A sweet potato or yam
olive oil
salt
pepper
Set the oven to 450° F.
Wash the sweet potato and make sure you dry it very well.
Cut the sweet potato into sticks and put them in a large bowl. Sprinkle salt and pepper onto them, tossing them to mix. Then add a small amount of olive oil, just enough to make them seem moist, tossing them to coat.
Pour them onto a baking sheet, drizzling any oil mixture that got to the bottom of the bowl.
Space the fries out so they are not touching (this will make them more crispy) and bake for 15 minutes, flip them, and bake for 10 more minutes.
Cook them just a few minutes less on each side if you want them less dark and crispy.
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2 cups warm herbal tea
¼ cup honey
2 Tbsp yeast
4 cups white wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1-2 Tbsp edible flowers, dried or fresh
Dissolve the honey in the tea and sprinkle the yeast in. When the yeast is foamy, add it to 2 cups flour. Let rise until about doubled.
Add the rest of the flour, the salt, and the flowers. Knead for about 10 minutes, with more flour as necessary.
Coat the bowl and dough with a thin layer of oil and let rise, covered, in a warm place until about doubled again, but not for too long.
Form into a loaf. Spray the inside of your oven or put in a pan of water.
Put loaf in oven while it's preheating to 350° F, and bake for about 1 hour.
Some flowers, like lavender, are available as a culinary herb. Fresh edible flowers can sometimes be found at grocery stores in the refrigerated section with the fresh herbs. Also look for herbal teas that are made with flowers. Small, aromatic seeds such as fennel seeds are a good addition, or seeds from flowers like poppy seeds.
You can also harvest flowers and blossoms from your garden. Not all of them are sweet. I like chive flowers and squash flowers. Be sure you look up your flowers online to see if they are edible.
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½ cup rolled barley
4 cups vegetable stock
1 tsp olive oil
½ leek, chopped
4 oz. white mushrooms
1 clove garlic, minced
2 beets, chopped
½ large fennel bulb, chopped
2 Tbsp fresh dill
¼ cup corn
½ tsp salt
Dumplings:
1 cup white wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 tsp salt
1 cup water
1 Tbsp oil
Combine the ingredients for the dumplings in a medium bowl and mix with a fork.
Bring the stock to a boil, then add barley, olive oil, leek, mushrooms, garlic, beets, fennel, dill, corn, and salt, and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
Plop in the dumpling dough by the spoonful, cover the pot and let simmer for 10 minutes. Do not lift cover until dumplings have cooked for 10 minutes, but make sure it doesn't overflow.
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1 pound watermelon flesh and juice (rind removed)
2 cups water
¼ cup sugar
You can pick out the watermelon seeds if you wish to take the time, but it is not necessary, as they become blended into nothingness.
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend thoroughly until there is absolutely no pulp. Chill before serving.
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