Phew! I’m sure you can relate when I say I’ve been busy the last two weeks! Earlier this week I spent time with my mother, aunt, sister and cousins in San Francisco. We stayed right on Union Square at the Sir Francis Hotel. Have you heard of that hotel? It’s truly remarkable. The building is old …
Recipes
So you made your first batch of fermented traditional pickles and you want to know what to do with them? Lucky for you, all of these recipes feature a fermented food that can be made ahead from the Culturing and Fermentation section.
Vegan Curried Lentil and Quinoa Winter Stew
No, you don’t need glasses… okay well maybe you do, I don’t know you’re life like that. But you read it right, lentils and quinoa IN THE SAME STEW. I know, I know, mind blown. But why not? Both are fiber and protein packed little bundles of delicious. They also happen to make excellent thickening …
Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Leftover Holiday Ham
Did everyone have (is having) a wonderful holiday season? Hopefully, you are filled to the brim with family, fun and that foreboding cloud hanging over your head asking, “What am I going to do with all this leftover holiday ham?” Have no fear friends. I planned this one out like a month ago and I …
Three Ingredient Vegan Sorbet with Persimmons
Yes friends! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! Or at least the moment I’ve been waiting for. Finally got around to doing something with those Hachiya persimmons and LET ME TELL YOU… real good stuff. VEGAN SORBET good stuff! 1. Okay, I know it’s cold outside and I know sorbet is cold. (I’ve been …
Easy Roasted Root Vegetables with Fennel and Persimmon
Get Cultured Ktchn Sometimes it can be hard to reinvent the wheel. My family has our tried and true favorites at the holiday table… and our not so favorites. But there they are all the same. I don’t know, maybe it’s the comfort of tradition, maybe it’s that one person at the table who loves that dish. …
Perfect Sustainable Seafood Pasta
Get Cultured Ktchn Hey friends! Are we loving this fall weather or what?! And this fall food?!?! Mmmm, warming spices, pumpkin and other squash varieties… PERSIMMONS? Okay, I know most people don’t eat persimmons… and I know they have nothing to do with seafood pasta… but I literally wait in excitement for them all year long and just had …
Basic Vegetable Lacto-Fermentation Recipe
Get Cultured Ktchn One of the easiest ways to enjoy the benefits of fermented foods is pickling vegetables via lacto-fermentation. Not only is the flavor incomparable to vinegar preserved pickles, but they provide a host of probiotics. Also, they don’t require any special equipment to make! And isn’t that a huge bonus in our hectic lives? Our intestinal tract is full of billions of …