My Recipes
My recipes reflect my core beliefs in food and eating well. We should enjoy vibrant, healthy foods that helps us ebb and flow with the seasons, or treat patterns as they arise. I encourage eating local, organic and sustainable foods whenever possible. As such, most of my recipes reflect the food that grows in the region I live - Boise, Idaho. The occasional non-local food will end up on my plate, but I resist foods that are unsustainable, require a lot of resources for growth or transport, or threaten food sovereignty. I am grateful for the huge abundance and variety available to us. The return of small, heritage farms is increasing providing even more options and the chance to further support my community. I hope you enjoy my recipes - April
Peanut Butter Cookies
3 simple ingredients. A childhood favorite of mine.
Gomashio
A classical Japanese seasoning of sesame seeds and sea salt - and maybe a touch more.
Pumpkin Custard And Pie Filling
My favorite pumpkin pie filling.
Curing With Congee
Congee, jook, shi-fan - whatever name you would like to call it - rice porridges are a wonderfully comforting and healing food.
Honey or Maple Spiced Nuts
Wonderful as a snack or a gift.
Gingered Cranberry, Rhubarb Sauce
Cranberry and rhubarb’s tartness marry well will ginger and a little sweetening.
Cranberry And Apple Gingerbread Cobbler
A fantastically warming, old fashioned dessert.
Savory Sweet Potatoes, Beets & Kale
Sweet potatoes, beets, yams and other roots come together in this savory dish. A staple in my home during the cooler months, this dish can liven up breakfast, be a full lunch (add a side of white beans?) and dinner.
Spiced Applesauce
A family favorite.
Tamari Roasted Sweet Potato or Squash
This recipe is an excellent example of how simple is often the ideal. The slow roasting allows the sweetness of the roots or squash to come for forward.
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Bright with lemon, this soup is both comforting and uplifting.
Pumpkin Nog
The flavors of fall - with or without rum!
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Are you carving a pumpkin and enjoying delicious winter squash at your dinner table? Great! Don't toss those seeds, eat them!
Pumpkin Cookies
Pumpkin cookies 2 ways!
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Pumpkin is a fantastic, nutrient rich and inexpensive food. This recipe brings it to the breakfast table.
Black Bean And Sweet Potato Chili
Warming and grounding, wonderful with corn bread.
Pumpkin Spice Recipe
Fragrant, sweet and warming this pumpkin pie spice is great for gift giving to enjoy for yourself.
3 Sisters Salad
The 3 (Three) Sisters are the staple foods of the Indigenous people of the Americas. A legume, corn, and a squash, wisely planted together to support each other’s growth. The nutritional combination is solid. High protein, fiber, vitamin and mineral rich — they all store well and simply delicious.
Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
A wonderfully warming and comforting way to use cranberries and the never-ending supply of pumpkin.
Green Beans with Goat Cheese Walnuts and Honey
Nourishing and satisfying.