Legend: Veg = vegetarian; V-able = easily veganizable; V = vegan *
Appetizers and snacks
- Apple rings, solar dehydrated V
- Applesauce V
- Apple slices, oven dehydrated V
- Cashew cheese, cultured V
- Chocolate hummus V
- Hazelnut–cocoa spread (homemade Nutella) V-able
- Hummus V
- Hummus with chana dal (extra creamy) V
- Hummus with preserved lemon V
- Kale chips V
- Persimmons, Fuyu, dried V
- Popcorn Veg, V-able
- Potato skins, fried Veg, V-able
- Pumpkin seeds, roasted Veg, V-able
- Pumpkin skin Veg, V-able
- Roasted chickpeas V
- Sourdough crackers V
- Tomatoes, solar-dried V
Beverages
- Almond milk V
- Beet kvass Veg, V-able
- Bloody Mary, fermented
- Chai, looseleaf V
- Chocolate syrup V
- Coconut milk V
- Fig leaf tea V
- Fruit scrap soda V
- Ginger beer V
- Ginger bug V
- Hibiscus soda, naturally carbonated V
- Iced tea V
- Kombucha V
- Kombucha, brew log and detailed instructions V
- Kombucha, cold-brew V
- Kombucha, flavored V
- Lemonade, naturally carbonated V
- Limoncello V
- Mead Veg
- Mexican hot chocolate V-able
- Pumpkin seed milk V
- Rice milk, cooked rice V
- Rice milk, no-cook V
- Soy milk V
- Strawberry soda V
- Turmeric bug V
Bread and sourdough (see quickbreads also)
- Breadcrumbs V
- Irish soda bread Veg
- Irish soda bread, veganized V
- Multigrain bread with sourdough discard V
- Pizza dough Veg, V-able
- Pita bread V
- Pita bread, sourdough V
- Sandwich bread, whole-wheat V-able
- Soft pretzels V
- Soft sourdough pretzels V
- Sourdough biscuits Veg, V
- Sourdough bread V
- Sourdough calzone, discard, V, V-able
- Sourdough crackers V
- Sourdough discard flax egg V
- Sourdough focaccia, discard V-able
- Sourdough focaccia, potato V-able
- Sourdough pancakes Veg
- Sourdough pancakes, vegan V
- Sourdough pizza, discard V
- Sourdough starter V
- Sourdough starter, gluten free V
- Sourdough starter, stick drawings V
- Sourdough waffles Veg
- Tortillas, whole wheat V
Quickbreads
- Banana quick bread, sourdough discard Veg
- Coconut banana bread, sourdough discard Veg
- Pumpkin and spice quick bread, sourdough discard Veg
- Pumpkin and spice muffins Veg
- Pumpkin and spice muffins, sourdough discard Veg
Cheesemaking
- Buttermilk, cultured Veg
- Buttermilk, vegan V
- Crème fraîche Veg
- Labneh (yogurt cheese) Veg
- Paneer Veg
- Ricotta cheese Veg
- Sour cream Veg
- Yogurt, plain Veg
Condiments and dressings
- Aioli Veg
- Apple-cranberry chutney V
- Barbecue sauce V-able
- Fruit chutney, fermented V
- Golveda Ko Achaar (Tomato Sauce) V
- Ketchup V
- Kimchi V
- Olive and preserved lemon spread V
- Peanut sauce Veg, V-able
- Pear-cranberry chutney V
- Preserved lemons V
- Salsa, fermented Veg, V-able
- Salsa, roasted V
- Sauerkraut V
- Sauerkraut, garlic-dill V
- Tahini V
- Toasted sesame oil V
- Vinaigrette, balsamic V
Desserts and sweets
- Apple crumble V
- Biscotti, limoncello mixed nut Veg
- Biscotti, okara and brown sugar V
- Candied citrus peels V
- Carrot cake, sourdough discard V
- Chocolate cake, sourdough discard V
- Chocolate chip cookie mix Veg
- Chocolate chip cookies with sourdough discard Veg, V-able
- Chocolate coconut cake, flourless Veg
- Coconut buttercream frosting, quick V
- Lemon curd Veg
- Lemon sorbet V
- Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with sourdough discard Veg, V-able
- Pastry, all-purpose Veg, V-able
- Pastry, semolina Veg, V-able
- Pastry, whole wheat Veg, V-able
