Lunar Noodling – Heirloom Apple/Butternut Pasta & Sunflower Seed Butter Sauce
Happy Lunar New Year! This time of year marks that particular moment when many of us (myself included) choose to observe onset of a new full calendar reset – and in this case the Year of The Monkey. In honour of kindred primates worldwide, this seems more than an appropriate time to celebrate with the best possible food to fuel primates of all species (including humans): FRUIT! As it seems that ritual accompanies the onset of each new year, symbolism always plays an integral role in the way many of us are...
Read MoreNoodling About with Spiral Slicers & Thai Nut Butter Sauce
Warm greetings to you, kind reader, and a bittersweet farewell to 2015 As promised per my previous post, I have more to share in relation to some testing I’ve been doing of various attachments acquired for use with the KitchenAid Artisan series stand mixer I’ve recently inherited upon the passing of my dear father. This holiday season has been incredibly difficult without him, and experimentation with one of his most liked gadgets was meant to bring a bit of joy into a heart-heavy journey...
Read MoreRaw & Vegan Thousand Island
Thousand Island? I always found this particular dressing to be incredibly odd, right down to the name. What exactly is it? How did it come to be known by such a strange name? Does it ever go off? Is that colour really natural? O_o Growing up in a household which may possibly have been considered to be the polar opposite of vegan, I noticed a rather strange habit my father had of persistently stocking our pantry to the gills with hos own regular “staples” (none of which ever seemed to consist of...
Read MoreRaw Vegan Halloween Treat: Sweetza
Happy, Happy, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This year it’s no tricks, all treats, and As promised in my previous entry, hereinlies my multi-part recipe post for raw vegan sweet pizza which is lovingly referred to here as… Sweetza Before beginning this project, please be sure that you have properly prepared your whole, raw oat groats by soaking and fermenting them for long enough to reduce the phytic acid content so that your body will remain primed to receive (& properly absorb) all nutrients to be...
Read MoreHealing, Compassion, Evolution, & Rediscovering Oats
Happy Halloween! Today also marks the three year anniversary of the cycling accident in Los Angeles which completely shattered my right knee, placing me in a wheelchair for over a year and preventing me from returning home to my very busy life in New York City. As such, I now think of this time as my “rebirthday” since my entire existence was forever changed on that day and I was bound to begin all over again from virtually naught. During the initial time of the accident, I was absolutely terrified of...
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