Reviving Traditional Foods
Ever wondered how to make coconut milk? No, not the tinned stuff; rather, have you ever wondered how to make truly fresh coconut milk? While tins of coconut milk do just fine – a compromise food that balances the traditional with the modern, the flavor of a true homemade coconut milk is unsurpassed. Take the [...]
Mangoes and sticky rice – oh how my heart swoons! After a heated meal of Thai food – heightened by the bright flavors of kaffir lime, lemongrass and painfully hot chili peppers – nothing soothes the palate quite like a warm bowl of gently sweet and slightly salty mangoes and sticky rice. I like to [...]
On a Saturday morning when my Dad was visiting, I fixed brunch and whipped these sweet potato hashbrowns up on a whim. After that first taste, they have quickly become a staple for our weekend brunch. Instead of white potatoes, or even fingerling potatoes as in my Fingerling Potato & Zucchini Hashbrowns, [...]
Mothers day is only a week away. So here’s Nourished Kitchen picks for traditional foods-loving and nourished moms. Tired of celebrating mothers day with gooey cards and grocery store carnations? Leave this post casually open on the screen, or, for you less-subtle types: email the link to your partners. Equipment for a [...]
Citrus Coconut Madeleines are one of our favorite treats: slightly sweet and flavored with lemon, orange and vanilla. In keeping with my recent post on why you should go grain-free, I’m sharing a tried-and-true, never-fail and cherished recipe: citrus coconut madeleines. I first fell in love with madeleines in a high school French [...]
Coconut is a wonder food and I was thrilled to learn that Real Food Wednesdays was focusing on coconut this week. It’s flavorful, rich in nutrients and its oil is excellent for sauteing and baking. While I try to rely heavily on regionally grown foods in my kitchen, I make exceptions for nutritional [...]
You’ll need: 1 14-oz Can Organic Coconut Milk 2 Tablespoons Agar Agar ¾ Dropper Full Liquid Stevia ½ Cup Pitted Wild Plums Heat the coconut milk and agar agar together until the mixture reaches a brisk boil, turn down the heat and continue to simmer for 5 minutes. Stir it frequently. Remove from [...]
My family has been battling a wicked flu, so rather than bludgeon them with a heavy meal–the kind I love to offer on Sunday evenings–I made this simple-to-prepare but complexly flavored soup in combination with steamed brown sweet rice. It was a simple, light dinner, but who wants to choke down a buffalo roast with [...]
My family has been battling the flu, and I needed a delicious, nourishing soup to nurse them back to health and decided to create this Thai-inspired coconut shrimp soup. The soup features infamous flu buster: chicken stock in addition to coconut milk and coconut oil which help to fight infection as well as other [...]
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Jenny McGruther is a wife, mother and cooking instructor specializing in real and traditional foods. Her work has been featured on CNN, the Globe & Mail, the Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post and WebMD. Click here to learn more.
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