When I discover both leeks and potatoes in my CSA box, I know what I’ll be cooking — Potato Leek Soup. This recipe is a perfect example of the power of simple: just a handful of inexpensive ingredients, 30 minutes start to finish, and you create a supremely delicious soup. The French have been making…
Category: Dairy free
Herbal Tisane – DIY Basic
Growing and using herbs is one of the main reasons why I garden. I grow a number of fragrant culinary herbs in my gardens. While I use many herbs in my cooking, I have several herbs that I grow mainly for drinking in tisanes. What’s a tisane? Herbs + boiling water = tisane. Commonly known…
CSA Veggie box 2/9/18
Another beautiful, warm week here in sunny California. And that means another fabulous box from Full Belly Farm! Here’s what’s in my box this week, and how I plan to use these treasures from the farm. Napa Cabbage: I’ll ferment this tasty tender cabbage with garlic and chili to make my version of kim chi. …
CSA Veggie box 2/2/18
If you’ve visited my site before, you’ll notice that I often include beautiful vegetables in my recipes from my weekly Full Belly Farm Community Supported Agriculture veggie box. I’ve had a number of inquiries from friends and followers on how to best use the produce in my box — how I decide what to use…
Purple Sauerkraut
This may be the ultimate DIY Basic — just two inexpensive ingredients and some microbial magic and you get fresh, delicious sauerkraut. If you’ve never tasted fresh sauerkraut — the kind that you get in the refrigerated section, not in the jarred vegetable section — you’re in for a taste treat. For pennies on the…
Chicken Almond Loaf
Here’s a tasty chicken dish made with an unusual ingredient — almond pulp. After making Homemade Almond Milk, I was left with a cup or so of soft, moist almond pulp. Wanting to make the best use of this ingredient, I was struck by the idea of including the soft, moist almond pulp as a…
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