Noodling About with Spiral Slicers & Thai Nut Butter Sauce

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Noodling 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...

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Raw & Vegan Thousand Island

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Raw & 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...

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Corned Beetroot

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Corned Beetroot

Erm… WHAT and cabbage?   Strange as it may sound, I honestly had no idea what “corned beef” was, or how such a thing was made, until just a few short weeks ago. I suppose it’s possible that some morbid curiosity at the name was what led me to sit still for long enough to find out… Cheers for the cringes, Food Network! ๐Ÿ˜› Perhaps that’s only to be expected from someone who never really engaged in consumption of such things (though I can hardly believe that my 25th...

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Raw Vegan Gluten-free/Grain-free Rye

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Raw Vegan Gluten-free/Grain-free Rye

As promised!   This post shall be installment two of my Feast Day of of St. Patrick / Springtime series of posts leading up to completion of Raw/Vegan Reuben Pizza Pie. Before beginning, I would very much like to thank all of those who were so kind as to respond with so much positive & uplifting feedback on Saturday’s Super Simple Sauerkraut post (how’s that for alliteration? ๐Ÿ˜‰ ). I can’t wait to hear about how nicely your projects turn out! =) Although this particular formula has been...

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Super Simple Sauerkraut

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Super Simple Sauerkraut

Happy Spring!   In the spirit of all things fresh and green, I’ve decided to share my “Pi Day” project as part of a series of answers to commonly requested recipes. Please consider this as my St. Patrick’s Day gift to all, of which this post shall be the first installment. This is an absolutely ideal time of year for a thorough cleanout of body as well as environment, and what better way to enjoy participation in such than enjoyment of cleansing foods made with fresh seasonal...

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