Amazake and Friday's Lunch
Friday morning I woke up and pulled my amazake ferment out of the fridge, blended it with a bit of water and heated some with cinnamon and ginger. Yum! What a great start to the day. For those not familiar with amazake, it is traditionally a sweet fermented rice drink, but can be made with [...]
Today we un-cooked.
Kim (from the Affairs of Living blog) and I finally got together today to make some food following our initial so-so experiment with a savory scone a few months back. I’ll admit I was both excited and nervous to make raw food with Kim, because her list of food allergies is long (we’re talking far, [...]
Morning Rituals
I have a lot more mornings to myself, even when my lady isn’t on tour. Sometimes I’m very productive, other times I do very little until work! For the past week I’ve been starting my mornings with rawnola and dried fruit and a sprinkling of cinnamon. It’s a little less elaborate than this holiday breakfast [...]
Gluten-Free Gingerbread Buckwheat Pancakes
I don’t really make pancakes all that often. But with a recent work schedule change allowing me to sleep in a few extra days a week, and a chilly change in the weather that has me making excuses to stand in front of the stove, I’ve been making a lot more pancakes these days. It [...]
Raw Coconut and Persimmon Parfait (and giving gluten a rest)
Well, after VeganMoFo, it feels like I dropped off the planet a bit. For a week, anyway This past week has been really stressful, and I’ve been having a hard time making food in general, much less blogging about it. But things are on the upswing (I hope). Early for me on a day [...]
VeganMoFo: Paying Attention
Yesterday’s meal when I got home from work: raw buckwheat crispies with fresh orchard apples, organic strawberries (free from work!), cinnamon, and almond milk. While I wish something like this is what I ate everyday for breakfast or an after-work snack, I’ve been feeling myself slip a little in the awareness department of food and [...]