- Peanut butter and chocolate cranberry granola bars Veg, V-able
- Peanut butter cookies with sourdough discard Veg, V-able
- Pumpkin-ginger cake, sourdough discard V
- Pumpkin pie Veg
- Ranger cookies with sourdough discard Veg, V-able
- Strawberry blueberry galette with semolina pastry Veg
Fruit
- Apple rings, solar dehydrated V
- Apple slices, oven dehydrated V
- Cherries, how to pit V
- Persimmons, Fuyu, dehydrated V
- Pomegranates, how to remove seeds V
Fruit, fermented
- Fruit chutney V
- Lemonade, naturally carbonated V
- Pear-cranberry chutney V
- Persimmon chutney V
- Preserved lemons V
- Strawberry soda V
- Vinegar, fruit scrap V
- Watermelon rind pickles Veg, V-able
Grains
- Irish oatmeal (steel-cut oats) Veg, V-able
- Muesli, quick V
- Muesli, stovetop V
- Pasta, egg Veg
- Pasta, eggless sourdough V
- Pasta, pumpkin V
- Pasta with turnip top greens Veg
- Sprouted beans, grains, and seeds V
- Wheat berries V
Main and side dishes
- Besan chilla, chickpea (gram) flour pancakes V
- Black beans, not-too-spicy Veg, V-able
- Borschuka Veg
- Calzone, sourdough discard Veg, V-able
- Cauliflower couscous V
- Chana masala (chickpeas in tomato sauce) V
- Chili, vegetarian V
- Dal V
- Dal, pumpkin V
- Fried rice, vegetable V
- Frittata Veg
- Fritters, vegetable Veg
- Gnocchi V
- Khichdi (kitchari) V
- Pesto, vegan V
- Pizza Veg
- Pizza, sourdough discard V
- Red rice V
- Refried beans V
- Roasted vegetables V
- Stir fry, vegetable V
- Vodka pasta sauce Veg
Stocks and soups
- Borscht Veg
- Broth, bone
- Broth, corn cob V
- Broth, vegetable V
- Minestrone soup Veg, V-able
- Soup, shop the fridge Veg, V, V-able
- Soup, vegetable, two ways
Vegetables
- Beet pickles V
- Cauliflower couscous V
- Fritters, vegetable Veg
- Garlic, roasted V
- Potato skins, fried Veg, V-able
- Pumpkin purée, oven V
- Pumpkin purée, pressure cooker V
- Roasted vegetables V
- Soup, vegetable, two ways
- Sprouted beans, grains, and seeds V
- Squash, roasted V
- Tomatoes, ketchup V
- Tomatoes, pasta sauce Veg
- Tomatoes, paste V-able
- Tomatoes, pizza sauce V
- Tomato purée V
- Tomatoes, dehydrated V
- Tomatoes, roasted V
- Tomatoes, solar-dehydrated V
- Tomatoes, vodka pasta sauce Veg
Vegetables, fermented
- Dill pickles V
- Hot peppers V
- Kimchi V
- Salsa Veg, V-able
- Sauerkraut V
- Sauerkraut, garlic-dill V
- Tomatoes V
- Tomatoes, cherry V
- Tomato juice V
- Tomato paste V
- Tomato sauce V
- Vegetables, brine fermented V
You can make that?
- Lard
- Lemon extract V
- Tahini V
- Tofu from scratch V
- Vanilla extract V
- Vinegar, scrap V
- Vinegar, wine V
Non-food recipes
- All-purpose citrus cleaner V
- Citrus scouring powder V
- Deodorant V
- Dish soap V
- Dog treat
- Dye, avocado pit V
- Dye, onion skin V
- Eggshell calcium powder Veg
- Laundry soap, chestnut V
- Mouthwash V
- Produce wash V
- Rice glue V
- Toothpaste V
- Tooth powder Veg, V-able
- Washing soda (sodium carbonate) V
- Wheat paste (homemade glue) V
- Wood stain V
* Legend
Veg = vegetarian
These recipes contain dairy, eggs or honey.
V-able = easily veganizable
By easily veganizable, I mean you can easily omit an ingredient like whey from a ferment or easily replace honey with something like maple syrup, without affecting the recipe.
V = vegan
Seems pretty self-explanatory.
You’ll find more recipes in my cookbook, including updated versions of some of my most popular recipes listed above.
