Vietnamese Scallion Oil Recipe — Mo Hanh — Easy, Paleo, Vegan, Allergy Friendly
There has been a request for some super simple recipes here, which is why I’ll share this one, even though it seems quite silly to me to share something so simple. But as people said when I shared my fried banana post, even if its not something complicated, it may be something that others wouldn’t […]
Reese’s Flavored Chia Pudding Recipe- Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Dessert- Vegan, Paleo Option
Recently we had a guest over from Namibia, which was really cool. For those that don’t know (I didn’t until she was at our house), Namibia used to be called South West Africa and gained independence from South Africa only in 1990, and is has a very large Afrikaaner population, the Dutch descent people who […]
No Shame, a Little Guts, and a Lot of Free Food
Today I went to the market to meet with my friend Juli, who was coming with her kids, and she wanted me to show her around the market. My fridge was already full from the last time I was there and got so much food for very little money, but I did need some fruit, […]
Sesame Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, Gluten Free
A while ago I discovered how delicious the various orange vegetables (sweet potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, etc…) taste with a sweet soy sauce based sauce. Koreans make a dish like this, where sweet potatoes or pumpkins are braised in a sweet soy sauce mixture (gogoma jorim is what it is called when made with sweet potatoes), […]
Preserving More Produce
I truly feel blessed whenever I get my hands on free produce. The other day, once my fridge was already mostly filled after my last nearly free “grocery shopping” trip, I was gifted with even more produce, in very large amounts. It was predominantly extra large sweet potatoes, celery, and carrots, with a smaller amount […]
Fried Green Bananas or Plantains Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Easy and Delicious
Occasionally when I lived in the US as a kid, my mom would come home with plantains, and we’d make fried green plantains. They were soft and sweet and delicious, but locally plantains are a fortune, when I can even find them, so fried green plantains are out. Fortunately, fried green bananas taste very similarly, […]
Paleo Update, and Insane Foraging and Extreme Frugal Food Shopping
I feel like those reading my blog for a while think I’m so inconsistent, and terrible with follow through, because I can’t count how many times I said I’d do something… and then fell off the bandwagon. But I think that’s life, and especially when there are a lot of things going on, its hard […]
Our Urban Homestead’s Kitchen Today
I feel like a real homesteader, you know, those farm wives that are all self sufficient and do everything themselves from raising their own food to transforming it to something that will feed their family for long periods of time, etc… all entirely from scratch. Though we don’t live on a farm, what we have […]
Making Your Home Gluten Free- Without Breaking the Bank: Beginner’s Guide to Going Gluten Free- Part 2
When my friend Daniella’s son was diagnosed with Celiac, I told her I’d help her transition her son to going gluten free, with a series of posts on my blog, and I did part one- the Beginners Guide to Going Gluten Free: What is Gluten and How to Avoid It, which did a very thorough job […]
Gluten Free Sesame Noodle Salad- Vegan, Easy, and Delicious
I want to apologize for not having posted recently- life has been a bit hectic here for a variety of reasons. Part of it was that I hosted a lunch time family reunion for 21 family members, first time hosting a crowd in our new house. It was a crazy day, and while people offered […]
