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Citrus-Braised Red Cabbage with Apples and Goat Cheese

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It's purple and delicious and so easy to make.  Buying a whole head of cabbage always seems like a like you  are signing yourself up for a lot of work, slicing, coring, shaving, etc.  But seriously this goes from ingredients to table in barely 30 mins, and it doesn't really take that much effort at all!  This recipe for a braised cabbage with apples and a bit of citrus is simple and quick to make... and best of all, it keeps very well and can be enjoyed cold.  Add a bit of goat cheese to transform this beautiful cabbage into a fancy savory treat.  Let's cook! Inspiration:  Lemonade LA ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Great Left-Overs, Lunch, Recipe, Side Dishes Tagged With: Chicago, Eat with Tom, Food Photographer, Food Photography, Goat Cheese, Recipe, Side Dish, Tom Schmidt, Veggies

Whole Fish Sous Vide Red Snapper – Super Tasty & Easy Recipe

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I am from the midwest and generally the fish we get around here, we done caught'em ourselves!  Large Mouth Bass, Catfish, Crappie, etc., etc. And believe me, I've got some pictures of me (and my family) with their biggest catch on my phone.  Fishing is just one of those things that create some of the most vivid and fun memories of the good ole days of sunrise fishing with my family... Fishing is quite an animalistic experience of man vs. fish and it's a battle of the wits to see who survives.  Ok, maybe a bit dramatic but outsmarting a big one will forever give you a bit of pride that you'll ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Easy Impress, Paleo Friendly, Recipe, Techniques Tagged With: Asian, Eat with Tom, Recipe, Red Snapper, Sous Vide, Tom Schmidt

Homemade Yogurt Sous Vide Method (Cow or Goat Milk)

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There's yogurt and then there is HOMEMADE yogurt.  You've got to try this recipe to get a taste of the fragrant and deliciousness of a freshly crafted yogurt.  Yogurt, probably super difficult to make, right?  They sell so much pre-made in sooo many different flavors, but none stand a chance against the homemade version.  This dish has become a little treat we enjoy nearly every day now and we simply eat it plain! Yogurt Recipe for Sous Vide The origins of our yogurt making date back to a recent crusade to find digestive health.  We had been reading the SCD Diet and along with that, they ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Breakfast, Desserts, Essential Homemade, Recipe, Techniques Tagged With: Annova, Breakfast, Easy, Eat with Tom, Homemade, Recipe, Sous Vide, Tom Schmidt, Yogurt

Applesauce Recipe – Easy Homemade Method

Homemade applesauce, although sort of resembles the store-bought stuff, blows it away with the soft texture and wonderful sweetness. Sometimes the simple things are worth making at home. Applesauce is another homemade item that you probably think: “Shoot, that probably requires some tools I don’t have…” Actually… all you need is a peeler, knife, pot and smasher. Boom applesauce! It’s so stinkin easy that you will likely pull it right into your set of GO TO recipes. The apples used in this recipe were of the variety “On Sale.” Yes, that is a variety most likely found at your ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Basics, Desserts, Essential Homemade, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: Apples, Dessert, Easy, Side Dish, Tom Schmidt

Green Beans Stir Fry with Tempeh – Vegan Dinner!

Stir fry this and stir fry that... You can basically stir fry anything!  This is a great combo (Green Beans, Carrots and Tempeh) for a meat-less option that will still keep ya full past dessert. The unassuming fermented soybeans (tempeh) wear a meaty disguise to this veggie party with an amazing ability to soak up the dark soy sauce flavors. Add a pile of fresh crunchy green beans, a few carrots, with plenty of garlic and ginger for a bright and satisfyingly hearty ethnic taste. Your co-workers may even ask: "What type of meat is that in your super delicious looking stir fry left ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Adventure Eating, Dinner, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: Asian, Recipe, stir fry, Tom Schmidt, Vegan, Vegetables

