Artichoke Stem Salad Recipe, Cheapskate Cooking, Vegan, Paleo
One of my favorite vegetables out there is artichoke, but unfortunately they are only available for a short season locally, but unfortunately it is now over, and from my research, it seems that peak season for artichoke in the US is over by now as well. However, I couldn’t wait a whole year more before […]
Summer Foraging and Meeting the Other Expat Foragers in the Neighborhood
In the past, I felt foraging locally was predominantly a winter thing, to the extent that I didn’t even offer any foraging classes in the summer, only the winter. Then I started realizing that I could forage year round; I was lucky enough to live in a place where year round foraging is possible, and […]
How I Preserved A Bunch of Past Prime Cherries
I try my best to stick to only buying produce in season, other than some very rare occasions, and even when they are in season, I wait till the peak of the season so prices are reasonable. Therefore, I had cherries for the first time this year the other day. I got a bunch […]
Foraging and Gardening, and Combining the Two
On Friday, I taught a private foraging class to a teenager with Autism; it was his second foraging class |(in the space of two weeks) since he enjoyed the first one so much. My kids came along, and together, we found some awesome stuff! The first thing we found was some purslane, which is one […]
Review of “The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terroir” by Pascal Bauder
I’ve written before about my love of foraging wild edibles and how I got into it after moving to a new country. I also touched on the fact that the local foraging books leave much to be desired, so much so that I decided to write my own foraging id book and foraging cookbook. In […]
Visiting Our Future Home’s Construction Site, Planning Our Home Design, and PICTURES!!!
Our new building I am insanely grateful and happy about the fact that we bought a home that is being built, and will be moving to a place that is much larger than our current home. That said, there is a certain amount of stress involved, because everything is up in the air, and we […]
My Latest Extremely Frugal Shopping Trip, and How I Am Now Shopping Without A Car
It’s been a while since I posted pictures and write ups of my last grocery shops, but I really love doing that. The reason I haven’t been sharing them? To be honest, since most of my grocery shops weren’t really that frugal recently, been buying too much expensive and unhealthy processed foods since I was […]
Moroccan Inspired Chicken Cactus Paddle Kebabs Recipe- Gluten Free, Paleo, Allergy Friendly, Sugar Free
I decided to make a Moroccan style meal for dinner tonight, and as I looked in my fridge and saw these cactus paddles staring back at me, I knew I wanted to do something with them, and that they’d be perfect for a Moroccan meal. Here’s the thing. The flavors I used were completely traditionally […]
Update On My Little Container Garden
I recently wrote about how I made a compost in my apartment, even without a yard or a porch to call my own, just in a container on my window sill, and there I shared how I planned on turning my brown thumb into a green thumb, using that compost to attempt to grow vegetables […]
Eomuk, Kamaboko, Odeng- Homemade Korean Surimi Fish Cakes Recipe- Paleo, Egg Free, Refined Sugar Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free
Growing up I ate surimi quite a decent amount but but never knew it was called that. We just called it mock crab or mock shrimp, and used it for various things like fried rice and sushi- mainly sushi in things like California rolls, which was great because it was another fish option other than […]
