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Fermented Aubergine (Eggplant)
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…
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Milk Kefir, Adaptogen Style.
One of my first introductions to the official cultured food world was Milk Kefir (pronounced “Keh-pheer”). I was reading Nourishing Traditions in an search for help with some of my health issues. Long story…
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Cultured Barbecue Sauce… Minus the Nasties
One of the first things I learned to ferment was barbecue sauce. I had always wanted to give it a go, but my newfound resistance to refined sugars and the discovery that I could…
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Cultured Black Bean Dip (vegan, paleo hacked)
When I was in N. Ireland learning to be frugal (FRUGAL FRUGAL) I started fermenting beans like crazy. Because beans are cheap, dried beans are cheaper and fermenting makes everything better. In the case…
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Semi-Sweet Paleo Chocolates with Raspberries
(Paleo, Keto maintenance, Vegan) These are a remake on my last diy chocolate post. They are sweeter, due to being a little more flexible in my sweetener options these days. They won my husband…
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Medium Drowned…
It’s been a busy, mind numbing season. I’ve been experimenting with grain free treats and have several of my favorite recipes in edit mode. Last week though, my laptop met with an untimely death…
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Easy Fermented Carrots (vegan, paleo, keto)
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…
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Totally Inauthentic Smokin’ Jalapeño Kimchi: Tasty. Gringa. Paleo & Vegan
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…
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Fermented Jalapeños (Vegan, Paleo, Keto of course)
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…
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Green Giant Kale & Broccoli Fermented Hummus (Vegan, Paleo Hacked)
Above: the jolly green giant hummus topped with organic hempseed for protein and fancy pants presentation. Green Giant Kale & Broccoli Fermented Hummus Sooo…. Thanksgiving happened. Sandwiched between having a wicked flu myself and…