Hi there. I love all your tips and tricks – inspired! I just saw your post on freezing fruit and i wondered if you have any tips for freezing or otherwise preserving fresh herbs? Like mint, parsley, coriander – and perhaps even chopped garlic and ginger?
Thanks!
Hi Robin. Thanks for that. Last week on social media someone told me they freeze large pieces of ginger and then grate them with a microplane. I haven’t tried it yet but it sounds life-changing to me 😉 You can also freeze chopped herbs in olive oil: http://www.thekitchn.com/freeze-herbs-in-olive-oil-173648 I used to mince lots of garlic at the beginning of the week and then put it in a jar with enough olive oil to cover it. That made my life easier. I imagine you could freeze that too. Also, you can always dry the herbs: http://www.thekitchn.com/tips-three-ways-to-preserve-fr-88889
I just found your site, and I am in heaven! I have been drinking kombucha and kefir for a while now, you have me itching to spread my wings. I can’t wait to get a ginger bug going so I can create some ginger beer and lemonade. The first thing I will make though is the simple mead, since we have a healthy stock of raw honey, from our own hives.
Hi Donna. Thanks for checking out my site. I think you’ll love the ginger beer and lemonade. As for the mead, that’s my dream–to one day use honey from my own hives! That’s going to be so delicious. Enjoy!
Please add the candied ginger recipe.
Hi Alice. I only have recipes listed here that I have written posts on and candied ginger isn’t one of them. But here’s the Alton Brown recipe I use for mine: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/candied-ginger-recipe.html
Fantastic! So many things I want to try! Ca you come organise my life too?
Hahaha. Thanks Annie 🙂 When should I come?
Hello I love what you do!!! I recently got in contact with a local fruit and veg store owner and explained to him that I am a student trying to live a whole food lifestyle on a budget. I asked him whether I can buy his “old” products for cheaper. He agreed but I need to tell him what product in general would I like to use. What segmentation do you have, products that I can use in most dishes and freeze as well.
Thank you
Thank you so much. My daughter is in the same boat. She wants to eat well on a student budget. She eats lots of squash (I do too actually…). It keeps for a long time and you can make soup, curries or pot pies. That might not be one of the “old” products your store will sell you, since they keep for so long… Carrots, celery and onions go into just about everything when chopped finely. You can saute them for sauces, soups, stews. We eat lots of tomatoes. If he would let you have tomatoes cheap, that would be great. You could use them as a basis for chili, make pizza sauce, chana masala (I have a recipe for that on here: https://zerowastechef.com/2016/08/13/chana-masala/ We eat lots of beans and legumes. All of those tomato dishes freeze well and if you get a pile of tomatoes, you can make a vat of food. I hope those ideas help 🙂
Thank you for this index. On the blog you mentioned cooking for your cat. Can you post your cat food recipes or blog about your process? I am considering doing this for our Mrs. Whiskers. Thanks!
Hi Catherine, my pleasure! I will post the cat food recipe after I make it. I’m not sure if the cat food I used to make is very healthy. My one cat loved it so much she would gorge herself on it until she made herself sick (she had stomach problems though…she has since moved to the neighbors because she hates Bootsy…). I need to do a bit of research. The cat food post is at the top of my to-blog list. I hope Mrs. Whiskers will like it 🙂 ~ Anne Marie
Thank you so much for this blog! I love how easy it is to follow and all the fun little quips you add. I’m in the process of making a starter and originally used M Pollan’s recipe from Cooked (I have a not-so-secret crush on him) and haven’t had as much luck as I did with yours. I’m looking forward to making some bread!
Thank you again for all this info! 💕
Hi Gretchen,
Thanks for checking out my blog. I love Michael Pollan. He’s my idol! I based the starter on his recipe in Cooked but now make it much smaller. I also find rye flour works really well. The microbes seem to love it. Enjoy your sourdough adventures! ~ Anne Marie
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Thanks you, Chris. I love the name of your blog 🙂 ~ Anne Marie
Hello my name is Josh and I’ve been trying to find your recipe for the potato wedges but cannot seem to find it.
Love the concept of no more plastics, do you have a cottage cheese recipe
No sorry I don’t. I don’t think it’s that hard to make but you likely need rennet for it (you can buy it online). I do have ricotta though, which is really, really good. You can’t go back to store-bought after that. But it’s more dense than cottage cheese.