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Recipe:
NASTURTIUM PESTO
This Nasturtium Pesto, with its bright green color and bold flavor rings in Spring time. It’s of course, perfect over grain-free and gluten-free pasta. I serve mine with millet capellini by (Big Green Organic Food) because it’s pretty close to the real thing.
Recipe:
VELVETY MISO KABOCHA SQUASH SOUP
Nothing speaks winter cozy, more than a warm bowl of soup. In Southern California, we just received a generous dumping of rain, which for many means staying put, heading into the kitchen, and making a nourishing pot of soup. This soup is my latest favorite soup. It’s creamy, without the dairy, super healthy, filled with minerals and vitamins, and carries a perfect umami taste from the miso and it is gorgeous to look at from the stunning orange of the Kabocha squash.
AMALGAM FAVORITES
Recipe:
DECKED OUT BAKED PURPLE SWEET POTATO
I have come up with this stunning, incredibly delicious, different, and satisfying sweet potato dish. I literally created it on a dime, when recently wondering what to do with three vivid purple sweet potatoes sitting on and staring at me from the kitchen counter. I could have sworn I heard little voices screaming “eat me!”
Cozy Dish Recipes
Recipe:
SIMPLE ROASTED ACORN SQUASH
Okay, I will admit this side dish is not a very traditional Thanksgiving side dish but will make a great addition to a rounded-out and creative meal. I sometimes crave something other than the usual suspects, like mashed potatoes and stuffing, and preferably gluten-free and dairy-free. As I mention in the title, it is simple, super simple with only 8 ingredients, about 15 minutes of prep time and 20-25 minutes in the oven.
A Visit With:
OJAI ROOTS
I had the opportunity to visit Rei and Evan at their small, neighborhood farm last fall and was surprised to learn they were around the corner from me in Ojai. Ojai Roots was started by this duo in the height of COVID, a pet project to pass away the time and grow some food.
Recipe:
THE ULTIMATE GRAIN FREE BAKER’S BLEND
I recently took a blood food sensitivity and allergy test (the Dunwoody) at my doctor. Here is an at-home version, if you feel you need to know about your potential food allergies. I sadly learned I was allergic or had a high sensitivity to some of my most favorite foods. Coming in first place was almonds, the precious nut I (seriously) eat every day of my life in some form or another.
Hi, I’m Anna
What does Amalgam Kitchen mean? Quite simply put it is “a blend or mixture” of the way I have learned to cook, the education I have pursued about food and the nutrition and all the ways food and cooking have influenced my life, including what continues to come into my life.
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