Air-Dry Hang tiny bundles held together with a rubber band or some twine. Or dry on a rack or screen, separating the larger leaves, and placing in a cool, well-ventilated space out of direct sunlight. […]
Coconut Bacon
I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve been living on Coconut Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwiches. Well, breakfast and lunch. I’ve never eaten three in a day, but I have indulged at 6am! Really, I think this is my favorite meal, for as soon as the vine-ripened tomatoes are over, I will immediately start dreaming of […]
Sweeteners
Top, left to right: Confectioners Sugar, Palm Sugar, Jaggery, Piloncilla, Panela, Buckwheat Honey, Wildflower Honey Center, left to right: Superfine/Caster Sugar, Raw/Demerra Sugar, Barley Malt Syrup Bottom, left to right: White Granulated Sugar, Coconut Sugar, Dark Brown Sugar, Light brown sugar, Molasses, Brown Rice Syrup, Coconut Nectar White Sugars White Granulated Sugar – highly refined, […]
Eggs
These are Meg’s eggs. When we had our little farm stand in our barn, we had 100 Araucana chickens. Too many chickens. Now I run down to Kimberton Health Foods and get these. No chicken poop, no roosters attacking, and no headless chickens (don’t ask). Where’s my soapbox. I only buy pastured eggs now. […]
Whole Grains
Here is a primer on cooking whole grains. This will be short; it’s meant to be a reference guide for cooking grains that we can all refer when I’m using grains in recipes. What used to be exotic is now commonplace, with supermarket shelves offering a selection from amaranth to quinoa. Grain bowls are the […]
Homemade Vegetable Broths
Homemade Vegetable Broths Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 30 mins A tale of three broths. Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Cooking Basics Serves: 12 cups Ingredients Vegetable Broth 2 onions, quartered 4 carrots, coarsely chopped 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped 2 potatoes, quartered (optional) 1 sweet potato, […]
Breadcrumbs and Croutons
Breadcrumbs and Croutons Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 12 mins Total time 17 mins Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Serves: 2 to 3 cups Ingredients 1 loaf bread, cut or torn into 1-inch pieces Seasonings Olive oil Butter Herbs, such as rosemary, basil, parsley, tarragon,or thyme Salt Pepper Aleppo dried red pepper […]
German Butterball Potatoes
It’s time for me, as the winter months loom, to come clean about my autumn romance. I wish this rekindled love affair was taking place in Venice, the evening echoes of the water slapping against the sides of the gondolas. Wings of the Dove. But the cool air blowing in the past few days is […]
The Ginger Family
Fresh ginger, turmeric and galangal will transport your recipes across the Indian continent, Southeast Asia and north through Japan, Korea and China. Below are from top left clockwise fresh turmeric, galangal, and ginger. The freshest ginger from the farmer’s market. And some Ginger Turmeric tea for a Spring de-tox. The euphorbias are in bloom. […]
Sea Salt
Top Row: Baleine Sea Salt, Japanese Plum Salt, Matcha Sea Salt, Dried Orange Peel and French Grey Sea Salt, Himalayan Fine Pink Salt, Himalayan Pink Rock Salt Second Row: Japanese Plum Salt, Maldon, Icelandic Black Sea Salt, Fleur de Sel, Himalayan Pink Salt Third Row: Prussian Blue Salt, French Grey Sea Salt, Icelandic Black Sand […]