Chicken Yakisoba Recipe- Gluten Free, Paleo Option, Vegan Option, Allergy Friendly
Yakisoba made with the vegetables listed below, plus with the addition of swiss chard In my house growing up, my mom, despite being a very adventurous cook in general, and teaching me to love foods from cuisines around the world, had very specific ideas about what flavors and foods could and couldn’t get together. Fruit […]
Making Realistic Recipes from Cookbooks
A cookbook suitable for any kitchen When you open a cookbook, sometimes the perfectly styled dishes there can seem very intimidating, something that people without time, money, or energy can’t recreate precisely with their cooking. However, cooking doesn’t have to be a stressful experience- you can take recipes from cookbooks and make them your own, […]
Homemade Egg Free Hollandaise Sauce Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, and Delicious
Foraged asparagus with vegan hollandaise My 9 year old son Lee sometimes asks me “Mommy, how do you come up with all your recipe ideas?” and I tell him, more often than not I get inspired by recipes I see on the net or elsewhere. I don’t usually make recipes as I find them, because […]
Easy Homemade Peach Sauce Recipe – Paleo, Vegan, Delicious
Peaches are coming into season around here, which means that I can find them on the reduced rack at the grocery store or market, being sold for very little or even sometimes free. When I get them extra frugally or free, they often are mushy and/or banged up, which means that they should be cooked […]
My Frugal Produce Cooking Marathon
Yesterday I had a really great shopping trip, bringing home a bunch of produce for very little money. Much as I love a good deal on produce, bringing home that much at once does mean that I need to figure out what to do with it all so it doesn’t spoil and gets the most […]
Nightshade Free Hot Sauce Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Delicious
I love my hot sauce. Whether tobasco or sriracha or any other type, being able to add a kick to my food easily is something I really enjoy. In a discussion with a friend of mine who is off of nightshades (the family that includes potatoes, peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes), she noted how I use […]
Penniless Foodie in the Wild: Adaptable Recipes for Foragers and Frugalistas is Now Out!!!
Awesome news to share with y’all!!! My new cookbook, Penniless Foodie in the Wild, Adaptable Recipes for Foragers and Frugalistas, is finally out and available on Amazon! This has been a work in progress for months (or years, depending on how you look at it), and I’m really excited by it. It’s not a foraging […]
Russian Vinegret Recipe- Root Vegetable Salad
One time, not so long ago, I was at a friend’s house and was offered some absolutely delicious salad, a Russian one called vinegret. In American English, and in many other languages, vinaigrette is a type of salad dressing based on vinegar, but Russian vinegret is actually the name of the salad, not just its […]
Chinese Style Corn Soup Recipe- Without Eggs
This past week has been a very busy one in my house, foraging so many different things, shopping a for frugal groceries, doing a lot of cooking from scratch, and even being filmed by a film student for a “day in the life of” documentary for her documentary making class. With this film student, I […]
Sweet and Spicy Carrot Medallions Recipe- Easy, Cheap, Paleo and Vegan
Sorry for not having posted so much lately, my husband has been on spring break from work, so we’ve been spending time as a family and less time on the computer and writing posts on my blog. I’m sorry about that! So, what’s new with me? My husband has built so many cool things for […]
