Health, Taste and Tradition
Salt-brined fermented eggs are absolutely delicious. Fermented eggs are SO much tastier than your typical hard boiled egg that I can’t imagine going back to non-fermented eggs. Nicely salted and firm, they are perfect for snacking, egg salad, deviled eggs.
Have you ever had a shawarma or falafel plate with those delicious purple pickles? They are actually fermented turnips! Making homemade lacto-fermented purple pickled turnips is so quick and easy.
Honey fermented garlic is so easy to make, whether you want it for its delicious culinary uses or its immune boosting probiotic punch. The hardest part is peeling a jarful of garlic. After that, all you need to do is pour over some raw honey. Why make honey fermented garlic? Not convinced that you want…
I LOVE spanakopita. Unfortunately, I have a gluten allergy, so I never get to order it in a restaurant. This easy spanakopita recipe uses lasagna noodles in place of the traditional filo, which means it’s much easier to make and can be gluten free!
Simple polenta pizza is a quick and easy alternative crust with a particularly Italian flare. Made with cooked polenta or cornmeal spread out on a baking stone, it is gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and delicious.
My sister’s been going on about the Buddha bowl for a long time. But for some reason I was never interested in trying it. It made me think of the bland, tasteless food that was passed off a vegetarian fare in the 1980’s. Boy, was I wrong…
Homemade sauerkraut is one of the easiest things to ferment. It is a wonderfully reliable ferment and doesn’t take any special skills or ingredients.
Torta di mele is an Italian apple cake that is so rich, so delicious, so absolutely AMAZING that I feel like demanding that EVERYONE try making it right now.
What if you need probiotics but you don’t have time to ferment? I received two emails in the past few months from busy families that really need the health benefits of probiotic foods, but simply don’t have the time to make homemade ferments.
Date caramel sauce is the perfect sugar-free alternative to traditional caramel sauce. Dates provide both the sweetness and the rich caramelly flavour.
Immune boosting kvass is a savoury and flavourful concoction that will make you feel super like you’re transforming into a superhero. It’s full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Gluten free bread always feels a bit… well… gluten free. However, gluten free soda bread is a perfect loaf of bread! It is so quick and easy to make that I often bake a loaf to serve with soup for dinner.
It’s that time of year again… the time of year when everyone seems to be coughing or blowing their nose. While an occasional cold or flu is an inevitable part of winter, you shouldn’t be chronically sick.