Jan 25

Download the new ebook, The Enlightened Cook: Protein Entrees

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New ebook! Enlightened Cook: Protein Entrees

Just in time to re-inspire those fading New Year’s resolutions of eating a healthier diet, The Enlightened Cook: Protein Entrees is here!  Available now for just $3.99 as a PDF download, this ebook is full of the delicious protein you crave. (Use the Buy it for $3.99 button on the right column of this blog. You can use your Paypal account if you like or just let the Paypal’s secure on-line credit card processing  do a normal credit or debit card transaction.)
In Protein Entrées, you can choose from international favorites like creamy Chicken Korma and zesty Shrimp Curry in a Hurry. New tricks reinvent old favorites with Vertical Roasted Chicken and Porterhouse Steak with Caramelized Onions and Portobello Mushrooms. Confidently create perfectly moist, delicious salmon, tuna and halibut entrees to add those healthy omega 3 fatty acids to your diet. Step-by-step instructions inspire even the kitchen novice with the confidence to prepare the leanest Roast Duck or incredibly succulent Portuguese Whole Snapper with White Grape Sauce. Even Pork Loin Florentine is surprisingly lean and packed with nutrients.
Among the protein-rich recipes and tantalizing photos, Marlon informs with enlightening tips on technique, nutrition and holistic sensibilities. Every recipe is completely devoid of artificial ingredients, so there are no synthetic horomones, antibiotics, artificial preservatives or colorings–just pure, wholesome delicious food! You’ll effortlessly learn how to buy the purest, most fortified ingredients at the market, how to retain their freshness and nutrients, understand which food products and cookware to avoid. Creating nutrition-packed meals is easy — no more fad diets! Change your perception of health food forever!
Jan 18

Kick Off Enlightened Cook Blog with Superbowl Wings!

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Hello Cooks and welcome to the Enlightened Cook’s first blog post!!

I thought I’d kick off with something timely like Superbowl Wings!

The Wing Story

One of my dearest friends, Vicent Grupi, whose since passed on, told me he had fabulous chicken wings at a party, and he was told they were made with yogurt.  He remarked that it seemed a very strange combination, yet they were the best wings he’d ever tasted.  I wondered how anyone, especially Vinny, could get that excited about chicken wings. To me they were greasy junk food with little culinary merit. Yet somehow the thought of deriving a recipe from that one piece of information, stuck in my mind for 15 years. By then I knew marinating in yogurt was part of India’s Tandoori tradition, in which foods are slow-cooked in an oven for a long time.

Finally, when I looked down at the meat counter one day I saw a package of the plumpest wings I’d ever seen.  They were hormone/antibiotic-free, organic chicken wings and still very inexpensive, and that was a great place to start. So I decided to do what I often do when I cook; I “winged it.” I dreamed up what I thought would taste good and marinated these wings for 3 days, before bringing them raw and swimming in sauce to Candy and Will’s Labor Day BBQ. Being from Texas, Will’s a master griller and knew to cook them slowly on a cooler part of the grill. My rock star date, who I’m sure prefers to go nameless, was licking his fingers with delight over them and our drummer friend, was stomping his foot with speechless appreciation. Everyone at the party said they were the plumpest, most succulent wings they’d ever had, except Will.  Unfortunately, the wings were all gobbled up before he got one.  Sorry, Will!

Try to plan ahead on this one, so you can marinate for the full 3 days.  I think you’ll be amazed at the result. And please, save one for the host!

SUPERBOWL WINGS

4 lbs chicken wings

1 quart plain yogurt

3 oz. beer

Juice of 2 limes

1 1/2” ginger root- coarse chopped

2 t. dried thyme

1 t. dried lavender

1 t. black pepper

3/4 t. sea salt

Rinse and poke holes into the wings with a sharp knife, so the sauce penetrates the flesh of the chicken.  Mix all the ingredients together and marinate 1-3 days. Stir the mixture twice a day.

Grill very slowly on the BBQ or bake on a lightly oiled baking sheet in the oven at 325º for 45 minutes.  Goes good with a beer. Enjoy!

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