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I’m hosting Real Food Wednesday this week on Cheeseslave (Kelly the Kitchen Kop hosts on alternate weeks). I was planning for the theme to be Healthy Desserts (for Valentine’s Day) but I have changed my mind. Kimi at The Nourishing Gourmet is hosting a carnival, Nourishing Chocolate Recipes, on Tuesday February 10th. Since the topics [...]

I made Thai food last night! Tom Kha Gai soup — made with fish or chicken stock, lemongrass, coconut milk, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, lime, and shrimp. It was delicious — and very easy to make. Instead of sugar, I used honey. And I didn’t have any red chili sauce so I used cayenne pepper. [...]

Tonight I’m making fish stock for the first time. I used two carcasses from wild-caught Thai snapper. Fish heads should be added — they include the thyroids which are full of iodine. And I need iodine since I am deficient. I actually think most people — even our children — are deficient. I’m looking into [...]

I was lazy tonight and didn’t feel like cooking. Seth is still in France — so I made a super easy supper just for me: oysters on the half shell with leftover asparagus and pancetta risotto. I went to Whole Foods today to pick up some things. My dentist told me he thinks I have [...]