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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Here's a recipe that I thought youin's would like to try  , It's one of my favorites. It's an oldie but a goodie..enjoy!! Warm Goat Cheese Salad 2 5oz. Packages of Goat Cheese. Montrachet is a good choice for this recipe ¾ cup Virgin Olive Oil 3-4 sprigs fresh Thyme 1 cup fine Breadcrumbs 1 Tbls.Balsamic Vinegar 2 Tbls. Freshly squeezed Orange Juice Salt and Pepper to taste 2 bunches of Arugula (or other salad greens) ½ tsp. Orange Zest Cut cheeses into 4 pieces. In a small bowl, place cheese, ¼ cup Olive Oil and Thyme; marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Coat the marinated cheese slices with the breadcrumbs and place on lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees, 5-7 minutes or until cheese is golden. For vinaigrette; whisk together vinegar, orange juice, salt and pepper. Slowly add ½ cup olive oil, whisking constantly. Toss and lightly coat the greens with vinaigrette and arrange on four plates. Place the cheese on the plate with greens and sprinkle orange zest on top. **You may not want to use all of the vinaigrette on the salad. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Anya, This is really a nice simple recipe. The good news about goat cheeses is that if you have to choose goat vs. cow, goats are usually fed a free range diet with less pesticides and very few injections if any. Although, this is changing somewhat in the industry, right now things are still mostly pretty good. I prefer to buy imported goat cheeses from reputable sources that I know. Mostly, I buy from Whole Foods Markets and they do a pretty good job of screening the UN-reputable company's out. The beekeeper that I spent Saturday with - lives at the bottom of Cold Mountain. Remember that movie?? Anyway, he had sooo many goats in his backyard which happened to have been a mountain side - literally..it was so cool to watch the goats follow each other in a line all over the place. They would talk back and forth to each other. I almost brought one baby goat home, but I decided that my dog sitter that I take Yodha to once a week would not like to dog sit and goat sit,  I may change my mind and get a goat just for the milk, wouldn't that be too much fun. Yodha could have some company too, | ||
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unfourtunatly, there are no whole foods by me, just one small health food store. the owner says that the goats are treated well, and i trust him,and the website is pretty extensive. if they mistreat the animals they are really doing a great job of covering it up. i would at least like to add yogurt back into my diet. I would love to have a goat.(they are pretty tough, give yodha a run for his money Anya Edited by anya sharvani 2005-09-22 4:27 PM | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442    | anya, if you are not up to eating goat cheese you can make a really nice substitute using yogurt. My DD the foodie does this a lot. Put some cheesecloth in a strainer and dump a tub of plain yogurt into it (I like full fat organic) and fold the cloth over top of it and put a weight on top (a can of beans or something similar), set the strainer over a bowl and leave it overnight in the fridge. Awesome!  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Tourist, That's funny, what you are describing is something similar to Paneer. It's an Indian cheese and it's actually very good - and very good for you instead of cheese if your doing that practice. YES, you can use that or Paneer for the Warm Goat Cheese Salad if you wish as a replacement. I have some traditional paneer recipes if any one is interested. Palak Paneer is very good,  Anya, Sorry about your kitty cat. You can have one of my kitty's if it doesn't come back. I've got way too many cats. Kali got pregnant again before I could get her fixed. I know I could have taken her, as I only had a small window opportunity while she was nursing, but I missed it and I'm not into kitty abortions. Soo, I have 3 Black Cats and probably some more Black Cats on the way - the Father is black too so I'm assuming they'll be black, I've never seen her have any other. Therefore, in my husband's culture, I have too many witches hanging around here, NO, I do NOT hold that same belief - Okay. Of course, some people I suppose would think I was a witch with a capital B, | ||
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tourist - 2005-09-22 8:00 PM anya, if you are not up to eating goat cheese you can make a really nice substitute using yogurt. My DD the foodie does this a lot. Put some cheesecloth in a strainer and dump a tub of plain yogurt into it (I like full fat organic) and fold the cloth over top of it and put a weight on top (a can of beans or something similar), set the strainer over a bowl and leave it overnight in the fridge. Awesome! I don't/can't do the cow dairy, that's why i am interested in the goat yogurt. or goatyurt. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | anya sharvani - 2005-09-22 11:02 PM Cyndi, in my family tradition, black cats are prized. the goddess Freya drove a chariot pulled by black cats. you're blessed! with a capital B! Mitzi is really grounded (no outside at night for a month)when she gets back, i swear. she has no idea what i am going through. i have no children and probably never will so she's my baby. my dogs never gave me this kind of worry. I would love a black kitten or cat or two. seriously! let me know. What is your family tradition?? Who is the goddess Freya?? I've always been blessed with Black Cats. I've had sooo many of them in my life. I remember once my brother in law hated cats. But, since I had my black cat he had to put up with us, I refused to live with him and my sister, unless I could have my cat. Anyway, one night he got very drunk and took my cat down the road for several miles and put him in the woods. It was soo funny, 2 weeks later, my cat was back on our doorstep, It was so hilarious. He always accused me of being a witch, so did my ex-husband..everyone. I really don't want to get into the witch thread again, OMG, that was an awful thread a few months ago, but I really do like Black cats and solid white ones too. Black represents the Yin, the feminine, and White represents the Yang, the male aspect. Let me see how many kittens Kali has. I'm afraid Kristina is going to have a hard time parting with Krishna and Rhada, or as she calls them Luke and Lea. But, you are certainly welcome to the new ones or possibly Rhada and Krishna. Kali has the sweetest kittens. She's still letting them nurse after 4 months and they are so happy. They love it here in the mountains and being free. All my cats have their freedom. They never leave the house, they're barn cats. I'm sure your kitty will come home. Do you live in the city or the country?? My cat's when I lived in the city used to go visit people's houses. Do you remember that movie, "That Darn Cat"? I had a Siamese cat just like that one named Gizmo. My cat's would hang out at this elderly lady's house, she would feed them all the time...they loved her. They liked her birds too. Once I looked out my kitchen window to find the cats high up in the lady's trees...you could see these 2 big black dots, just sitting, waiting on the birds. Maybe your cat is doing something like that too. She might be stalking a mouse. Take care, and try not to worry too much. | ||
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It wasn't her. Edited by anya sharvani 2005-09-23 12:37 PM | |||
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GreenJello - 2005-09-26 4:36 PM Anya, You know, it really wasn't me that I was worried about before..... Hopefully that's the end of it. Huh???? PM me. I confuse. Edited by anya sharvani 2005-09-26 6:08 PM | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Hey Anya, Do you still want one of Kali's kittens when they arrive?? I'll keep you updated on how many and what they look like, etc. Glad Mitzi came home and that you have a happy ending story, | ||
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