Toxic forever chemicals (PFAS) are everywhere. These strategies will help you reduce your exposure to them.
Author: The Zero-Waste Chef
8 Reasons to Be Cautiously Optimistic about the Environment in 2021
Despite the fact that although 2020 has ended and the chaos has not, we have reason to be more optimistic about the environment in 2021.
Make-a-Dent-in-Your-Discard Sourdough Pita Bread
The sourdough discard in this pita bread recipe adds a slight tang. Enjoy better tasting pitas and eliminate the plastic bags of store-bought.
Homemade Pita Bread
Make this pita bread dough in advance if you like, store it in the refrigerator and bake fresh, soft pitas whenever you crave them.
Charlotte’s Easy Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
Get all the sandwich bread you want, when you want it, without committing to years or decades of feeding and caring for a sourdough starter.
Dehydrated Apple and Fuyu Persimmon Slices (Plus a Muesli Recipe)
Apple or Fuyu persimmon slices can serve as snack, decoration or even gift in your favorite upcycled glass jars
Sourdough Bread Zoom Classes (and a Recorded Starter Class)
By popular demand! Live online sourdough bread classes. Learn to make this 3-ingredient bread from the comfort of your kitchen.
Low-Waste Holiday Gift Wrap
Beautifully wrapped gifts need not produce a pile of waste. Choose fabric or recycled paper that you secure with homemade paper tape.
Sourdough Discard Vegan Pumpkin (or Squash) Ginger Cake
If you started baking sourdough bread, bake this sourdough pumpkin ginger cake to use up discard left over from feeding your pet starter.
Unsure How to Eat Persimmons? Make Cultured Chutney
Not sure what to do with persimmons? Make this sweet, sour, spicy and slightly salty chutney to serve with cold-weather main dishes.
Thanksgiving Dinner for One (or Two)
Stay home to reduce the spread of Covid-19 this Thanksgiving. Plan ahead to reduce food waste.
Book Excerpt! The Freshest Pumpkin Pie: Full Recipe
Full recipe reveal from my book! Once you taste this pumpkin pie, made with fresh pumpkin and fresh ginger, you can never go back.
Cultured Cashew Cheese
This tangy cultured cashew cheese contains a handful of ingredients and like my sourdough crackers, tastes cheesy but contains no cheese.
Free Sourdough Starter Zoom Class!
Mark your calendars! Free sourdough starter Zoom class on December 3rd. Bring a jar, flour and water and we’ll make our starters together.
What I Learned Writing a Cookbook
These are just some of the things I learned while I worked on my cookbook. Many of them apply to life outside the kitchen.