Z’s Kitchen

A look into a mostly healthy, whole foods, plant based kitchen.

Orange Bulgur (Breakfast)

If you’ve ever eaten at a Mediterranean restaurant, you’ve probably had bulgur wheat. It is the main ingredient in tabbouleh. It’s also commonly used as a side dish and makes a great, nutritious, substitute for couscous or rice in pilafs.  One cup of (cooked) bulgur has 151 calories, 34 carbs, 8 grams of fiber and [...]

Drinking Water Part 2 – a free book

Since I recently wrote about drinking water, I thought I’d share a free book on the topic.  While our drinking water in the United States isn’t perfect, it is so much better than in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, that makes it easy to overlook a larger problem.
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What’s In Your Drinking Water?

Do you know what’s in your drinking water? We receive reports from our township periodically and everything is within normal range. What worries me now is what might be in water that we aren’t testing for? How much of these things are in the water? How much does it take to affect our health? While [...]

Brown Rice Congee

What is congee? It’s an Asian comfort food that is made from rice, but resembles oatmeal.  My daughter, who spent her first 2 years in China, is familiar with it. In fact, she probably ate it most mornings according to those who fed her. Congee, xifan or jook as it’s called in some parts of China, [...]

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