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 […]
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 […]
Homemade Corn Tortillas Recipe- Gluten Free, Vegan, and Easy
I wanted to make enchiladas, and my friend Amanda, hearing that, offered to give me the masa harina she had in her house, which I could then use to make some great gluten free corn tortillas. I was really excited about this, because I’d wanted to get my hands on masa harina for a while […]
Homemade Cooked Tomato Salsa Recipe, Restaurant Style- Cheap and Easy Salsa Roja
Growing up, my dad used to buy these giant bags of tortilla chips in bulk, and as a family we’d enjoy them dipped in salsa, whether mild, medium, hot, or volcanic, depending on what my dad bought that time and our moods. Recently I’ve been getting a hankering for chips and salsa, so I bought […]
An Insane Cooking Marathon with Free Food
I mentioned once, when I got so much free milk, that I love getting free food, but too much of it can stress me out, and this was no exception… The other day they were giving out free past prime produce and nearly expiring rice milk, and because the weather was bad, nearly no one […]
Raw Nettle or Spinach Pesto Recipe- Vegan, Paleo, and Cheap
Nettle pesto on spiralized zucchini I almost feel silly sharing a recipe for pesto here made with wild greens, because it seems like, other than scrambled or in a salad, pesto is just about the most common way that people prepare wild greens. But the thing is, pesto is yummy when made right, but if […]
Working Hard, Foraging and Cooking Up a Storm
Musakhan chicken dish, made with foraged sumac Dear wonderful readers, I haven’t gone anywhere. Nope, just been super duper busy. My final everything for my cookbook is due on March 6, and that includes all the photography which I am having professionally done… So in the last little bit I’ve been running around like crazy, […]
Green Meatballs in Creamed Greens Recipe- Frugal, Paleo, Egg Free, Dairy Free and Delicious
When people hear meatballs, typically what comes to mind is beef meatballs in tomato sauce, over pasta. If you’re from other parts of the world, Swedish meatballs in a cream sauce may be their first association. But as a forager and frugalista, not to mention someone who likes to change things up a lot in […]
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Chews Recipe- Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, Paleo Option
I love my chocolate. A lot. But I am trying to stay away from white sugar and eat healthier in general. So when I saw someone in a healthy eating group share this recipe for homemade chocolates using date syrup as its sweetener, I knew I had to try it out. But using jaggery syrup, […]
