How to Brew Your Own Kombucha, Flavor It, and Care for Your Mother
Well, I can’t teach you to care for your actual mother, as the title of this post may imply, but I can give you notes on how to brew, bottle, and flavor your own kombucha as well as tips on growing your own starter and caring for scobies. Below is my recipe for Kombucha, handed […]
Pozole and faux-pozole
I’ve been making a modified pork pozole (posole) recipe for a couple years now, inspired in part by our favorite local Mexican restaurant, Muy Bueno (don’t let the name fool you, they’re terrific!). There’s a few major varieties based on the base–white, red, and green–but I prefer a green, tomatillo and chili base. I’ve submitted […]
Red and White Something -Close-to-What-May-Be-Considered Sangria
These are the “sangrias” I made this weekend, as best as I can remember! I’ll update this post if I think of anything I forgot. I think the best part was letting it sit overnight in the fridge, and the bitter Granny Smith apples. I made 1 for all my white wine ladies and 1 […]
Sesame Jalapeño Mayo Because I Ate All of the Other Sauce Already
So, for breakfast and lunch today, I finished up all the chicken strips and Chili Lime Peanut Dipping Sauce that I made for dinner last night (it was that good, y’all). Blake was mad because he wanted some more. So, I made blackened chicken strips on the grill tonight (marinated in some Peychaud’s and Angostura […]
Chili Lime Peanut Dipping Sauce
Ingredients the juice of 2 fresh limes 1 bundle of fresh cilantro 1 TBS Coconut Oil 3 TSP Fish Sauce 2 Jalapenos 3 TBS Peanut Butter Black Pepper to Taste Directions Rough chop the cilantro and Jalapenos. Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth. Garnish with Cilantro. In lieu of a […]
Food Phobias: An Esculent Trip Through the Trimesters (Plus a Recipe: Pregnant Lady Chicken Biscuits)
The emotional/mental pregnancy trip has manifested itself in me in interesting ways. I wouldn’t say I’ve been “nesting” (no more than normal, anyway) or “ooing” and “aahhing” over “cute” baby things. My trip with food has been a bit of a roller coaster, though. I started off first trimester feeling ill, mostly induced by dehydration […]
Presto Pesto on the Cheap
I’ve been loving pesto lately! Fresh basil is one of those really expensive items at the grocery store. Now that we have a porch for the first time in a long time, we picked up 2 basil plants near the end of the season for cheap, and they’ve been growing like wild ever since! This […]
Plantain Tortillas and Some Lovely Topping Options
Plantain tortillas: slightly sweet, wonderfully soft yet stable texture, and incredibly easy to make. Blake whipped these up quickly, and we can’t wait to try them out again with other toppings! They work perfectly as a soft taco shell, but I’m sure we could find many other uses for this mixture, as well. It’s very […]
3 Bean Vegetarian “Burgers”
It’s Blake’s ultimate plan to go completely vegan at some point in the future. Food politics aside–although we both see reason in a variety of aspects of why to not eat animal products in terms of cruelty, sustainability, and so on–it is important for him to watch his animal fat intake due to a history […]
Supreme Portabella “Personal Pan” Pizza with Salmon (and a Science Lesson on the Side)
In this post, I’ll teach y’all how to make an easy paleo/primal gluten-free alternative to a personal pan pizza! I’ll also walk you through learning to chiffonade your herbs and tell you how abusing your leafy greens can make them even healthier for you! Ingredients I don’t really list quantities here in any definite sense. […]