Italian Style Vegetable stew, with beets; African Style, Spicy Peanut, Black Eyed Pea and Kale stew with couscous; Tomato and Carrot Soup; Eggplant in the style of Parmesan; ..Photos of Prep and How to SLAKE info

Fresh Spring fingerling potatoes, eggplants, bell peppers,  zucchini, jumbo carrots (each one weighs over 16ozs and they are very sweet), celery, Parsley, Red  Skinned Sweet Potatoes, Baby Beets

Red skinned Sweet Potatoes, these are not as sweet as garnet yams and go perfectly with the black eyed peas and kale stew

The Italian vegetable stew, will also come with a pot of baby beets cooked in this sauce, and be topped with cooked potato gnocchi at client's home, here I have added some fresh basil leaves from my garden

The cooked black eyed pea, turmeric, kale and sweet potato stew to be served with steamed couscous at client's home

Baby beets cooked in the Italian Vegetable stew sauce

The Italian Vegetable stew ready for overnight SLAKING ( SEE BELOW IN DESCRIPTION)

The African Style spicy stew with sauce added now also ready for overnight slaking

Blended carrot and tomato soup

Previous 2 the eggplant in the style of  a la Parmesan..this one is low fat and gluten free

Whole Wheat, Golden Raisin-Cinnamon bread dough

Steamed couscous also air drying for the Black Eyed Pea Stew

The secret to the best flavored soups and stews is TIME.

Time to allow the flavors to mature and develop over night

In Yorkshire, England this is known as SLAKING, this is also described in more detail, in my first recipe book, "Recipes for Success", ONLY  on www.amazon/kindle.com

It is very important with any  cooked foods that they are treated with respect and handled properly again please refer to my book for more info.

Once the dishes have cooled down, place in sealed containers and store overnight in the fridge or a very cold cellar.


The next day bring the dishes to boiling  point and simmer for 15-20 mins before serving, you WILL notice the difference this simple trick makes to any dish.

Eat better and enjoy your  own made food MORE.

We are having a nice cool down, after the heatwaves of the past few weeks, but it IS going to get hot again this week, I am glad I featured stews on this menu before more heat came in.

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