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Farmers market goodness, early October 2023.

#union square #greenmarket #nyc #fall #slow food #farm fresh

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Other snacks we liked in Berlin.

#berlin #Germany #snacks

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Marheineke Markthalle was cool and we had a good meal there (and there was a cool bookstore called Otherland across the street at Bergmannstraße 25), though our favorite still remains Markthalle Neun in Kreuzberg, where my pork-sandwich-obsessed child goes to get his fix (see below).

Pro tip: it costs 50 cents to use the bathroom in a Markthalle (and in many places in Berlin). If there is an attendant, pay when you leave. If there’s no attendant, you will likely get a slip of paper called a bon that is worth 50 cents that you can apply to your purchase at that location.

#berlin #germany #markthalle #bathrooms #food #lunch #dinner #books #kreuzberg

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Daluma, near Rosenthaler Platz is an essential stop for us when we are in Berlin, and these two dessert-like treats were amazing!

Banoffee was like a healthier and more filling version of raw vegan tiramisu that I used to get from New York’s One Lucky Duck back in the day. Where OLD’s tiramisu was silky decadence for dessert, Banoffee is more of a breakfasty and more substantial meal as opposed to an indulgence.

Couple Goals could be also known as “break up bars” if you’re not careful in sharing. They’re good enough to rip your relationship apart if someone gets greedy.

Not pictured here, but I also really enjoyed their broccoli and quinoa salad with spiral sliced zucchini. That was a great addition to Abend Brot if I didn’t want a heavy meal at night.

Pro-tip: Daluma has a counter in the food hall of KaDeWe (6th floor), but the items are far more expensive there than they are in the store at Weinbergsweg 3, near Rosenthaler Platz.

P.S. just a few doors away from Daluma is a poké place called Wild and Raw, which was amazing. The husband and I very much enjoyed the build-your-own salmon poké bowls. And even though I was very dubious about canned coconut water, the Fountain of Youth brand of canned coconut water was really good! (It comes in a can that is large enough for two.)

#berlin #Germany #vegan #raw food #dessert #breakfast #snacks #daluma

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I am a big fan of gluten-free, dense, German, seed bread called Saftkorn from Aera Bakery in Berlin is the best I’ve had. Even my husband (who eats gluten) really loves it.

Each morning of my vacation in Berlin I had a chunk of this bread, with some prosciutto and arugula before I headed out of the hotel room for the day, and it was a great breakfast that I want to re-create now that I’m back in the states. I’m attempting to grow a rice and teff-based sourdough starter, and when successful, I’ll be experimenting with the ingredients listed on the packaging to see if I could even come close to the perfection that is Aera Saftkorn.

#gluten free #berlin #Germany #breakfast #Saftkorn #juice grain #sourdough

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How to clean stainless steel All Clad pots and pans?

I use Bon Ami to scrub my All Clad stainless steel pots and pans when they need it (a soapy dish brush is usually fine to get off most leftover food). When I’m left with spots like these (see pics) after I’ve washed them well, I use a few tablespoons of white vinegar and rub that in vigorously and well, in every direction with a small piece of paper towel. Pour that vinegar in the next pan to…

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#clean up #cleaning #cooking #reuse #stainless steel #weeding

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Sauce Vert

I saw a recipe for Sauce Vert in The Best of America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook on page 110, and it immediately caught my eye, because it would be great on steak, AND it has capers in it.  I love capers, and have no idea what to do with them.  

However, there were a lot of ingredients that either I couldn’t source for one reason or another (shallots - HOW are there no shallots anywhere right now?), or didn’t want to bother getting (anchovies).  So, I re-wrote the recipe, and it came out so good, that I wanted to capture it here, immediately after making it, because I definitely want to make this again!

1 cup fresh parsley -- I used stems and everything, totally badass

1 cup fresh basil -- I did de-stem the basil - the stems were too woody

1/2 cup fresh mint -- it was doublemint, NOT peppermint; I de-stemmed

2 small spring onions, chopped fine, salted, left out for an hour, uncovered

1/2 a lemon worth of juice and zest

2 TBS capers, rinsed

2 cloves garlic, put through a garlic press

3 TBS white miso

1/4 - 1/2 cup good quality olive oil (I used half cup for easier processing)

Chop the onions very fine (they were each the size of golf balls) and place them in a glass bowl that would hold about 12-16 fluid ounces .  Salt the diced onions with about 1/2 tsp of salt, mix, and let them sit out.  (I did this to make the onions more mild, because the original recipe called for shallots.)

After about an hour (I was doing other stuff - maybe it was 2 hours?) I juiced the half of a lemon and added the lemon juice and the zest to the salted onions, as well as the minced/pressed garlic.

