I haven’t been posting much lately, because I’ve been getting out more. Before going natural, and until my body really began to right itself, the summer heat would keep me comfortably indoors in front of my fan most of the time. Now, it doesn’t stop me, but I have had to make some adjustments for [...]
Tags: energy, haifa, increased energy, progress, spreading the word, thoughts
Searching for natural alternatives to “crack in a bowl” (soup made with Ukrainian vegetable stock powder), I set about to find parsnips. They’re one of the ingredients listed on the packet, and responsible for the unique flavor. Excited to find some at my local shouk, I peeled them, chopped the root up with the leaves, [...]
Tags: food safety, parsnip, parsnip leaf, parsnip leaves, parsnip leaves toxic, poisonous, toxic
I’ve been experimenting with more chicken gizzard recipes. This time around, after hearing about what goji berries are really used for in Asia, I decided to give it a go myself. As it turns out, goji berries are one of the most perfect seasonings for chicken or really any other poultry. It may be because of [...]
Tags: chicken gizzard, chicken gizzards, gizzard, gizzards, goji berries, goji berry, wolf berries, wolf berry, wolfberries, wolfberry
This time around, I tried slow cooking the gizzards, and they came out beautifully. My husband says they’re just like his mom used to make. This time, they were more palatable to me. They were soft kind of like the pearl of the chicken back. The taste and texture reminded me of that. If I [...]
Tags: chicken gizzards, depression era, eastern european, eastern european cooking, economical, gizzard stew, gizzards, healthy cooking on a budget, healthy food on a budget, healthy on a budget, jewish, jewish cooking, polish, polish cooking, polish food, pupik, pupik berotev, pupik stew, recession recipes, soul food, soulfood, stew
Today I found a source for pork fat, and made my first solo attempt at cooking some chicken gizzards.
Tags: chicken gizzard, curcevan, fat, gizzard, haifa, kurkevan, kurkevanim, lard, pork fat, pupik
Today I experimented with freshly made hominy, and came out with a very nice hominy dressing/stuffing.
Tags: cooking hominy, grits, hominy, hominy dressing, mexican, native american, savory porridge, southern, spoon bread
One more reason to buy local and seasonal.
Tags: apple, crispy oat, fire roasted oat, haifa, israel, local produce, oat, oats, organic apple, shouk, small apple
I found out the hard way that I have a buckwheat allergy.
Tags: allergen, allergy, buckwheat, buckwheat allergy, food allergy, lesson learned
A recipe and instructions for making Druze pita, a thin bread made with mildly fermented dough that is excellent for wraps or broken into flatbread crisps.
Tags: bread, bread for wraps, bread recipe, carbs in moderation, druse, druse pita, druze, druze pita, fermented bread, lafa, lafah, low carb, middle east, middle eastern cooking, middle eastern recipe, moderate carb, pita, pita bread, tabun, tabun bread, wrap, wrap bread
Month 1: Fighting fat with fat.
Tags: animal fat, fat, fats, hydrogenated, olive oil, vegetable oil
