Depression meals
My mantra in making all these “recipes” is one of the most key phrases everyone should know in Mandarin: chabuduo (less, not more).
Remedies for Health and Well-being
Recipes
Health and wellness promoting recipes derived from Traditional East Asian Medicine principles.
Kale salad with miso-lemon dressing
Most people who really know me will remember that for years I’ve hated kale. I’ve definitely called it “an overrated vegetable” more times than I can count, and I stand by that assessment. But then my friend Maya brought a salad to my house that …
Potato tacos
My secret to good non-meaty tacos: perfectly crisped and heavily seasoned potatoes a medley of yummy fats juuuust enough leafy greens to feel good about the first two – – – Do you ever get fixated on a food that is so perfectly satisfying, yet …
Saucy cucumber side-salad*
*This is actually a Chinese dish called liangban huanggua 涼拌黃瓜, which more literally translates to “cucumbers [tossed] in cold sauce.” But although the dish is best served cold, its nature is downright firey. Spicy. Saucy, even, because this dish can and will sass you back …
Cold bean salad
Sometimes it’s simply too hot for cooking, but you need something more substantial than cold cereal, or hummus and carrots, or whatever else your “too hot/lazy for fire” go-to meal is. Enter the cold bean salad, or as some people call it, “cowboy caviar.” Fuck …
Fast, healthy, cheap: pick two
All too often foods that are convenient and healthy are prohibitively expensive, and foods that are fast and cheap are of questionable quality. With a little advance planning and a couple of hours dedicated to meal prep per week, however, you can get around this …
Antje’s Avocado Salad
I’ve always loved avocado, but the first time I had this “salad” was at my former advisor’s house, and for me it was love at first bite. Very simple ingredients working to balance each other, but enhancing the taste of each – perfection! {insert exaggerated …
Carrot and Ginger Soup
Ingredients: 2lbs of carrots, tops removed, washed and rough chopped 1 large knub of ginger (2-6 tbsps to taste?) , peeled and rough diced Several cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed 1/2 to 1 whole onion, rough diced 2 tbsp butter, ghee or neutral oil …
Kimchi pancakes
In cold weather, I crave heavy foods. Fried, fattening, salty, savory foods (the best of the worst kind of foods). Besides trying to offset these by eating them as part of a meal balanced by steamed greens and other digestive aids, stuffing them with sour …