Making Homemade Miso- Recipe and Cost Breakdown
My new homemade lentil miso Growing up, my mother did much of the day to day cooking in our home, introducing me to various dishes and cuisines from around the world, but it was my dad that did the funky stuff. The earliest memory I have of him doing interesting kitchen stuff was making port wine, […]
I Got a Book Deal!
Not the cover we’ll be using in the end I’ve been sitting on this news for a while already, until everything was set in stone and it was a done deal, but now I can finally share… my book, Penniless Foodie in the Wild, my adaptable cookbook suitable for foragers and frugalistas alike… is not […]
Miso Glazed Chicken Wings Recipe- Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free and Delicious
I love chicken wings! They are my favorite kind of chicken for a variety of reasons. I love crispy chicken skin, and wings are the highest ratio of skin to chicken as far as I can tell, but even better is their very low cost. Not only are they cheap per pound- locally I can […]
Sweet Potato and Greens Cakes Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Gluten Free, with Foraged Ingredients
A few years back, if you asked me what was the best way to serve bitter greens (as a large percentage of wild greens are), I would have told you with fried onions, lemon and garlic. Don’t get me wrong- it tastes delicious that way, but I’ve since come up with an even more winning […]
Indian Style Tomato Soup Recipe- Vegan, Paleo, and Easy
I don’t know what it’s like where you live right now, but over here in my neck of the woods it is currently freezing, making it perfect soup weather! I am making an Indian themed meal and was looking for the perfect soup to complement the meal, but didn’t want something curry like since I […]
Homemade Dehydrated Sweet Potato Chips Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Gluten Free, and Grain Free
The other day I was at my friend, M’s house, and she gave us some really yummy sweet potato chips to taste. I asked her how she did it, and it was so easy and simple that I knew I had to try it, since grain free healthy snacks are one of the hardest things […]
Easy Pressure Cooker Congee Recipe- Chinese Rice Porridge
Unfortunately my family is dealing with an unpleasant stomach bug at the moment (fortunately I am feeling fine, and am hoping it stays that way!). I was trying to come up with something good to serve them that would be easy to make and would help heal them, and thought at first- chicken soup with […]
Ajvar — Serbian Red Pepper and Eggplant Spread — Vegan and Paleo
The other day I got a bunch of vegetables free and was trying to come up with space efficient ways to prepare them, which could then be preserved, since I was short on refrigerator space and needed ways to store them. A friend suggested ajvar, a Serbian red pepper and eggplant based condiment, what some […]
Preserving and Preparing Loads of Produce
On Sunday I went to the grocery store and market and got a large amount of produce, much of it free. I had nearly everything I needed (I was a little short on fruit), and my fridge was mostly full. I had plans on going back to the market on Wednesday, since I was teaching a […]
Cauliflower Leaf Chips Recipe – Vegan, Paleo, and Delicious
I mentioned the other day that I was in the market and got a huge amount of free cauliflower stems and leaves, as they simply toss the lower part of the cauliflowers since people aren’t interested in buying them. In fact, half of my upper shelf in my fridge right now is filled with cauliflower […]
