fausages, mashed potatoes, peas

field roast smoked apple sage fausages, peas, mashed potatoes with red onion and mushroom. a mustard horseradish sauce for the fausages.

fausages, grilled corn, bbq beans

smoked apple sage fausages with homemade kraut and homemade relish, black and pinto bbq baked beans, and grilled corn with fresh sage.

kombucha mother...update

my kombucha mother appears to be growing nicely. see the creepy pics below. it kind of looks like a metroid from the side :D

mushroom soup, stuffed portobellos

golden mushroom dill/paprika soup. portobellos stuffed with red pepper, onion, celery, bread crumbs and some almesan on top.

horseradish portabello panini style sandwich, creamy spinach dip

horseradish portabello sandwich panini style with sauteed onions and red bell peppers. creamy spinach dip from the rs cookbook and some fresh veggies for dipping.

mushroom dish, pate, relish, kombucha, pickles

yesterday i made a shiitake and lobster musroom dish with tempeh and a red wine dijon sauce over brown rice. side dish is the pistachio pate from the riceboy sleeps cookbook served on some fresh lettuce leaves.




next pic is my growing kombucha culture. hint: it's the floaty loogy looking thing.


next pic is the relish i set up about 12 days ago. it's done fermenting and delicious. pics on a dish soon!


and the final pic is 3 new batches of pickles i've set up to ferment. from left to right: horseradish mustard, dill mustard, and dill slices.

kombucha mother...

for the kombucha mushroom people. i have started to grow, yes grow, my own kombucha mother from store bought kombucha.

all you need is a good bottle of store bought kombucha that is plain and unpasteurized. you need to reserve 1/2 cup of the kombucha and all the floaty pieces and sediment on the bottom. this store bought brand is what i'm using:


other ingredients include brewing a small amount of black tea with sugar in it to feed the culture. you combine the two and wait for the mother to grow out of the floaty parts you reserved from the original bottle. they need to be covered during cultivation.


the black tea sugar combo.


reserved kombucha parts.


combination of the two.


more as the story develops.