Build Your Own Dogs and Tots
Each Build-Your-Own family meal generally comes with one plant based item that everyone can eat. To that item, add either an animal protein for the carnivores in the house or more plants! Inspiration for this meal – Fair Corndogs! When the County Fair rolls around each year, we eat junk. We do so with no […]
Stupid Simple Sunflower Seed Flour
So easy it’s fool-proof! But why bother? If you have a nut allergy (or gluten intolerance), you can usually replace nut flours with seed flours. It is not only easy, but less expensive to make your own rather than buy hard to find seed flours. When you process your own foods as needed, they generally […]
Black and Orange Ramen – gf and vegan
This is not just for looks! This is so yummy. These orange and black flavors compliment each other so beautifully. Please do not leave anything out. Sweetness from the squash is so well balanced with the flavor punch of roasted bell peppers and the savoriness or the ginger-carrot broth. If you like some heat, gotta […]
Autumn Roasted Veggies
Roasted anything (almost anything) is so good! Crunchy browned bits, sweet caramelization, salty buttery unciousness… what’s not to love? Each season offers its own bounty of roastable produce. In autumn and winter having the oven cranked up to 400° or 450° is a bonus. You get delicious food AND a warm fragrant kitchen. So in addition […]
Wontons Skins (Wrappers) for Specific Diets – Gluten-free, Vegan, or Paleo
My family loves wontons! We like them fried up crispy. We like them cooked in soups. We like them steamed like dumplings. We like them savory. We like them sweet. We would eat them in a box… we would eat them with a fox… Pretty much any way a wonton can be served works for […]
Kitchen Lab – Dough Method for Paleo Wonton Skins (Wraps)
Paleo Pasta Dough for Gluten-Free paleo Wonton Skins Because the original wonton wrapper is basically formed from flour and egg, it makes sense to look for flour blends and doughs for a paleo-friendly alternative. This recipe from Paleo Cupboard for Paleo Pasta works very well as a wonton skin for steaming or cooking in a broth for soup. […]
Build-Your-Own Red Curry and Steamed Anything!
When looking for a simple red curry, with delicious and versatile flavor, my ATK The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook came to mind. Sure enough, on page 62 there it is, an ideal recipe that can be easily modified for a BYO family dinner. The recipe makes use of prepared spice blends and pantry tomato, great for […]
Pickled Jalapenos and 5 AwesomeSauces
A super cool selfless couple, my friends, are learning Spanish to do volunteer work. Before they move away their local buddies felt that they needed a proper send-off, with a little inspiration. We are talking songs, costume skits, dance, and food… so much food. Tacos, of course! But also rice and beans, yuca, fried plantains, chicken […]
Build-Your-Own Asian Salad and Crispy Wontons
Any salad makes for an elegant Build-Your-Own meal. Add make-ahead wontons for some crunch and you have an easy power meal. You probably will not have leftover wontons, but if you do they are still yummy eaten at midnight by refrigerator light… not that we would ever do this. If you have leftover salad base, then […]
Easy Pork and Cabbage Wontons – A Make-Ahead Freezer Favorite!
When you make these, make a ton! Prep once and you are all set to make crispy fried or baked wontons with dips, steamed dumplings, or wonton soup in minutes any time you like! Pork and Cabbage Filling If you want to cook once and eat many times, make extra filling and freeze it in batches, […]