Tonight we had fried, organic, free range, lamb livers with a hot honey sauce and mashed root vegetables. Lamb liver seems to be more mellow than any other livers I have tried. I try to eat organs on a regular basis given all the nutrition value in them, especially iron. Plus they are cheap enough! … Continue reading Fried liver with hot honey sauce
Today we had jerked basmati rice and red lentils topped with a avocado/yogurt sauce with a side of fried plantains. I make avocado/yogurt sauce quite regularly mostly to cool down foods that might be to hot for me since I am such a baby about such things. It is pretty much avocado, plain yogurt, lime … Continue reading Jerked Kichari with Fried Plantains
Today I made boxes to go under the Flow Through (FT) bin. A small amount of materials were leaking out of the bottom of the large wooden FT bin, along with a few worms, on to the floor. In order to give the worms a better chance, I made boxes to fit under the bin … Continue reading Worm Bin 1 Upgrade
The worms seemed to be getting a bit skittish so I shredded paper like crazy in order to get them more bedding. Sorry about the devil dog, lol! If you notice in the box is shredded paper (put through a cross cut paper shredder) and in the bucket is paper that has been wadded in … Continue reading Bedding (for worms)
I have been busy lately growing sprouts, making ghee and fermenting sauerkraut and kim chi. I love doing this kind of stuff! Look how beautiful...
Panchakarma is an Ayurvedic body detox and can be translated as "five actions". The 5 main therapies include: Vaman (stomach cleansing/rejuvenation), Virechan (cleansing/rejuvenation of the GI tract), Basti (cleansing/rejuvenation of the lower GI tract), Nasya (nasal cleansing/rejuvenation), Raktamokshan (blood cleansing/rejuvenation). Pre-therapies include Snehan (oleation, internal and external), Swedan (sweating, usually in a steam bath). *CAUTION: … Continue reading PanchaKarma (Detox)
We got some Eisenia fetida on Friday! 5 pounds! They have settled in well and seem to be doing OK. I started prepping the compost materials several weeks in advance and built the bin a few days ago. I added about 3 pounds of worms to a 3.6 ft2 FT bin. And the rest of … Continue reading Worm arrival!
When cooking, I always keep Ayurvedic principles in mind. So what is that? To tell the truth I hardly know myself... It is quite complicated and oh so very simple and logical... certainly it can get bagged down by technical terms... One can spend, and many have, lifetimes studying just Sanskrit (an ancient language that … Continue reading Ayurveda 101
I spent a few days building the vermi-composting, wooden flow thru (FT) type bin that is going in the basement. I had certain dimensions I had to work with in order to get it to fit in to the space we wanted it in, so the bin ended up being 4 feet x 16 inches … Continue reading Wooden Fow Thru Worm Composting Bin
I made a sprouting jar rack today... Wide mouth quart size Mason jars seem to be best for this sort of thing. 4 jars is a good number as 2 varieties of sprouts can be grown at the same time and then the other 2 jars can be started a few days later. In this … Continue reading Sprouting Jar Rack
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