The First Salsa of the Season: Radish & Green Tomato

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This recipe and post are contributed to Nourished Kitchen by Megan and Rose of Fig and Fauna.  If you are interested in contributing to Nourished Kitchen, please read these guidelines. While every carrot, beet and potato still rest deep beneath the soil, perfectly ombre painted radishes emerge from the surface of the ground. They are [...]

Raw & Naturally Fermented: Salsa Verde

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Salsa verde, bright and hot and green, makes its way to our kitchen every August when tomatillos come into their season.  No, they don’t grow in our little corner of the community garden – the altitude is too high and the climate too cold, but they arrive in paper bags with our CSA and in [...]

plant a salsa garden

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Salsa gardens have been popping up in four-feet by four-feet plots and raised beds in the yards of salsa lovers across the country.  Striking in their visual appeal, large plants heavy with tomatoes and brightly colored hot peppers stand tall while cilantro, shallots, garlic and onion nestle into the soil among them, and in one plot [...]

A Recipe: Fermented Hot Chili Sauce

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Fermented hot chili sauce – explosive with heat and teeming with food enzymes, beneficial bacteria, vitamin C and carotene.  Traditionally, all hot chili sauces were prepared through fermentation – and many of the world’s most renowned and well-loved sauces are still prepared through this time-honored technique of combining hot chilies with salt and allowing it [...]

Chipotle Chile, Black Bean and Chicken Soup

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Black bean soup – warm, spicy, brimming with chicken, beans and vegetables – is a dish that everyone can appreciate.  There’s nothing quite like a nourishing black bean soup on a cold winter’s afternoon, that, when paired with a salad of fresh winter greens and full-bodied unrefined olive oil, makes for a fully satisfying meal.  [...]