Hello friends! I am sorry I’ve disappeared for a while. I’ve been reworking the focus of Get Cultured Kitchen and getting ready to post a series of really useful posts I’m really excited about! So far Get Cultured Kitchen has been mostly focused on bringing seasonal recipes and teaching you how to source food ingredients …
Spring
Easter Quiche with a Root Vegetable Crust
Guys, the weather here in Northern California has been mag-i-cal. Sunny, but not too hot. The evenings are crispy, but not cold enough to need a jacket. I can spend all day outside gardening and not get over heated. What did I tell you? Magic. No matter what you are doing you will be comfortable! …
The BEST Homemade Ketchup- High Fructose Corn Syrup Free
GUYS. I am so beyond excited to share this recipe with you! Once you make homemade ketchup you will NEVER. GO. BACK. TO. STORE. BOUGHT. AGAIN. EVER…. EVER. Okay truth be told, I have never liked store bought ketchup. It is sickeningly sweet to me and even though I would try it from time to …
Fail Proof Homemade Mayonnaise
Hey guys! Holy smokes it is such a beautiful day today in the San Francisco Bay area. It’s sunny, the flowers are starting to bloom, the birds are singing and there is so much to be grateful for. Today has been a rough week for me, but knowing I have so many supportive people in …
Home-cured Corned Beef and 1000 Island from Scratch
I’ve wanted to make synthetic-nitrate free home-cured corned beef for a couple of years now and I’m so grateful I finally took the plunge! It’s actually really easy and hands off. And I can definitely contest it is way more flavorful and healthy than the sodium, “natural flavor” and preservative laden store bought variety. As a side …
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 …