Falafel. Glorious falafel. Although Egypt can be credited as the origin of this dish, I believe falafel is a true Israeli national dish. I served this with a salad and you can have them in a pita if you are bread kings and queens like my kiddos. These particular falafel really celebrate sesame seeds and … Continue reading Honoring the food of my readers: Israeli falafel and ptitim salad
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Honoring the food of my readers: French Crêpes
Vive la France. Growing up in England, we could go to France fairly easily just across the channel. My first trip abroad was to France when I was just a tiny baby. I even learnt French in school and could still probably pick it back up if necessary. Lark's middle name is a French one … Continue reading Honoring the food of my readers: French Crêpes
Spiced Currants and Salted Almonds
Today is #MakeItMonday, so this post is recorded in conjunction with a Facebook Live post. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I wanted to show you a fun little make ahead fruit and nut course. The currants take a couple of weeks to mature in flavour so that is part of why I am showing … Continue reading Spiced Currants and Salted Almonds
When you’re thankful for Jesus
Happy Thanksgiving. For those of you not from America, today is supposedly a day dedicated to gratitude. I am not even going to attempt to touch on the dubious historic treatment regarding Native Americans. That could definitely be a post of its own. As with most celebrations, the primary focus has strayed and has become … Continue reading When you’re thankful for Jesus
What I learnt about raw ingredients
I was envisaging this phase being a time to find more about flavor by taking cooking out of the equation. I had this romantic vision of experiencing raw food and l would learn so much more about flavor combinations and so on. Raw vegan is no joke. I was eating literally all day long. I … Continue reading What I learnt about raw ingredients
Exploring fat
Fat gets a bad rap. I will be experimenting in this first phase using different animal fats to see what flavors and properties each can impart. They are by nature predominantly saturated. Depending on who you ask, what day it is and the color of their socks, these are either heart disease-causing cholesterol-raising lipids or … Continue reading Exploring fat
The Food Diet Challenge
This is the challenge I have set myself for the next thirty days. --- Phase one: Classical Carnivorous Diet, exploring fats. Fire. Phase two: Ovolacto-carnivorous Diet, exploring cultures. Earth. Phase three: Paleo keto Omnivorous Diet, exploring balance. Quintessence: Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Raw. Phase four: Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, exploring grains. Air. Phase five: Vegan diet, exploring … Continue reading The Food Diet Challenge