Learning How to Cook Like a True Korean
A friend of mine, Hannah, is a foodie just as I am, and a reader of this blog. When she went to Korea for a business trip, I have to say, I was just the slightest bit envious, since going to Korea one day is a dream of mine, in part because of my fascination […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
