Wandering through the garden, I pulled this recipe together to do something interesting with a large left-over fresh ham we had roasted. It’s quick, easy to prepare, and delicious served over rice or noodles. Pork, Daikon, and Pak Choi Stir-Fry 1 daikon radish, sliced into rounds (these radishes can grow to be enormous. About 1…
Tag: Real Food
Calamondin Souffle
Calamondins are tiny, extremely sour and flavorful citrus fruits that grow abundantly here in the winter. They are a great lemon substitute with unbeatable orange flavor. Many Southern cooks have their own version of calamondin cake (get a grain-free version here). With a new abundance of milk and eggs, I wanted to make something that…
Creamy Turnip and Tatsoi Soup
It was too hot for turnips to thrive last year, and I hardly got any. I had unluckily set out to grow a turnip trial of four varieties that year, none of which did very well. The year before seemed to be the Year Of The Gigantic Turnip, as I accidentally stumbled on how to…
Sweet And Sour Turnips With Mizuna
In the garden there is currently an abundance of my two favorite kinds of turnips – Scarlet Ohno Revival and Purple Top. I love these varieties for their flavor, color, and prolific harvests – too prolific sometimes! Just last week I was asking a lady at the grocery store who was checking out with…
Milking By Hand
A few days ago, Matilda’s calf was born – it was a beautiful all-Jersey bull calf, leaving no doubt that the Jersey bull Sampson did his job while our Devon/Jersey bull Explorer was off visiting another farm. I have missed the rhythmic, grounding routine of milking. Each day I walk up to the pasture,…
BOEUF BOUILLI AU LARD ET AUX POMMES DE TERRE: Boiled Beef With Bacon And Potatoes
If you have tried making serious broth, or have left-overs from a Pot-au-feu, you will likely find yourself with a cold boiled beef roast. It really doesn’t sound very appealing, but there many French recipes that incorporate cold boiled beef. This one could pass for a rich breakfast, a hearty lunch, or a satisfying dinner….
FILET SAUTE AUX CHAMPIGNONS: Steak With Mushrooms
This is a killer steak recipe – as if steak needed anything to make it any more delicious! There are two parts to this recipe, as it requires a ladleful of Spanish sauce, or Sauce Espagnole to finish off the sauce. Have a pot of broth bubbling on hand to make this recipe super easy…
10 Ways To Celebrate A Destitute Christmas: #9. Baking Cookies
Not only does baking cookies warm up your kitchen and make your house smell delicious, they are also fun to make and good to eat. We don’t eat a lot of sweet things, so baking cookies is a real treat for us. I made this recipe last night just from what I had on hand…
Grain-Free Gingerbread Christmas Cookies
This recipe is a perfect grain-free, naturally sweetened and Paleo-legal alternative to the traditional wheat-based gingerbread cookies. Made with almond flour and sweetened with honey and coconut sugar, these cookies turned out deliciously crunchy, chewy, and fragrant with holiday spices. 3 cups almond flour (and extra for rolling out dough) 3/4 cup coconut sugar 1/2…
Sectioning Citrus
Citrus sections are a delightful way to eat up the abundance of oranges and grapefruit this time of year. With all the pithy white and membranes removed, even the pickiest of eaters will delight in a bowlful. When I first had sectioned oranges at my in-laws’ house, I wondered how on earth they had spared…
Real French Dressing
I’ll never forget the moment I stepped inside Tata Gabby’s apartment building in France. The beautiful wrought-iron grating clanged behind us as the door shut out the streets of Nice and the bright summer’s day. We were enveloped in dimness as we walked up two flights of beautifully tiled stairs. I struggled to drag…
Cassava Stuffing – An All Local/Homegrown Recipe
There is nothing to inspire thankfulness and gratitude more than sitting down to a meal that is all home grown. When all the sweat and worry is yours, when you have watched the seasons turn as small seeds became large plants, as chicks became pin feather-studded adolescents, and finally a flock of magnificent birds with…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 