Cinco De Mayo is nearly upon us and what better to prepare than to ferment a batch of cultured spicy carrots! These are a great side to any Mexican meal… or any meal in my opinion! I’ll be quick with this one as it really […]
Fermented Yellow Squash Hummus I love hummus. I know that’s a strong word but it really is one of my favorite foods. Lately though I have been dealing with some inflammation issues and have gone a mostly plant based keto to help manage it. I’ve […]
I have been fiddling around a lot with baked goods of late, to the chagrin of my insides, I think. I have had a few Fennel recipes in the works but this week I am posting an adaptation of Sorella‘s Fermented Fennel, which is featured […]
Fermented Turnips I did this recipe in a 1 Liter Kilner swing top canning jar but you can adjust proportions to your liking. Fermenting lids and weights are helpful but you can do this with stainless steel, plastic lids or a swing top like this […]
Recently I was up in Washington visiting one of my oldest friends. No, she’s not old. Well she’s my age so that’s debatable I guess. We were best friends in High School and have this eerily coincidental relationship. No mind reading but we used to […]
Hey foodie friends, Sorry I have been absent. My littlest has required much attention of late. We have had the winter of winters in terms of illness here and she is my one who is prone to pneumonia whenever anything as silly as a cold […]
I adore baba ghanoush. Actually I adore MY baba ghanoush. Which I always begin by smoking the tar out of a pile of eggplant. I met this vegetable on a pizza in the south of France and it was called an aubergine, so forgive me […]
Most people know these as those pickled carrots you can sometimes get in really authentic Mexican restaurants. And “pickled” is appropriate, or at least used to be an appropriate term for fermenting carrots. These days pickling often refers to a method of preserving vegetables in […]
Preface This post has been waiting in the wings for a few weeks now. I’m sure many of you have faced the dreaded flu of this year… we faced two, back to back, and I am in recovery mode. Recovering that is, from weeks of […]
I very obviously like to ferment things. This is clear, isn’t it? Okay. Now… I love roasted jalapeños on my pizza, burgers, salads, wraps… everything. For two reasons, fermenting is better. 1) You get a whole different pop in your mouth with these, albeit a […]