I used to buy baking powder, and it could get pretty expensive! Since I don’t want to use cornstarch in my food. So I often had to buy the really expensive kind, which is made from arrowroot or tapioca—the latter tends to cause a blood sugar spike, which is pretty unpleasant, so I had to…
Basic Kitchen
Oven-Roasted Beef Roast
Roast beef is one of my favorite cuts, both as a roast for dinner and as a cold cut on a nice, moist slice of sourdough bread. Many people spend a fortune on cold cuts, which takes a toll on both their finances and their health. The cold cuts you buy at the supermarket—and even at the butcher’s—are often loaded with various additives,…
Kermaviili – Sour Cream in Finnish…
Once you’ve learned how to make Finnish Viili yogurt, you can also make cream Viili—or Kermaviili, as it’s called in Finnish. It’s extremely easy, and yes, it’s a very effective way to breathe new life into the stale cream you buy at the supermarket. Kermaviili can be made as a cream yogurt or as…
Salted Chocolate Granola with Strawberries & Pistachios
I’m sure everyone is familiar with those sugar-packed chocolate cereals that kids, unfortunately, find so delicious. I think the reason is simple: what do you get when you let something like Coco Pops or chocolate muesli sit in milk for a while? Chocolate milk! But you can easily make that yourself, without all the additives and all that “ultra” stuff…