Chicken Hot Wings – Oven Roasted and Cooked to Perfection

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Do chicken hot wings have their own place in the food pyramid? I think they might have left them off the bottom because they are a must in any balanced diet… Maybe they just ran out paper when they were drawing the pyramid. Glorious chicken hot wings, how I love thee. If there ever was a food that could brighten even a dark Chicago winter day, it would have to be the perfectly roasted chicken wing, with magic dust of course, and finished with some Frank’s hot sauce. Worries disappear as you get covered in hot sauce and the lips start to tingle. BLISS. I perfected this recipe while ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Easy Impress, Essential Homemade, Grain-Free, Paleo Friendly Tagged With: Chicago, Chicken, Dinner, Eat with Tom, Hot Wings, Magic Dust, Recipe, Tom Schmidt

Aeropress Inverted Brewing Method – Chicago Coffee

[x_video_embed type="16:9" no_container="true"][/x_video_embed] Best Aeropress Brewing Method by Joshua from Everybody's Coffee Nothing starts the morning off like a cup of coffee. Or really, the afternoon... or the work week... or even the weekend! With so much coffee, shouldn't it be awesome? Joshua from Everybody's Coffee in Chicago is a coffee aficionado who has studied, and perfected the art of the Aeropress inverted brewing method. People come from around Chicago to enjoy his brews, I've seen them at the shop... This video and recipe outline the step by step instructions to craft an ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Breakfast, Recipe, Techniques, Video Tagged With: Aeropress, Chicago, Coffee, Coffee Recipe, Eat with Tom, Everybodys Coffee, How to Video, Inverted Aeropress, Technique, Tom Schmidt, Uptown Chicago, Video

DIY Bokashi Composter Instructions and Images

How to build your Bokashi composter and start composting today! We moved to the suburbs and now I am composting.  We simply eat a ton of veggies and generate some serious green waste.  It makes me sad to send the scraps from high quality food off to a landfill to be buried with batteries and plastic bottles for eternity.  I spent money on that organic trash yo.  This lead me to begin the COMPOST QUEST although we are living in a town home with a professionally landscaped yard, so I am not sure where I will put it once complete.  Oh well, hey it won't be in the dump! The Compost ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Gardening & Compost Tagged With: Bokashi Compost, Bokashi Method, City Compost, City Gardening, Composting, DIY, Eat with Tom, Gardening, How To, Tom Schmidt, Tools

Coconut Macaroons Recipe – Lynnette Astaire

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https://youtu.be/xAlnyrOQ-os Lynnette Astaire's Coconut Macaroon Recipe Let’s face it when you get hungry, you gotta eat something… And you can’t just bake a chicken or make a fresh kale salad every time the HUNGER strikes! These coconut macaroons sweet, filling and store well for at least a week. That is if you can resist eating them all at once… Recipe Inspiration: Lynnette Astaire - LiveLynnette.com For this post we’ve brought in the lifestyle expert and healthy food queen Lynnette Astaire to help us out with a healthy snack recipe. She is a true health fanatic and loves to ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Breakfast, Desserts, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Party Food, Recipe, Snacks, Vegan, Video Tagged With: Breakfast, Chicago, Chicago Food, Coconut, Eat with Tom, Side Dish, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarians

Savory Kale Salad Recipe w/ Parmesan – From Dr. Weil

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https://youtu.be/fG9d345YsMI Kale Salad Recipe with Parmesan, lemon and Breadcrumbs This super quick kale salad recipe will remind you of your favorite Cesar salad, but without all the dressing! It features my favorite deep dark green lacinato kale. You will love this recipe as a savory contrast to the sweeter Massaged Kale with Cranberries and Sunflower Seeds. The lemon juice with a little salt magically wilts down the greens making them soft and luxurious. I like to give this one a quick massage speed up the process and make it extra tender, but you can also just let the ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Great Left-Overs, Recipe, Salad, Side Dishes, Video

Chicken Soup Recipe – Pressure Cooker Method

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Soup Recipe - Fast and Delicious! Delightfully satisfying and comforting chicken soup on the quick! This use of the pressure cooker creates both a wonderful soup broth and perfectly cooked chicken (not that soggy stuff…) ALL IN ONE POT. The pressure cooker has earned its place on the shelf with this recipe. You might be thinking, damn, I don’t have a pressure cooker. Take a quick scroll through this recipe any way and check out the result. See how stinking fast you can have awesome soup?! If you’ve still got some Christmas cash laying around, check out the ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Great Left-Overs, Recipe, Techniques, Vegetables Tagged With: chicken soup, Fagor, fun, lorna sass, pressure cooker, pressured cook, Recipe, techniques, vegetable

