Hijiki with Fresh Corn and Onion
We still have about a month left of fresh corn in the PNW and when I made this hijiki variation I just knew I had to share it. The fresh corn adds a yummy sweetness that I wasn’t expecting. I … Continued
Day 9: Vegetables with Breakfast Challenge and Cabbage Wrapped Mochi
I own a cookbook called The Good Morning Macrobiotic Breakfast Book. I think I have only used it once. I keep it around because I think it’s sweet, it’s out of print and one of the authors is a macrobiotic … Continued
Day 6: Vegetables with Breakfast Challenge and Veggie Wraps with Avocado Sauce
Vegetables with Breakfast for 10 days in a row. We’re halfway. How are you doing? Are you on the way to creating some new habits? I thought I would be using this challenge to eat greens every morning with breakfast. … Continued
Vegetables with Arame and Lemony Kuzu Sauce
Kuzu has an amazing ability to create a magical, silky and healing sauce. I love the way the flavors cling to the vegetables and how this sauce adds an easy elegance. The small amount of arame adds some flavor and … Continued
Seed and Nut Crunch with Nori
I have tasted many versions of this sweet and salty crunch in the past year, including one prepared by Chef Zephyr Dunnicliffe during my seaweed adventure. Zephyr used brown rice syrup and dried kelp harvested off the coast of the … Continued
10 Ways to Incorporate Sea Vegetables
Several people have asked me for simple ideas for incorporating sea vegetables into meals. Sea vegetables are packed full of minerals and other nutrients. They are potent and you really don’t need much. In my macrobiotic studies, a common recommendation … Continued
Aduki Beans with Squash and Kombu
One favorite way to welcome Autumn is to get a kabocha squash from my farmer’s market and make this traditional macrobiotic dish. Aduki beans are a great bean to promote kidney health. Winter squash adds an element of good quality … Continued
Sea Palm with Corn and Onion
My first experience with sea vegetables was in a macrobiotic cooking class in Austin, TX. I think my instructor, Dawn Ludwig, taught us at least eight recipes that day using a variety of different sea vegetables. Although this has changed … Continued
Harvesting Seaweed
We have an abundance of local seaweed growing off the Pacific Northwest Coast. However, it’s not just a matter of heading out on a sunny day, at low tide and gathering. There is a lot to know about sustainable harvesting … Continued
Seaweed 101
I recently discovered a seaweed harvesting class that looks like a whole lot of fun. Seaweed 101: Seaweed Harvesting Adventures in the Puget Sound. I have been wanting to learn how to harvest for quite some time, only partly because … Continued