In a food processor, I layered the following, in this order, from bottom to top:

parsley

basil

mint

onion mixture

capers

white miso

olive oil

I blended until it looked like the photo that I took, and then banged the container on the counter a few times to settle it all down and (hopefully) get out air bubbles, and I added a shallow layer of olive oil over the top to keep the sauce fresh.  

NOW GET ME SOME STEAK!

#sauce #raw #steak #fish #herbal #dinner #no nightshades #gluten free

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Chicken and Papusa Dinner

Q Farms Chicken breast and scallion goat cheese atop a pupusa, with hakurei turnip side salad.

The pupusa recipe is from Cook’s Illustrated, and the only way I changed it is to use rendered pork fat instead of canola oil (which is too inflammatory for me). Also, I put the pupusas in the oven on a rack after pan cooking them because I like them well done.

#gluten free #spring #dinner

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Honey Mama’s Cocoa Truffle bars are wonderfully rich and decadent. I’ve only tried these two flavors and THEY ARE AMAZING.

(major caffeine buzz from the coffee one - admittedly, I am a lightweight)

#snacks #nut free #gluten free #paleo #chocolate #grain free

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An oldie but a goodie

So for like, the past three days, I’ve been meaning to eat prosciutto-wrapped dates for a snack, but I Keep Forgettin‘.

I keep forgettin’ to eat prosciutto some more I keep forgettin’ dates are great when they’re enclosed within I keep forgettin’ how I made them last year I keep forgettin’ it all

Every time it’s near Every time it’s been a while Screw that jello! Pork for snacks will bring a smile

Hey, it’s sweet and salty for you To eat these things It’s like that for me too But tell me how come I

Keep forgettin’

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Just made a delicious juice out of stuff I wanted to use up in the fridge and I don’t want to forget it: cabbage, ginger, turmeric, cranberries, and papaya. (Pictured above with “vivid filter” and without.)

#juice #anti inflammatory #antiinflammatory #cabbage #cleaning out the fridge

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A Thursday’s worth of stress cooking.

#kitchen prep #filldatfreezer #fall #dinner #paleo #stress cooking

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Grain-free “sushi.”

I made nori rolls filled with a dill sunflower patê, and julienned carrots and jicama, topping the rather clumsy ends with wasabi micro greens.

#raw #vegan #snacks #lunch #paleo #grain free #no nightshades #AIP

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I call this one The Brain Bowl. I hope it doesn’t knock me out of the keto that I just started yesterday (and has been very difficult to get beyond “trace” status, even with some time restricted eating.

1 whole avocado, 2 small red radishes, 1 HB egg, around a half cup freeze dried broccoli, 1 Tbs wild salmon roe, 3 Tbs soaked raw sunflower seeds, Tbs of dulse flakes, 3 Tbs ghee, pinch of kosher salt.

Why did I use ghee instead of my normal olive oil?

#keto #breakfast #brain #cognitive #DHA #omega3 #wahlsprotocol #nutrient dense #grain free #gluten free #lchf #paleo #specific carbohydrate diet #no nightshades

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Low carb diet may prevent and reverse age-related effects within the brain 

Researchers report a low carb-based diet may help to prevent or reverse signs of early brain aging in middle-aged people.

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Ramble Creek Farm will be at the Union Square Greenmarket tomorrow (Friday) and they still have turkey breast! (I am writing this in January 2020.)

The photo is one of my latest - baked over cauliflower, sweet potatoes and red onion. If you like efficient prep, you can’t top turkey breast, imho. A 3.5 lb bone-in, skin-on breast like this one will yield around 6 portions.

I thaw it in the fridge (in a glass baking pan; it might leak) for one to two days. Then take it out and leave it on the counter for 2 hrs before cooking. After unwrapping it, I dry it off really well with paper towels and stuff a mixture of butter, fresh herbs, and ground dried herbs under the skin and also rub on top of the skin. I place the prepared breast over root or other non-leafy vegetables, drizzling olive oil over the veggies that aren’t under the turkey, and putting around 1/2 cup of stock in the pan (don’t get the turkey wet - the skin won’t crisp up). I blast it for 10 minutes in a 450°F preheated oven and then drop the temp to about 325°F or so and let it bake for 1.5 - 2 hrs, until a digital thermometer inserted halfway in the thickest part reads 165°F. I let it sit upside down on a plate for a few minutes to redistribute juices through the meat (not sure if that’s a myth or not), and I serve it with some of the more roasted veggies, saving the not-so-done ones for the stew I will make with the leftovers.

#nyc #farmers market #union square #greenmarket #farm to table #protein #gluten free #keto #paleo #dinner #filldatfreezer

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Best store-bought gluten free bread I’ve had: Simple Kneads

#gluten free #sourdough #bread #sandwiches #toast #healthy #look at those ingredients #whole grain #no starches