Living in Arizona, it’s a little difficult to get good salmon. When we lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado we drove up to the Boulder farmers’ market, from time to time, to get salmon from a fisherman selling there. I still think about that market because it was my favorite. It’s too bad I didn’t get a chance to check out the Crested Butte farmers’ market because that’s supposed to be even more amazing. It doesn’t mean that I can’t visit, though… Read the rest of this entry »
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About a week ago, I received dehydrated water kefir grains that I bought from Cultures for Health. I used to make raw milk kefir often in Colorado, but it just got out of hand and I wasn’t able to drink or use the kefir fast enough. Plus the grains multiplied faster than I could give them away. I enjoy kefir, though, so I decided to try water kefir this time around. Also, it seems to be a lot easier to maintain than kombucha.
By the way, kefir is pronounced keh-FEER not KEE-fer, but for some reason most people prounce it KEE-fer. Anyway, I use organic sugar cane and filtered water with a little trace mineral drops because that’s supposed to help the kefir grains. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a recipe for pozole rojo with pork, but I used chicken. The broth I made simmered for a few days as well. I like my pozole topped with chunks of avocado, micro cilantro, scallion, a little feta cheese, and a squeeze of lemon or lime. I buy my dried hominy from Rancho Gordo online, but I plan to stop by the Native Seeds Search retail store in Tucson soon.
Gado-gado is an Indonesian salad with a spicy peanut sauce that I grew up eating often. I made it for dinner about two weeks ago and it took me right back to my parents’ kitchen and then to the kitchens of my relatives in Indonesia. Food can have that affect on a person’s memory, causing a bit of nostalgia I guess. In our family, we ate with our hands a lot and it’s odd that I don’t do that as often anymore. I need to change that.
The peanut sauce I made pictured above was not that light, but the sun was hitting it in a way that makes it appear too light, which is not the case at all. I just had to point that out… Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, another chocolate chip cookie recipe. What can I say? This one is particularly good. Kim Boyce’s chocolate chip cookies from Good to the Grain. If you don’t have the book, Molly of Orangette has the recipe on her blog. I followed Kim Boyce’s recipe almost exactly. Read the rest of this entry »
