I’m excited to announce the winner of the new online cooking class, Go Grain-Free: Cooking for Ancestral and Healing Diets!
You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to ferment summer squash and zucchini. Better yet, it’s a great way to use up all that extra summer squash and zucchini.
But first, a quick tidbit. A lot of people ask what the difference is between summer squash and zucchini.
Zucchini is a type of green summer squash but you can use any type of summer squash in these recipes. In the first picture below you’ll see a variety of summer squashes. (more…)
Did you know that when you go out to eat you’re probably eating genetically-modified organisms (GMOs)?
They’re in the oils that restaurants use.
Namely, corn, cottonseed, canola and soybean oils. The majority of these are genetically-modified.
They’re probably also in the foods in your house. Go to your cupboards and fridge right now. You’ll see them in there. They’re also hidden in things like soy lecithin, hydrolyzed soy protein, soy flour, soy milk, high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, corn meal, dextrose, glucose, maltodextrin and so many more of those bizarre ingredients you see in packaged foods. (more…)
Welcome to my second ever giveaway!
My fellow Long Islander, Dr. Jill Tieman of Real Food Forager has just released her new online cooking class, Go Grain Free: Cooking for Healing and Ancestral Diets (more…)
When I meet with clients and recommend a grain-free diet, I have to admit, I cringe a bit inside. I can see the look on people’s faces as they start to mentally compute all the things they’ll no longer be able to eat.
Good-bye breakfast cereals. Good-bye muffins, pastries, donuts, pizza, sandwiches, pasta, etc etc.
Yikes! I know it can be a little intimidating.
But here’s the good news: it’s not as hard as you think! (more…)
Making ginger ale is so easy you wouldn’t believe it. That being said, when I made ginger ale for the first time, it was a comedic disaster. The ginger ale recipe I used called for fresh lime juice. But instead of using the juice of fresh limes I used concentrated bottled lime juice (which I mistook for fresh lime juice).
It was limey, to say the least.
It was also gross.
When I realized my mistake, I tried it again. And it came out beautifully. But I know what you’re thinking…
I will give you five reasons: (more…)
Can you believe it’s September 1st? Where does summer go?! It seemed like just yesterday the strawberries were coming in and summer would last forever.
Well, I’m not ready to give up on summer yet. That’s why I’m starting my first post of September with a look back at August.
This is also the first edition of what I’m calling my “Top Five Fearless Links”, a monthly recap of my favorite blogs of the previous month.
In no particular order, here are my top five favorites of August: (more…)
I love when the teacher becomes the student.
This happens every so often with clients that so embrace traditional foods that they start teaching me new tips and tricks around the kitchen.
And this happened recently with Amy, my client that I featured in my last blog series on autoimmune diseases.
Amy has really embraced fermentation. She makes her own yogurt, whey, cream cheese and fermented vegetables.
And when she told me she was going to make her own ginger ale, I was inspired to try it myself. (more…)
Cooking real food, caring about it and accessing it sure can feel like a lonely place sometimes. Some days it just seems the whole world is eating crap and no one cares.
I look around sometimes and shake my head in disbelief at what people eat. It makes me sad and angry what the industrial food system is doing to our planet.
But the good news is that there’s a growing movement back to real, traditional food - food that respects the environment, animals and people.
Just knowing there are so many people who do care, who are creating change, who are sharing their stories, their success and failures can mean so much. I know it does for me.
And that’s why connecting with this movement is so important. (more…)
Yes, it’s that time again already! Another Get At The Roots 12 week weight loss class is starting on September 27th and even though there’s still a month to go, NOW is the time to sign up. (more…)