Oh, lactofermentation. How simple you are, how amazing your benefits! Really, any vegetable can be fermented. This natural fermentation process provides a batch of green beans that snap and crunch with every bite–a perfectly refreshing …
Search Results for: fermented
Ow ow! Watch this sauce, after a gentle slumber in your cool cupboard for a week, its unabashed essence of pepper hits you straight in the tastebud. Actually, every single one wakes up after a …
I keep writing and rewriting this post. I am unable to accurately put into words how beloved my sauerkraut is to me. Especially this recipe. If you’ve never tried lacto-fermentation but would like to, I …
Turmeric has taken our Eurocentric style of eating by storm. I’d love to pay it more respect than just tossing it into random recipes because of its intrinsic healthful properties. A food blog is a …
Miso, a beautiful ferment Isn’t it funny, the things we tell ourselves? As I whipped up this dressing I found myself being like wait, this shouldn’t go on the blog. Even though it’s something I …
Here’s what I’d like to say. Any of the below supplements that can reduce anxiety I mention are merely ideas–I’m not a medical practitioner, I don’t play one nor do I claim to be one. …
Me, your friend, the sloth Now, listen. These oven baked tostones aren’t here to proclaim they’re better, more “guilt-free” (we don’t tie guilt or shame to food around here ya hear me?) or anything else in comparison …
Read Part II of the Anxiety and Food series here. Read Part III of the Anxiety and Food series here. What does food have to do with it? One of the biggest reliefs I’ve felt …
Fiber Manifesto Well, where there are vegetables, there just so happens to be fiber. Perhaps a dry subject, perhaps a bit less toothsome than what we’d like to associate with our food, but listen… fiber. It’s here, …
Classic recipe, indeed… At some point in my pre-adolescent youth, I believe I was watching the Martha Stewart Show (perfect time slot, it ran the hour before our schoolwork started, what else would an 11 …
Hasselback plantains?? Yes, indeed! I mean, you can pretty much hasselback anything if you try hard enough! It seems to be quite the trend these days, and I couldn’t be happier. Here are a few …
Textural juxtaposition… There really shouldn’t be anything too overwhelming with a salad, right? Riiiiight? It’s just a combo of different chopped up ingredients that all come together because of some tasty dressing. That’s the idea, …
Lactofermented, at that! What does lactofermented mean, really? That this mustard has been cultured with beneficial bacteria, and it’s good for your stomach! That just a bit of this condiment on the daily or weekly …
This summer as I was prepping what felt like boatloads of meals for myself to get through each week, I realized I needed something other than my Dijon, garlic and olive oil vinaigrette. And something …
Don’t you worry, I have quite the post lined up for when I make my own fish sauce. It’s something I’ve been wanting to make for years, yet the slimy, fish head-y opportunity hasn’t risen …
Listen. Nothing about this recipe is avant-garde. Nothing has been recreated with a minor, special twist. Nothing. These thighs are purely utilitarian. These get me through the week, my belly content and full. The only …
Hey guys: Today is the last post Amy K and I have co-written in our three-part series about the beautiful beet! Our first post explained why beets are good for your liver and how to …
Tuna cakes for all! I have a feeling that title may turn off more than a few people–some dislike curry, some tuna, and perhaps a few more are queasing at the ideation of hot tuna. …
Breathe, baby. There is something meditative about making ferments. Maybe it’s because you don’t consume anything after you create it; there is no craving that will be immediately satisfied. The consumption is completely removed from …
Hey there, sunshine. It’s just about picnic weather, you gonna pack the protein? Any chicken part will do–drumsticks, wings, whole thighs, breast, bone-in or boneless. My preference is skin on and bone-in thighs for maximum …
Cheers, winter! One last hurrah for the winter vegetables! Those starchy and dense sources of energy. These pickled carrots, eaten straight from the chilled jar, are the opposite of summer preserving. They bring a bit of …
Jars of sunshine… Now that we’re officially one week in to that great big leap forward, why not pay homage to these bright and sunny days with a little bit of edible sunshine? Zippy, red, …
Ah, master tonic. So, you’re trucking along, feeling fine. The world is yours to master, you’ve got a plethora of playmates, you’re just at peak performance, work is spiffy and you weren’t even all that …
Four more days, then the bounty of Thanksgiving will be ours! The bits and bites before, the mashed potatoes, Mr. Sir His Royale Supreme The Turkey, all those pesky dressings, the drinks, the pies pies …