Asian Inspired Broccolini Recipe, Edamame, Coconut

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Broccolini Recipe with Edamame, Coconut and Kaffir Lime Leaves   Fresh and light with tons of lime and coconut. Take a ride around the world with this tropical vegetable dish. The Kaffir Lime leaves give an amazing aroma of lime throughout the dish without citrusy bitterness. Finished with heaping handful of cilantro for an ultimate fresh taste. Over the Christmas break, I was back at home perusing cookbooks and found "Plenty More" by the uber famous Yotam Ottolenghi. At first glance I was thoroughly impressed by the images, but felt the ingredients may be too obscure for most.  I ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Adventure Eating, Dinner, Grain-Free, Paleo Friendly, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetables Tagged With: Broccoli, Broccolini, Coconut, Lunch, Olive Oil, Onions, Plenty More, SE Asian, Yottam Ottolenghi

Quinoa, Black Beans, Cucumber and Avocado with Eggs Recipe

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Quinoa Recipe for a quick lunch or hearty side dish This dish with Quinoa, Black Beans, Cucumber and Avocado with Eggs is light, but hearty enough to refuel your tanks and support your journey to greatness. The combination of the vinegar, limes and cilantro creates a wonderful freshness that reinvigorates your soul through your daily grind.You never know, a great idea might even hit you over the head after lunch when you are NOT a wandering zombie in an afternoon coma… Lunch is often a "human maintenance" meal for me. This translates to: I need food that fuels me through the rest of ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Great Left-Overs, Lunch, Recipe, Side Dishes, Vegetables Tagged With: Avocado, Black Beans, Cilantro, Eat with Tom, Eggs, Food Pictures, Limes, Lunch, Quinoa, Recipe, Side Dish

Chorizo Recipe – How to Make Pork Sausage

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A wise man once said: "When life gives you big ole pork butts, make Chorizo sausage" Here we turn our pork butt into Chorizo, a dynamic and delicious team player in the kitchen. This sausage brings a strong spicy and rich flavor to any dish. (Check out the Seafood Stew!) Chorizo can also stand on its own, I'll even throw a link on the grill and top it with some ketchup. Shoot, Chorizo can even take the lead on your next conference call, really just a great team player… When picking out your next piece of butt, choose a nice big one with plenty of marbling. Good fat content is ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Paleo Friendly, Party Food, Recipe, Techniques Tagged With: Chicago Photographer, Chorizo, Cooking with Tom Chicago, Eat with Tom, Foodie Blog, Meat, Paleo, Pork Butt, Professional Food Photography Chicago, Sausage, Spicy

Carrot Orange Beets Ginger and Turmeric Juice (COBGT Juice)

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Beet Juice Recipe to Boost Your Nutrition Intake and Brighten Your Day! Bold color and big nutrition. This juice is loaded with some richly colored roots, kicked up with ginger and turmeric and then smoothed out with some oranges. It turns out super red, but don’t let that fool you, it doesn’t taste as earthy (like dirt) as you might imagine a beet juice blend. With the eternal question of juicing or smoothing, I choose both. I have not gone down the juice cleanse road, although I have heard some amazing things from friends. I look to juicing to complement my diet by getting a ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Juice, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: Carrots, Chicago, Eat with Tom, Food Blog, Foodie Blog, Ginger, Healthy recipe, Hurom juicer, Juice, Juice recipe, Mason Jars, Oranges, Professional Photography, Tom Schmidt, Turmeric

