sweet and salty seedy nut bars
sometimes inspiration will carry me to the kitchen to bake something, but when i open the cupboards the ingredients are dismal. i wanted to make granola bars but as i eyed the most discouraging amount of oats i had ever encountered, i thought it might not happen. just then i spied small amounts of different seeds and nuts all over the cupboard, so instead of sulking away empty-handed, i got a little creative. i toasted them all up in a dry frying... Read More
raw hot chocolate
you’re probably asking yourself how it can be both raw and hot at the same time. without actually cooking, if blended on high for a few minutes anything will warm up. it’s a tip often used by raw foodists to make raw soups more appetizing. after a few minutes of blending the combination of fresh homemade buckwheat milk, raw chocolate powder and agave syrup gather a froth just like the real thing. but this treat is much lighter,... Read More
super simple okra and miso marinara over soba noodles
last week at the farmers’ market a customer came up to my stand and told the girl i work for that her recipe for okra was amazing. obviously i had to get it and see what it was all about. the recipe as she told it was, “half and onion, some okra and some tomato, chop chop chop, fry in some oil, then add oyster sauce.” sounded easy enough, and while i didn’t feel like enjoying any oyster sauce in the mix, i had red miso... Read More
toasted buckwheat porridge
i find buckwheat tasty. i’ve posted before about using buckwheat flour and adding it to granola bars, you can even sprout it and eat the greens in your salad. it’s a gluten-free grain that has been associated with reducing cholesterol, improving circulation, and might even be able to treat type II diabetes. this is a simple way to cook it up as a hardy breakfast, especially great on those cold foggy mornings. Read More Read More
buckwheat blueberry pancakes
i’m not the biggest fan of breakfast foods. maybe it’s because i don’t do bacon, ham, eggs or cheese. it could also be that i usually don’t wake up until it’s time for lunch. either way, i’ll eat something tasty and sweet no matter what hour of the day it is, and these hardy little pancakes definitely qualify. Read More Read More
extra seedy peanut butter granola bars
chia was a staple of the ancient aztec diet. i remember trying it at an anthropology museum in middle school, we put out our hands and they dropped a few tiny little seeds in our palms. they didn’t taste much like anything but we were told the aztecs ate them because you only need a little bit to get full. they absorb water and expand in your stomach, how cool is that? they also gained popularity as the seeds that sprout hair for chia pets... Read More