Why on earth should I start a backyard garden? Simple! So you can have access to the best produce available. Produce that you’ve grown yourself. Because knowing what can grow and how and when it can grow will improve every meal you make. Because you should have some food available to you and your family […]
These simple (gluten-free and vegan!) pickled mushrooms are just stupid good! Before I get to the recipe, though, I have to mention the amazing even that I attended recently. Last week, I headed off to San Francisco to catch Women Leaders at the Table: Addressing Inequity in the Good Food Movement. Held by the Commonwealth Club, it […]
Smooth, silky, smokey, and surprisingly simple…there’s no flavor better than smoked salmon that you’ve made yourself. Simultaneously rich and healthy, filled with awesome Omegas and protein, and with flavor that is absolutely out-of-this-world-better than anything that you can find at the store. You have to try making DIY smoked salmon at home! I’ve […]
What could possibly be better than a sunny and warm early summer afternoon filled with family, chilled wine, and cool and creamy homemade ranch dressing with a rainbow of crunchy raw vegetables? With family unexpectedly in town for a few awesome days (or as long as we can convince a certain someone to stick around…), we […]
It’s pickling time!!! Homemade picked everything! Today is all about a super easy basic pickling liquid that’s perfect for healthy and delicious pickled red onion, chard stem, and baby fennel recipes and so many more! There just aren’t many things that are better to have on hand than things that have been pickled […]
Thinking about how to write an ebook but the whole thing seems too daunting? Don’t let that stop you! Start from the absolute beginning and you’ll see how totally doable it can be! There has been so much happening over here lately! The eBook is in process (so exciting!!!), there’s a trip to […]
This is an incredibly rewarding DIY project! Creamy, rich, and decadent fresh homemade ricotta. Trying to find a solid and reliable recipe for homemade ricotta can be a challenge. It’s is one of those things I’ve had to make over and over at different restaurants, sometimes with great success, and sometimes with abysmal failure. Not all recipes […]
Cultured and fermented foods are awesome. Period. There, I’ve said it! Kefir is no exception. As a huge fan of all things aged, fermented, cultured, preserved, and pickled, it seemed like it was high time to make sure everybody out there knows just how easy it is to make homemade kefir yogurt. Rich in […]
PORK BELLY!!!!!!!!! I have pork belly. Pure excitement!! I don’t think I’ve mentioned the awesomeness that was the birthday I got from my fabulous dude a few months ago. It’s crazy cool! He built me a charcuterie fridge. Seriously! He repurposed an old refrigerator, added some temperature controls and humidity control, and now we […]
With lemons piling up, it’s definitely time to get to the unbelievably easy (practically anticlimactic, honestly) recipe for preserved lemons. There just isn’t too much room for confusion here. If you have lemons, salt, and an extremely clean mason jar, you can have preserved lemons! You won’t even have any dishes to wash besides your […]