My quest for the easiest homemade yogurt is finally over. For a time, my favorite was this hybrid: half raw, half pasteurized yogurt made with milk and cream in a yogurt maker that yielded a consistently thicker yogurt than straight raw yogurt. But then along came Viili, a mesophillic starter culture that simplified my yogurt
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Healthy Homemade Spanish Rice
Meet my new favorite side dish: Spanish rice. You many be thinking… It’s just rice, right? But cooked up with bone broth, smothered in butter or coconut oil, seasoned with savory flavors, and finished with fermented fish sauce – my picky kids devour this stuff, while I sit by, thrilled they are eating my secret
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Easy Chicken Liver Pate
Looking for another way to love liver? Though pâté is widely known as a French delicacy, many cultures have their own version. I was first introduced to chicken liver pate in Italy. While this may sound fancy and romantic, it actually became my fast food while traveling. Okay. It’s Italy. It was still wildly romantic!
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The Best Ever Sprouted Cornbread
I find that some of the best recipes are those that are handed down through the generations, but in this day and age the internet has changed this a bit. You can find an entire spectrum of recipes (from delightfully perfect to completely awful) when you search for something like sprouted cornbread, so it’s hard
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Creamed Spinach And Artichoke Hearts
Are you getting bored with making dinner? Sometimes I just need something new and exciting to spice up the weekly meals. Enter: creamed spinach and artichoke hearts. Seriously, you will never look at spinach the same again. Whenever I try creamed spinach, I tend to have higher expectations than I should. There always seems to be
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Homemade Kombucha Scoby Jerky
Do you brew kombucha? Do you have homemade Kombucha SCOBY cultures coming out of your ears? Ever wonder what else you might do with these beautiful, powerful things? Me too! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, learn how to make kombucha here. Otherwise, read on…) One day my friend Hannah (founder of Kombucha
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Fried Squash and Zucchini Rounds – Grain free
I love quick and easy nutrient dense food. Especially seasonal, elegant finger foods like these fried squash and zucchini rounds. Amidst all the time-intensive bone broths, sauces, and stews, it’s nice to have some easy go-to choices when the fuss and muss are not on the menu. Dinner doesn’t always have to be a grand
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Stuffed Squash Blossoms Recipe
I love this time of year. It is warm enough in the mornings to walk out to the backyard barefoot and fancy-free without getting a chill. I take a morning cup of kvass and poke around my garden in the stillness of the AM. Even if I only have 10 or 15 minutes to do
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How To Make A Perfect Hard Boiled Egg
You might look at this post and think, “Everyone knows how to boil an egg.” Not so my friends. I see people struggle with this all the time and shhhhh…I used to as well. I am sharing my method for how to make a perfect hard boiled egg every time. Why? Because summer is upon
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Saag Paneer – Indian Creamed Spinach
When I was in grad school, I had an addiction…to the Indian buffet around the corner. For a mere $5.95, I could fill my plate with piles of delicious, comforting Indian food that suited both my taste buds and my impoverished student budget. For years after, I tried to recreate the satisfaction of their Indian
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Veggie Hash: Empty Fridge Friday
When it comes to our fridge, every week is the same: The farm box comes on Saturday overflowing with amazing produce, gorgeous eggs from pastured hens, raw milk and cream. Sunday morning we often venture to the farmer’s markets to stock up on beef, lamb, pork, and chicken from our favorite local farmers before an afternoon
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