I used to eat little cups of magic. They were tiny pods of gelatin that never seemed to melt even though it was outside of the fridge for so long. I thought it was Jell-O. I was told that it was Jell-O. It was not. I was eating seaweed. Agar-Agar or gulaman is a dried… Read More Vegan Piña Colada Jelly Treat (agar-agar, gulaman)
I call spicy peppers “chilis” and sweet peppers “peppers”. It’s just something my brain started doing to help categorize my garden. With that being said, let’s look at a pepper that is occasionally a chili. Shishito! Shishito sounds like a sneeze, but it’s actually an east Asian pepper popular in Korea and Japan. It is… Read More Sesame Shishito Peppers Recipe
Minestrone is peasant food. I say that with no insult. Afterall, I am a peasant myself. Like many soups and stews, it is made using whatever remnants of produce is available at the end of a week. It is a clever combination of leftovers. This is particularly useful during the early growing season or during… Read More Vegan Grain-free Minestrone
Growing Taro Root A couple of months back, I purchased some taro root from my local Asian grocer. Filipinos know the vegetable as gabi but Americans may know it as Elephant ears. There are certain varieties that are more suited for culinary use so, don’t toss the elephant ear tubers you got at the plant… Read More How to plant taro root (gabi) and a Vegan Laing Recipe.
Occasionally, I’ll leave a few days on my meal calendar blank. On these days, I challenge myself to come up with a dish on-the-fly. I usually fall back to a noodle dish or a soup, most of the time it is both. I turn to ramen. I use the term “ramen” to describe any soup… Read More How to Make Impromptu Ramen. (plus a recipe)
Every Sunday, I sit down at a calendar and begin planning the meals for the week. Every meal is thought out ahead of time and I rarely deviate from my plan. There are questions I ask myself when I plan the weekly meals that dictate most of my choices. What do we have already? What… Read More How I Plan my Meals
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