5 ancient cooked Recipes

ancient roman seasoned mussels recipe, apicius , reprinted from a taste of ancient rome

olive oil, leeks, cut in rounds, celery ribs, finely chopped, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper, to taste, cucumber , medium sized and cut in rounds, water, dry white wine, tuna, fresh

ground mutton (or lamb), sized winter squash, halved and seeds removed (use acorn, kubota, etc., but not spaghetti squash), cooked amaranth (or substitute millet for lighter texture), cooked quinoa (or substitute bulgur for more chewy texture), sized sweet onion, chopped (or yellow onion), fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped, golden raisin, dried currant (i used zante), pine nuts (toasted ) or 2 tbsp pecans, olive oil (or butter), chinese five spice powder, allspice, whole coriander seed, crushed, cinnamon (omit in savory version), salt (or to taste), pepper (to taste), whole milk (or light cream), rice vinegar (or fresh squeezed lemon juice), tart apple, diced (optional)

pre-washed quinoa (i use ancient harvest), vegetable stock (can use chicken stock, but then obviously this would not be vegetarian), garlic- chopped, onion- chopped, butter/oil flavored cooking spray (to saute), firm or extra firm tofu drained and cubed, fresh spinach rinsed, halved almond for roasting, lemon (optional)