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Stunning.

Oven? Parchment?

Oh snap @mtaratoot & @Safari_Gal_ Those look so good. Chokes I think are so pretty Im willing to do the work for. I usually do a roasted pre-split version in foil packets to deal with the fluffy prickly bits on the front end. Don’t like to present them :) Asparagus. I rarely hit it quite right. But when I do... raw. In.…

Halfway to homemade tofu. Soy milk: Salad (okara, tofu ‘waste’ product into a ricotta thing, roasted cauliflower, spinach in miso dressing. Why photos being annoying? Size issue?

Ferns I leave alone so far. Happy to try if someone else wants to demo proper technique. I butchered some burdock root years ago- great lesson in the chasm between ‘I saw a recipe on google’ and ‘oooh, this makes more sense.’ Same for nettles. My sister tells me they are great. I’m great at paying folks to sell me weeds…

Cheated last night- grabbed a glass noodle salad from a local fusion place. Shrimp, ground chicken, herbs, glass noodles, lots of light vinegar chili lime dresssing. Added: a head of micro-shredded green cabbage. More cilantro. Some shredded broccoli stalks, some quick roasted broccoli (blistered in coconut oil, splash of…

Dang! Which company are you using? I’m dying of jealousy. I have yet to choose a vendor that delivers that degree of rainbow.

Thank you, Produce Peeps. I needed this visual playground tonight.

Oh shoot, did I never report back? I did make- I had everything but the balsamic (only have a mission fig dark balsamic in house usually, and I knew that would totally ruin the concept) and scallions (love them but pricey everywhere except Ranch99 so only have them when I’ve been there), also I used ‘bagel seasoning’ for…

:) 1. Micro roasting, I used to do in college- discovered that Brussels sprouts on a stonewear plate would get nearly crispy when cooked for decades beyond prudent... uncovered after the first minute or so. Sprayed with oil, seasonings. Then I just keep adding minutes till they look ‘right’ It probably kills all of the…

Soup was sort of a riff on this: https://www.wildedible.com/blog/chanterelle-bisque-herbed-yogurt-cheese

Stunning.

Sorry you are produce-parched... paprika counts! Take the wins :)

Explaining to a friend my current root obsessions... purple yams (outer bits are white when raw) Microwave gourmet because No Work Life Balance rn... brocco ‘microRoasted’ (it’s a thing. Art form. Or... tragic. You decide..), purple yam (also nuked), salad with thinly shaved fennel, spinach, other stuff. Veggies. And…

-Sharing the miso ❤️... Also, variously: -Roasted carrot soup (not usually into carrots, this was great..) topped with shredded fennel & cilantro. -Coconut mastery... (pry, don’t cut..) -sexy AF cauli. Roasted for dayz. -snack dinner, my style. Hummus, Greek yogurt+tahini+spices ‘dip’, roasted radish (honestly I don’t…

I want to die of produce jealousy rn. All of the Lotus Things I have not had. And grilled things! So. Jealous.

I’ve been living off of variations on the ‘cottage cheese+ produce theme.’ Mine are NOT photo worthy. Urs always are..

So. Much. Produce. Purrrrnnn. Happening here. (I figure eventually they’ll start issuing me kittens for that so beat them to it.) Life finally gave me some moments to make proper meals... these are: (likely not in order) -Bowl of roasted stuff, exact contents forgotten. -Coconut mastery. My game is so on point rn with the…

Oh dang! Stunning.

This feels like produce poetry to me. ❤️🥑

Actually time for real meal tonight - and veg in house! Big crazy salad featuring baby spinach& red leaf, shaved fennel, confetti cut beet, sliced regular red radish, cilantro, lime, tajin seasoning, olive oil mist ... and roasted deeply till crispy cauliflower not-really-gnocchi (Trader Joe’s)... topped with kitten-tons…

Agreed that they are hit/miss. Like all apples. Seriously I appreciate when they do samples. I hate grainy or tasteless or just ‘flat and sweet’ apples and I dislike cooked apples and I dislike food waste... so bad apples become freezer apples for future soup becomes work... 🤦‍♀️

East Bay, CA Apple report, 2020: -Safeway for envy, cosmic crisp (2.99/lb) -Trader Joe’s for the extended Fuji Family (koru, kiku) -FM for the fun varietals, but timing (who can go to FM mid day Tuesday?!?) sux during winter -WF for standard Fuji but only cuyama orchards -WF or 360 market for pink lady, organic honeycrisp…

Dang I’m late to the carrot party but YES @BarbaraHelen2013 and TomWhoIsNotCrazyRavrButBrainWantsToCallHimThat. Thank you for reminding me that I like carrots! I’ll eat the Nantes carrots out of hand. But really prefer deeply roasted ones (shocker, right? Bring out the sugars and my phatgirl comes to the table.) I love a…

I’m no grain expert (at all! My family does a lot more grainy stuff that I do and they all swear by rice cookers for just about all grains, after prepping.) I do a hardcore rinse job (like quinoa) because the saponins (or whatever they are called) in some of the seed-type grains taste funny to me. Then I dry toast ala Tom…

That’s the part that made it to the bowl. (Not the part I ate standing over the stove... or the 2nd bowl of roasted kabocha cubes I had for ‘dessert’ before the montezuma 100% cacao square... s....

I don’t either cuz holes in brain. My neighbor is the genius foraging queen. She knows her trees therefore I trust her to know her shrooms :) She nicely labels them in brown paper bags, writes the Latin. Every time I think ‘brain, hold on to that!’ & then every time my brain says ‘disk defrag required, please see settings’…

Finally time for a bit of real cooking. Lions mane mushroom, cauliflower (par cooked first), seasonings, rice flakes (rice based Panko sub), egg. Roasted with spray coconut oil until deeply darkly sexy. I’m so sad for all of the other cauliflower, ever. It should all be this awesome.

Oh man this was a good day to come play! Apples are my fave. This season, from what’s available locally: -pink lady, if firm -Fuji, but only the cuyama orchards ones (or similar title) -koru & kiku -envy, if skin feels not leathery -honey crisp for certain things, like shaved into salads -Gravenstein Man. I adore apples.…

Y’all would be proud of me. Hotel room produce hacking. Microwave sweet potato topped with hummus, avocado, some nuts. Jicima and carrot raw appetizer served in styrofoam coffee cup. Apple and candied ginger dessert.