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Berries with Honey-Lavender Whipped Cream

[This post first appeared on the Portland Farmers Market Blog] Summer means berries, cream and lavender – and sitting on the front porch. I recently gave a presentation on some basic nutritional...

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Product Pick of the Month: Red Boat Fish Sauce

Today I’m going to share a chef’s secret with you.  It’s how to get that certain “je ne sais quoi” into your cooking with almost no effort and very little expense.  We all know about salty, sour,...

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Beet and Orange Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

Beet and Orange Salad with Basil Vinaigrette may convert even the most strident beet-o-phobes. Much like the current political climate, beets breed polarization.  You either love ‘em or you don’t....

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Tomato Tamarind Beef

Product Pick of the Month: Tamarind Paste Around about this time of year I’m looking for a little brightness, some relief from the cool, gray Pacific Northwest skies.  I pop on an orange jacket or a...

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Day 2 of Ferment-of-the-Day

Pickled Sugar Snap Peas with Shallots and Mint Sugar snap peas are coming on strong in my garden right now.  I think I’ll end up with multiple quarts of these.  I paired some of them with fresh mint...

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Day 3 of Ferment-of-the-Day

Red Sauerkraut with Cumin, Caraway and Apple I made a big buy on cabbage the other day, so I’ll be doing several versions of sauerkraut to sample at my class, How to Make Fermented Vegetables, on June...

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Day 4 Ferment-of-the-Day

Latin American Sauerkraut Today’s ferment, on the road to the How to Make Fermented Vegetables class, is Latin American Sauerkraut.  It’s a standby in our family, so I made a lot – about 3 liters....

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Day 5 of Ferment-a-Day

Beet Kvass: A Beverage I was getting thirsty, so this is the first beverage in my Ferment-a-Day project.  You can taste all of these ferments, and more, plus learn to make them at my class: How to Make...

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Day 6 and 7 of Ferment a Day

Golden Beet Kvass and Red Kraut with Juniper Berries I got a little behind this week, so you’re getting two ferment ideas today on the road to my class, How to Make Fermented Vegetables.  I posted a...

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Day 8 and 9: Jackson Pollock Kraut, etc.

Jackson Pollock Sauerkraut and  Fermented Cabbage Juice As you can already tell, if you’re following this fermenting journey on the road to my class, How to Make Fermented Vegetables, it’s really...

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8 Ways to Stay on the Nutritional Track When You’re on Vacation (Plus Bonus...

I like to stay on track, nutrition-wise, when I go away, really I do, but it’s hard, right? You’re away from the responsibilities of taking care of work, kids, pets, and home, and maybe you’d like to...

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Salt Exonerated and a Recipe for Seaweed Salt

Take it with a grin of salt.  –Yogi Berra Are you old enough to remember the Lay’s potato chip advertising slogan, “Bet you can’t eat just one”? Even if you’re not, I’m guessing you know the feeling....

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Help! I’ve Been Raabed!

Discovering a Powerful Anti-oxidant, Anti-inflammatory Vegetable: Raab I’m a pretty experienced cook, but I learned something new in the kitchen this weekend. I love it when that happens! Thanks to a...

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Perfectly Hard Cooked and Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs made with pastured eggs and homemade mayonnaise make a nutrient dense, delicious and beautiful addition to a potluck table, or a lunch box!   When Life Gives You Eggs… Right about now you...

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Raw Asparagus Pesto

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts. –Charles Lamb Spear! Spear! The Gang’s All Here! Nothing says “spring” like asparagus.  The season for local asparagus is fleeting, and since I avoid buying...

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Coconut Curry Noodles: All the Fun Without the Carbs

Rich, spicy, noodly Coconut Curry Soup is better than take-out.   One of the things I miss sometimes when eating a diet low in starchy foods is a good bowl of noodle soup: Japanese udon, Singapore...

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Salad in Winter? Don’t Be Radicchio-less!

Over the years, as I’ve taken small steps (my favorite approach to any kind of important change) on the way to improving my diet and health, I’ve tended more and more toward eating locally and in...

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Radish Greens

Okay, so I missed St. Patrick’s Day, but I’m not Irish anyway and this recipe idea is good for most of the other 364 days of the year, especially the spring ones. I had a friend in junior high school...

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