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Nettle Quiche With Almond Crust
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
Being on a restricted diet presents an interesting challenge when invited to a pot luck. Do we bring all of our own food and don't share? Seems rude. Do we eat the stuff that looks safe? Seems risky. Do we bring a dish that combines both protein and vegetable and then eat only that? Bingo. What better way to combine protein and vegetable for a spring... -
Here is an easy crumb crust, both for baked and unbaked pies. If using it for a sweet dessert, I add a half tablespoon of honey. If for savory, like a quiche, I leave the honey out. Enjoy! Almond Crust makes a single 9" pie crust 3 c crispy almonds 1/4 t fine sea salt 1/2 T honey (optional) 4 T unsalted butter, cut into 8 or 10 chunks 1 large egg...
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Transforming Leftovers - Rabbit Pesto Saut
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
This post is a part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesday. The other night we had a truly delightful sit-down dinner of roasted rabbit with nettle-walnut pesto, spring fennel & strawberry salad, and broccolini. So the next day when I got home after dark, exhausted from hours of driving people here and there, who could blame me for wanting to... -
Spring Fennel & Strawberry Salad
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
Nothing could have made me happier than finding the first fresh strawberries of the season at a local farmers' market, and that's just what happened last Saturday at Market Q! We had a couple of them right away but didn't want to eat too many at once. We're still adjusting to being on the full GAPS diet, and we take new foods slowly and carefully. Strawberries... -
Sometimes people send me questions, and I'd like to share the answers. I'm going to start posting these Q&A's as blogs, with personal details obscured. If you send me a question and *don't* want me to share it, or want specific things changed, please let me know. Here's the first: I can not link to books on this site. If you want the links with pictures...
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Early spring in Portland, Oregon means fresh basil is still months away - but pesto doesn't have to be! Yesterday we harvested Stinging Nettles. We dried some for tea, scrambled some up with eggs, and used the rest for this Nettle-Walnut Pesto. The flavor is fresher and milder than basil pesto, and you don't have to worry about pine mouth. Here's the recipe...
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Back in "Lawn, Really?" we discussed the reasons lawn has had such a negative impact on the environment. In "Choosing Lawn" and "Installing the Lawn" we decided on a MicroClover blend and installed the lawn. But now it needs taking care of! Right now the lawn is still coming up. Here are the tricks we'll use to maintain a more sustainable lawn, once it...
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Yesterday we were pleasantly surprised to find that the property hosting our friend's birthday camp-out was full of nettles! Yes, the stinging kind. The owners were happy to let us collect them to our heart's content, though they were a bit curious about our plans for them. Nettles have a wide range of medicinal uses, but we like them best as a delicious...
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Back in "Lawn, Really?" and "Choosing Lawn" we decided to make a lawn in an area that I'd sheet mulched, grown potatoes in, and then let go to weed. When working on the design for our whole lot, we realized that the arbor next to the carport in this area hadn't been successful because the area was so high traffic, so I took it out and saved the lumber...
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In "Lawn, Really?", we decided that we needed a place to share meals, relax, and enjoy the sun, and where it should be. Now we had to decide what to use for a ground cover! I set out to researching our options for creating an area with the functionality of a lawn. We were especially interested in eco-lawn products, and some flowering lawns can be truly...
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This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesday! No matter what your special diet, it's likely you'll get tired of it. When that happens, it's not pretty. Here are some of the keys to living with limited food choices - we'd love to see you share your tips as well! Learn to Love Leftovers... Later Leftovers are the convenience foods...
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I used to be an anti-lawn crusader. Everywhere I went, the lawn went, too. So when we moved in to our current place, the first thing I did was dig out lawn, sheet mulch large areas, and put in veggies and fruit trees wherever I could. While we didn't end up meeting all our needs with this approach, the soil is much improved and our fruit trees and shrubs...
