Tuesday Twister
Real-food blogger Wardeh is hosting a Tuesday Twister Blog Carnival, the purpose of which is to share through words and pictures what we’ve had going on, twisting, in our own kitchens this past week.
Here is my recap; can’t wait to see what everyone else has been up to!
1) Sprouts. Expensive to buy, ridiculously inexpensive and easy to do at home. This has been working well, so I bought a couple of half gallon-sized sprouting jars with screen lids and loaded up on radish, mung bean, alfalfa and red clover sprouting seeds.
2) Local bounty. Check out the fresh bay leaves!
3) These titles have been in heavy rotation lately. I gave away my TV 3 years ago, so now I have lots of time to read.
4) Working on a killer dry-rub for local, grass-fed steak. This is espresso powder, raw cacao and powdered Worcestershire. A little bitter this time, but promising.
5) Fried sauerkraut. Like potato latkes, but made with homemade, salt-fermented sauerkraut. Also very promising.
6) Cornbread. Real, honest-to-God organic, non-GMO coarse yellow corn, fresh corn kernels, buttermilk and homegrown peppers. I wish you could have been here to smell it when it came out of the oven.
7) Wild Blueberry Bannock. Soaked flour, kefir, water, baking powder and fresh blueberries. Big success.
8) Moroccan albacore-stuffed yellow tomatoes. Another big success.
9) Black quinoa and roasted red pepper purée. Really good.
Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS™ said,
August 4, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Goodness, Ren! What a fantastic week in your kitchen. I want to try some of everything, even the books (I only recognize NT). Are the recipes for the cornbread and the bannock in the books or online? We do alot of homegrown sprouting, too – sure makes a dent in the grocery budget when you can grow alot of your own greens. Thanks for participating!
Ren said,
August 4, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I published the bannock recipe here a few days ago, but I haven’t had a chance to put the cornbread post up yet.
Thanks, Wardeh! And thanks for the great carnival!
Betsy said,
August 4, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Sprouts by the half-gallon? Who are you feeding, lol? I just bought some little trays to get started with sprouting again. Haven’t done it for probably 30 years. I’m looking forward to some nice fresh sprouts.
Ren said,
August 4, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Did I say half-gallon? I did, didn’t I. I meant to say pint (1/2 quart). Any way, I just can’t stop eating them lately.
Betsy said,
August 4, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Whew!! :)
appliejuice said,
August 4, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Wow, everything looks really good.
I sprouted lentils in 1/2 gallon. My husband and I can’t stop eating them.
Ren said,
August 4, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Thank you! Those sprouts are pure, digestible energy – but you already know that :-)
tiffanystable said,
August 4, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Wow! Looks great, sounds great! I’m hungry.
I’ll be back looking for more recipes.
Thanks