Mandarin Orange 21 Day Challenge!

And that goes for you, or your passengers. Even little monkeys like Mandarin Oranges. So you get into the car, peel and separate and put them into a baggie so you (or they) can eat one at a time.

Mandarins Oranges are full of fiber to feed your gut biome. And let’s face it eating something with fiber that is also sweet and yet sour and juicy is both satisfying and good for you at the same time.

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A Great Night Out: Diamond Palace then Alton Brown on stage

s for me? Alton Brown is just today’s Bill Nye, the science guy but with food. And I will say this: He did an amazingly witty, funny, engaging show, so creative, pulling up people onstage to participate, which made it all the more funny, because we were picturing what if it was us, on stage! lol

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Chef Marian Kitchen Confident joins the Redfin Blog!

t’s all about legacy for me. Passing on what I know, that helps people use baby steps to make actionable, predictable changes in their lifestyle and even the people around them, eating their food. Insta and FB has me, (and even YouTube and Pinterest) as Chef Marian Kitchen Confident, a brand I am building. It’s been created to fund my passion project “No Face Goes Un Fed” to end hunger in San Diego, then franchise it nationwide.

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Why join the Chef Marian Kitchen Confident Community?

The one thing that I can offer you beyond a recipe or the concept of creating your own recipe, is Wisdom. Three decades of reading Cookbooks, watching other chefs, meeting and working with celebrity and local chefs, and Michelin Star Chefs Worldwide, is doing research to bring you answers that you’re looking for.  I just love to create Restaurant Reviews and scour the city and beyond, to find great restaurants to promote.

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Do it Yourself: Homemade Mayonnaise

A friend of mine, who was raised to cook everything from scratch reminded me the other day that I’m lazy. Thank you friend. What a good motivation that is for me.

So today I was making a Prosciutto, Lettuce, Tomato Sandwich on Silver Lakes Bread (so yum, it’s sprouted) and who was out of Mayo? Who would want a BLT type Sammy without Mayo? Well, that certainly isn’t me! Well I tend to be careful about how much oil I eat daily (because a teaspoon is 100 cal and you can really get into the weeds with that ingredient).

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Cardamom A Worldwide Flavor – And it’s a spice you don’t forget

I remember the first time I had Cardamom. It was on a cookie …. sugar and cardamom. Now you can substitute in Maple Syrup or Coconut Sugar for the processed stuff. But there’s just something about Cardamom that makes a cookie memorable, crave-able.

I will give you a cookie recipe, but still…. as I research and wonder why I didn’t get these cookies as a child, it becomes obvious. If we go to All Recipes it becomes quickly evident that Cardamom is a Worldwide Flavor and it’s a spice you don’t forget once you’ve had it. I heard another chef talking about nutmeg in that way. With a white sauce, if it’s missing, you know it. Well let me tell you what they are doing worldwide with Cardamom.

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