, the environment and the lives of other animals on this planet – Yah! Your cookbook looks amazing.
The world is changing, can you feel the shift?
Hi Mary Ann,
The “shift” will take each and every one of us! Thank you for being a part of it!
Hi Bethany,
Sadly, husband is working, too. So, instead of cooking CLEAN FOOD, I writing recipes for the next batch and your comments and all others are proving to be great inspiration!
Hi Salma, I’m going to take your advice right now! Off to a short shower with my new Giovanni body wash, and bit of spring cleaning (early as it is) to cleanse my home and start the week feeling renewed. Thanks!
I add an extra dash of love to everything that I make, and then am sure to share it with all of the special people in my life.
Every time I get anything from you it inspires me to eat better and live better. Thanks!! So incredibly thrilled to know you!
Your book sounds awesome. During summer months in particular I try to eat raw from my garden. I like to dry wild stinging nettle leaves from my property for use as tea – a gift from nature that’s loaded with minerals.
awesome Terry!
also check out Cacao’s website for that fabulous dark chocolate bar, (apres V-day) but you wont regret it!
I am an avid fan of Edible Finger Lakes Magazine, and Brian introduced me to your book through articles. I’m serving “World Peace Cookies” today with all local ingredients from the NY Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty recipe!
Thank you Terry for spreading the word about organic, healthy whole foods in such a beautiful way.
I have raised 5 children on such foods and every day I learn more so I can add or change something to improve on my diet. My children are all grown & even though they fought me all the way, now they are all into the same healthy way of eating. I noticed your book at my daugter’s house after I had taken your workshop at the N.O.F.A winter conf. awhile ago and would really like to own one for myself. Keep up the good work, people are hungry for a better way of staying healthy.
Sharing organic chocolate while watching the Olympics! Awesome!
looking forward to getting a copy of this book tohelp me in my journey
Whatever fruit is in season and lusciously ripe is the basis for a Valentine’s Day sweet treat for my loved ones.
KALE IS A NEW CHOC..I LIKE THAT,,,I TAKE KALE AND ROAST IT IN THE OVEN AND IT’S MY NEW CHIPS,,,I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR NEXT COOK BOOK,CAN’T IMAGE BE ANY BETTER THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE,I AM SO THANKFUL FOR YOU DOING THIS BOOK AND USING THIS KIND OF WHOLE FOOD,THIS HAS BEEN THE PAST AS OUR GRANDPARENTS DID IT AND GREW IT AS WELL.,AND SOMEHOW IT GOT LOST,AND IT’S SEEM THAT YOUR BRINGING SOME EXCITEMENT BACK TO US,I CAN NOT TELL YOU WHICH IS MY FAVOR IN THE BOOK BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY…THXS JUDY H.
Terry, I love all of your recipes. They are healthy, different and I feel so much better. Thank you for being creative. I would love to win your cookbook!
Quinoa Black Bean Salad is great.