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Twice a year I take our Camp Fire club to Camp Namanu. Camp Fire Columbia has a great club program! We stay in a cabin for two nights, play games, sing songs, have camp fires... and we eat in the dining hall with all the other clubs. The kitchen is run by volunteers, the costs are kept low, and the food is aimed at keeping the masses happy. Pretty much...
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Hidden Onion And Turnip Borscht
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
One of the best things about the GAPS diet is what it has done for our picky kids. We once had one sugar-crazed kid who wouldn't eat meat and one meat-crazed kid who wouldn't eat vegetables. While things are still far from perfect, at least our vegetarian is eating meat and our carnivore is eating more vegetables. They will now eat nearly any vegetable. ... -
We had an entire pig liver from the last time I bought half a pig. Pig liver isn't known as the choicest of livers, but I'm determined to use it as more than just dog and cat food. And what have people been using for centuries to hide the stuff they don't want to eat? Sausage! So I took my Pork & Fennel Sausage Patties recipe and added chopped liver...
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Wait, Real Food From Real People Is *less* Expensive?
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
Most of have an image of the local farmers' market as the place where rich people go to buy their expensive heirloom tomatoes, eggs, and artisan cheeses. Turns out, though, markets are not just a place for rich folks to shop. In a recent study done in Vermont and published in The Atlantic, researchers found that, with the exception of eggs and potatoes... -
This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesday! I really wanted to make these sausages for breakfast, but it just never worked out. So I made them for dinner! If you are sensitive to eggs or don't have any, you can leave them out. I just put them in to stretch the pork. I might even add 4 eggs next time. The herbs are also flexible...
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Egyptian Mummy Reveals Awful Truth
domesticactivist posted a blog entry in The Liberated Kitchen, redux
How's that for a Weekly World News headline! The American medical community wants us to believe that heart disease is a modern invention. Our hearts are failing because we're sedentary. We eat too much sugar and meat. We smoke and we're stressed out. To beat heart disease, we need to get more exercise! Quit smoking! Quit stressing! Eat less sugar! Cut... -
This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesdays. Jupiter said, "This tastes like Camp Namanu chicken fingers, only better, because it's healthy!" I have mixed feelings about my kid comparing my lovingly prepared grain and vegetable oil free oven fried chicken to processed crap. But I guess I'll take the compliment as it is intended...
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No matter what your special diet is, it will take some doing to stick to it. I don't even think about our diet much when I'm at home, because we've set ourselves up for success. The whole family is cooperating, the foods we can eat are easy to get to, and the foods we can't eat right now are out of sight and out of mind. But it gets a lot harder when...
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I think Day 4 might be even more boring than Day 3. Check your kraut. Fix the water level if needed. I'm going to leave you to your own fermenting devices now. Check your kraut daily. I'll post again when something interesting happens with this batch. Until then, good fermenting luck!
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Miss something? Go back to Day 1 or Day 2. Day 3 is pretty boring. Check your kraut. Make sure the water level is right. If it's too high, pour some water out of the pint mason jar. Too low, either push down on the jar or add a little brine (1 c water to 1 T salt). Give it a good sniff. Smells like cabbage, huh? Give the friendlies a couple days...
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Miss something? Go back to Day 1! I got up this morning and was just so excited to check on my kraut! It had been sitting on the counter since yesterday and I had pushed down hard on that mason jar every time I passed it. When I went to bed, the water level was almost to the top of the cabbage. I had high hopes that the cabbage would be well submerged...
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This post is part of The Healthy Home Economist's Monday Mania! I have never had any kind of souffle, so I am not sure if these little treats resemble it in any way other than it puffs up and falls. When I hit on this recipe, the kids were immediately in seventh heaven. Souffle is our number one requested food around here. Winter Squash Souffle Serves...
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In the fall, when winter squash are in season and CHEAP, we buy lots of them. We roast 'em, bag 'em, and freeze 'em. That way, we have winter squash puree all year. Winter squash is an incredibly versatile ingredient and adds a nice sweetness to soups. Our favorites include buttercup, ambercup, carnival, delicata, sweet meat, pink banana, and hokkaido...