Summer Seafood Stew with Salmon and Mussels

Seafood Stew Recipe with Salmon, Mussels, Fennel, and Chorizo Bright, hearty and complex! This salmon and mussel seafood stew has a delightfully fresh tangy flavor and a deep savory finish. Although it is a warm stew, it is perfect on a summer evening with a glass of white wine. This is one of our favorites for at home celebratory meals. Compared to some of the more simple (and cheaper…) dishes featured on Eat with Tom, this one is definitely worth the investment. Maybe a good idea for the next big night in with your sweetie… Feel free to make this with whatever seafood is ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Easy Impress, Great Left-Overs, Paleo Friendly, Recipe Tagged With: Chicago, Coho Salmon, Eat with Tom, Fennel, Fish sauce, Food Blog, Foodblog, Mussels, Onions, Professional Photography, Seafood Stew, Tom Schmidt

Quick Weeknight Stir-Fry with Coconut Aminos

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**Guest Post from Morgan Paris Fitness** This extremely simple chicken and vegetable Stir-Fry recipe will leave your taste-buds feeling like you slaved over the stove when in fact you threw together a package of organic chicken (make high quality meat a priority!) and some pre-cut frozen veggies in a pan and pushed "go." You know the nights you get home from your workday and you are just so pooped it feels like it may be easier to eat an entire bag of chips than take time to make a healthy dinner?  It's not a pretty sight... I get whiny and draggy and I'm pretty sure my fiance (yes, we ...

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By: Morgan Paris Filed Under: Dinner, Paleo Friendly, Recipe Tagged With: Chicken Breasts, coconut aminos, frozen veggies, Himalayan sea salt, Olive Oil, pepper, Staub Wok, stir fry, Tallulah's, Weeknight meals

Chickpea Pizza Refined – Plus Chicken Sausage / Magic Dust

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Chickpea Flatbread Pizza Recipe - Gluten-Free The original Chickpea Pizza with Eggs Recipe has become kinda small-time famous for some crazy reason.  Maybe it’s the eggs on top that get all the attention…   Personally, I dig this recipe so much that I make it nearly every week!  It then becomes lunch and snacks for the next few days. As I continue to make it time and time again, I have worked out a few new additions that you are sure to love. I have been integrating more high quality meats into my diet these days and I am feeling as strong as ever.  There is something about ...

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By: Tom Filed Under: Dinner, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Great Left-Overs, Paleo Friendly, Recipe, Recipes Refined Tagged With: Chicago Food Blog, Chicken Sausage, Chickpea Pizza, Eat with Tom, Gluten-Free Pizza, Grain-Free, Italian Chicken Sausage, Paleo, Spinach, Tomatoes

Bacon Wrapped Dates – Bring a Hot “Date” to Your Next Party!

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**Guest Post from Morgan Paris Fitness** Do you love hearing people comment on how awesome the dish you brought to the party is? I know I do!  These delicious Bacon Wrapped Dates will delight your tastebuds with the rich sweetness from the dates contrasted by savory, salty bacon. I'm exited to share this recipe with you because it's kinda become my "thing."  I always bring my " Dates"   ;)   to parties and secretly I can't wait to hear, "oh my gosh, these are so good! Who brought these?!" Now that my secret is out ... Not only are these delicious, they are SO EASY to make! I ...

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By: Morgan Paris Filed Under: Appetizer, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Paleo Friendly, Party Food, Recipe, Side Dishes Tagged With: Bacon, Chicago, Dates, Eat with Tom, Medjool, Morgan Paris, Paleo, Party Food, Side Dish, Tom Schmidt, Whole Food

Sweet Potato and Hamburger Hash – Paleo Breakfast Ideas

Sweet Potatoes with Hamburger Breakfast Recipe ** Guest Post from Morgan Paris Fitness** "What should I eat for breakfast?" AKA - the most common question I receive from clients who are just starting their Paleo journey.  This warm and savory dish with a hint of sweetness from the sweet potatoes makes for a great start to many of my days. With grains and dairy out of the question, most people are not sure what they will do without their standard breakfast of cereal with milk or yogurt. And I don't blame them! This is a common hurdle for people making the lifestyle change ...

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By: Morgan Paris Filed Under: Breakfast, Easy Impress, Paleo Friendly, Recipe Tagged With: All-Clad, Breakfast, Eat with Tom, Healthy Living, Morgan Paris Fitness, Mushroom, Personal Training, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Tallulah's

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