Coconut Kefir
I still periodically do some home fermentation; I have my trusty old kombucha SCOBY going, and was given some milk kefir grains a year or two ago as well. When we had our raw milk…
I still periodically do some home fermentation; I have my trusty old kombucha SCOBY going, and was given some milk kefir grains a year or two ago as well. When we had our raw milk…
An account of our gluten-free and nearly grain-free Thanksgiving dinner in 2013.
An initial foray into casein-free milk alternatives, focusing on coconut milk tonic and related calcium supplementation.
It’s one of those things I can’t unthink—now that I know I can make chicken stock from picked carcasses, I simply cannot resist doing so, even when I can barely squeeze another quart into the…
An extra gallon of raw milk in the fridge prompts a spate of frenzied cheese-making! My very first attempts at homemade ricotta salata, mysost, and cultured butter.
The last grape post of the season---canning syrup and pie filling, baking pies, and straining homemade vinegar!
Roasted tomato bisque with potato latke melts and pickled peppers, a warming autumn meal.
An in-depth post relating the findings of Nolan's medical testing---including nutritional deficits and digestive concerns---and how we hope to help him both physically and socially through dietary intervention.
Purslane, a widely available wild succulent, may change your outlook on weeds!
Pickles, fritters, and a summery pasta dish that highlights zucchini in two ways: sauteed with red onion, and ground raw into an herby pistou that clings to the pasta with a splash of cream.
Chicken in a creamy sauce of onions, poblano chiles and sour cream---an easy and very flavorful Mexican dish, albeit not the most photogenic thing I've made lately.
A mini citrus-fest at our house: preserved Meyer lemons and dehydrated zest.
All sorts of homemade fixings to pair up with hamburgers, from fries to coleslaw to onion rings, and even microwave potato chips!
An experiment in using every part of a pile of tomatoes: tomato paste and lacto-fermented ketchup from the pulp, tomato powder from the skins, and seeds harvested for next year's garden.
My first batch of cucumber pickles, lacto-fermented with fresh garlic and dill.
My very first attempt to lacto-ferment cabbage into sauerkraut, as part of the Preserve the Bounty challenge.