This is a nice, grain-free side to go with your Tex-Mex meal or really whatever. Pairs nicely with a grilled salmon filet or a rib-eye. You can decide what you want to serve it with–just make sure you serve it! Get the staples from Amazon and add some fresh vegetables!…
Celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum), also called turnip-rooted celery, celery root, or knob celery, is a variety of celery cultivated for its edible roots, hypocotyl, and shoots. Wait! It’s a hypocotyl?
This is an oatmeal bread recipe that I found on the King Arthur Flour website. I’ve tinkered with the ingredients because that’s what I do AND because we weigh everything that gets baked in our house. It’s more efficient and it’s more accurate. I just put the mixing bowl on…
Here’s a recipe for a nice, cool, refreshing Watermelon Gazpacho. I’ve updated the recipe and left out the tomatoes and the oil. Watermelon Gazpacho is delicious on a hot night as a refreshing drink, in shot glasses with a bit of crab meat, or as a side to some grilled…
Cool Cucumber Soup Recipe This is a cool, refreshing soup for a hot day. Cucumber Soup is a Mediterranean favorite! I’ve updated my recipe to be less spicy and more healthful. A lot of other recipes call for olive oil, avocados, buttermilk, hot cayenne powder, etc. With this recipe,…
Time for a Kombucha Reload. I’ve got a pretty good routine for keeping myself in kombucha. I managed to generate a gallon-sized SCOBY and I’ve worked up to a good mash to make to feed the SCOBY. Here’s my recipe for kombucha. 1 gallon water 1 cup cane sugar 8…
Real Food Fermentation is a great book for anyone interested in the preservation of food at home. Sure you can throw your groceries in the fridge when you get home from the store, but why not take it a step further? Mr. Lewin runs the gauntlet in this book, helping…
As I mentioned in my post last week, I wanted to try making low-fat yogurt. I’m happy to report that it worked. I followed the same procedures, but this time using 0% milk. The results were terrific. I started with 1/2 gallon of commercial 0% milk and a couple of…
How about an easy / delicious recipe that you can whip up in less than half an hour? This is a shrimp stir-fry recipe from the “America’s Test Kitchen” show on PBS. MARINADE: 1 pound shrimp, peeled 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 clove Garlic, sliced SAUCE: 3…