Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
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Category Archives: Cooking
Mahi Mahi with Sweet Potato, Avocado, Onion, Cheese, Cucumber and Cilantro Chutney in White Corn Tortilla Shells
Contains: Seafood, nightshades, dairy. Potential soy. Is: Gluten-free. (The soy would be in the coriander chutney I used. Other savory chutneys could be substituted, or you could make your own – something I plan to challenge myself with this coming … Continue reading
Grilled Hasselback Sweet Potatoes with Pork
Contains: Nightshades, dairy. Is: Grilled! Gluten-free. (It has been a while since I’ve posted a grilled recipe.) Source recipe (but only for the sweet potatoes…): Grilled Hassleback Sweet Potatoes with Molasses-Nutmeg Butter Recipe | Bobby Flay | Food Network I … Continue reading
Strawberry-Rhubarb Chutney
Contains: Added sugar. Is: vegetarian, vegan. Apologies for the autopostings earlier today – forgot that I’d not re-set the timer for these posts, so I could finish them up. Also, I’m sorry about the lack of photos for this; my … Continue reading
Oven-Roasted Coturnix Quail with Farro, and Cucumber Salad
Contains: Gluten, if you use farro. Is: Cooking from Home Grown. You can substitute the farro (an ancient grain) with quinoa or rice, to make this dish gluten-free. Or with potatoes to make it Paleo and Whole30 instead. Another veggie … Continue reading
Malted Mocha Milkshake
Contains: Dairy, gluten. Is: Vegetarian, quick and easy. If you leave out the “malt” portion of this, the treat is gluten-free. Making a malt means that one has taken a sprouted grain that was then quickly dried. Barley is most … Continue reading
Strawberry Gin Smash
Contains: Alcohol, added sugars.. Is: A rather potent beverage. I am using this recipe from The Kitchn. It really sounded good. For my purposes, I made half a recipe, and I made what I could a day in advance. Shared … Continue reading
Avocado Deviled Eggs, Redux: Avocado & Bacon
Contains: Eggs, nightshade. Is: An appetizer. I brought these to a recent gathering. You can always use hotter ground pepper than I did, but I was considering the audience. (You could also experiment with a hot or smoky ground paprika.) … Continue reading
Chinese-Style Fried Quinoa, with Pork and Egg
Contains: Eggs, nightshades. Is: Gluten-free. There are tasty vegetarian suggestions towards the bottom of the recipe. Not all that many months ago, I posted a Fried Rice blog post. But recently on Cooking Bites, a foodie BBS, I thought about … Continue reading
Meso-American Chocolate Beverage
Contains: Nightshades. Is: Quick and easy, savory, vegetarian, vegan, keto. This one may well be an acquired taste. Simply: be forewarned! This is New World Aztec, Mayan, or Meso-American. The various pre-Columbian tribes and nations that occupied current-day Mexico … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
Homesteading in June, Here at Zone 5
Animal, Mineral and Vegetable…. Four-legged friends: At the moment, there’s just Serenity the 19 and a half year old ragdoll cat. It is not fair to her to bring in another cat (although she has a history of getting along … Continue reading →