Easy and Quick DIY Homemade Orange, Clementine or Tangerine Alcohol
My homemade alcohol, after I already drank a bunch. I grew up in a house where alcohol was a fact of life. It was never a taboo thing, nor was it abused. I had alcohol from when I was a young age, a sip here and there, and my father drank alcohol a few times […]
8 Free Gallons of Expiring Milk- Cheese Making and Beyond
In my community we sometimes get deliveries of free past prime fruits and veggies, dry goods near or past their expiration date, and the occasional dairy product. On Wednesday, among the deliveries were 1 liter cartons of milk, and initially they told everyone they can take 4 per family. But barely anyone took. Why? Because […]
Cheapo Easy Cheesy Rice (or Easy Mac and Cheese) Recipe- Gluten Free
Sometimes the recipes I share here on this blog are fancy and cookbook worthy. They’re delicious and frugal and look amazing… And sometimes there are recipes like this. Far from gourmet, it’s something I’ve started making recently when the kids are hungry and I don’t have energy to think up something fancy or time consuming […]
Purslane Cantaloupe Salad Recipe- Paleo, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, Vegan
When there are foods that are supposed to be pretty sweet, but for whatever reason aren’t, whether it is cantaloupe, peaches, plums, or butternut squash, you might be at a loss for what to do with it, and maybe even have considered chucking it. If I open a fruit (or vegetable) and discover that, instead […]
Foraged Grape Leaf Chimichurri Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, With Alternative Options
As a forager in my area, what you typically have to work with is lots and lots and lots of greens. Sure, there are some fruit and nuts and mushrooms you can forage, but the vast majority of forageables in my area are greens. To be honest, as someone who likes variety in my diet, […]
All About Versatile Yuca Dough and Using it to Make Grain Free Vegan Goodies
Baked yuca dough wild greens gnocchi, absolutely delicious, grain free, and vegan! First off, I need to write that there are two plants, one named yuca and one named yucca and people often misspell them. Yucca with two c’s is also known as Spanish dagger, and grows wild in many places and is ornamental in […]
Making Homemade Beef Jerky, Take Two
Two years ago, for the first time, I tried making jerky. I was going on an overseas trip and wasn’t sure what the situation with gluten free food would be on the flight or in general and I wanted to make sure that I had protein to eat that was shelf stable, so I tried […]
Greek Style Grape Leaf Soup Recipe — Paleo, Allergy Friendly, Easy
I sometimes give up when it comes to food photography; certain foods seem impossible to photograph in a way that makes people seeing those pictures want to eat them. This, I guess, is one of them. But trust me, despite the picture, it is delicious. I had this idea to make a soup that was […]
Homemade Lahoh Recipe- Yemenite Flatbread, Lahoh- Gluten Free Option, Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, Easy
My oven decided to conk out on me the other day, and I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to do, if I should invest in it and pay a repair person to try and fix it, to buy a new oven, or to manage without it (after I wrote this post, I […]
Cherry Mulberry Crumble Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, Refined Sugar Free Options, Versatile Recipe
I know I’m a great cook. But I also know that what I make sometimes can be somewhat unusual, and acknowledge that some less adventurous eaters may be too intimidated to eat something that I made, and that is ok with me too. There’s this relative that I have that falls into that category. He […]
