I love kale. Be it in stews or smoothies, it's such a versatile and nutritious vegetable. I had never eaten it before coming to Canada and grew to appreciate it pretty quickly. Often, recipes involving kale call for the stems to be removed during prep and the frugal me would … [Read more...]
Berry Kale Smoothie
Smoothie was on the menu for today's breakfast but I had run out of bananas. An avocado made a great substitute for thickening it up, along with some frozen wild blueberries. I love putting baby kale in smoothies as there's no need to remove the stem - great for a quick … [Read more...]
Crunchy Chicken Bites
This was an experiment to test out frying food with crumb coating in the T-fal Actifry. One thing great about this machine is that it uses just one tablespoon of fat to cook, and has an in-built paddle that stirs while it cooks. This makes it really convenient for me to attend … [Read more...]
Roast chicken drumsticks with blueberry marinade
Since starting the AIP, I've been tinkering with approved ingredients to flavour foods and I must say it involves thinking out of the box (my box, anyway). Matching flavours and ingredients is usually intuitive to me, though I have a tendency of layering many flavours (perhaps … [Read more...]
AIP birthday cake (Kuih bingka ubi kayu)
I love cake. Especially layered cakes with luxurious buttercream on them. When I was a kid, I would lick the buttercream icing off and leave the cake untouched (I think I would give the cake slices to my mother...oh dear). When I got older I learned to appreciate the cake … [Read more...]
Frugal bone broth
This is not a recipe, but more of some useful tips for making bone broth: Save bones from roasts and toss them in the freezer. for making future batches of bone broth. Keep the peels of vegetables such as carrots and celery and the stem of cauliflowers in a bag/container in … [Read more...]
Lotus root soup (bone broth-based)
Bone broth is really big in the Paleo/ traditional foods circle and there are probably countless blogs out there detailing the hows and whys and benefits of bone broth. When I first heard of bone broth, my first thought was: Isn't this how soup is made? It is remarkably similar … [Read more...]
Quick lemonade
When I was a kid, we would have a bottle of cordial in the fridge to make drinks for guests and I would sneak into the kitchen to make a drink for myself from time to time (other kids do that with cookies from the cookie jar, mine was cordial...). Thankfully that habit has worn … [Read more...]
Nam Prik Kapi
This is a fantastic spicy Thai condiment that is unfortunately not AIP-compliant. I really ought to come up with an AIP version, if possible... Some folks find the odour of shrimp paste offensive, especially during the toasting process, but I find it absolutely divine (kind of … [Read more...]
Roast Pork Knuckle
Recipe using the last of the lovely pastured pork ordered from Ferme d'ORée. Can't wait for the fall delivery! Inspired by Noob Cook's recipe for roast pork belly, which is really awesome! Also: http://triathlonchef.blogspot.ca/2010/06/roast-pork-knuckle.html Serves 3-4 … [Read more...]
