Food the Wong Way

Category: Lactose-Free

  • Your Friends Will Love These Treats – Dog Biscuits

    Your Friends Will Love These Treats – Dog Biscuits

    Sonic. Finley. Sven. Carlton. Lola. Jax. Gracie. Riley. Happy. Party. Nuna. Professor. Bubbles. What do all these names have in common?

  • Braised Chickpea Chard Coconut Meal Translated for Backpacking!

    Braised Chickpea Chard Coconut Meal
    Translated for Backpacking!

    Components: 1 c dehydrated braised chickpea chard coconut & couscous 1.5 c hot boiled water About 35 minutes sit time, stir after 20* Bored with your dehydrated backpacking meal rotation? This just in: braised coconut chickpea & spinach recipe from The Kitchn works out as a dehydrated camp meal! Completed my trial of it yesterday…

  • Friendly Friday: Fresh Flavors from Fit Foodie Finds’ Red Coconut Curry Meatballs

    Friendly Friday:
    Fresh Flavors from Fit Foodie Finds’ Red Coconut Curry Meatballs

    When I saw fellow Minnesotan and food blogger Lee Hersch recently drop a coconut curry meatball photo on Instagram, I just had to try her recipe. Substitutions: All the chili paste I could find had fish sauce/shrimp contaminant in it, so I couldn’t have it in my house due to allergy. However, my roommate/partner/spouse brilliantly bought…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Free Scallion Starts!

    Do you wish you didn’t have to go to the store every time you needed green onions (a.k.a. scallions)? Next time you chop a bunch of ’em to cook, save the bottom bits -the part with the roots- and plop them in a jar with a little bit of water in the bottom. Change the water every…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Buy the Oranges, and Make Macaroons too!

    Pro-Tip Tuesday: Buy the Oranges, and Make Macaroons too!

    Pro-Tip of the Day: Have you been buying those boxes and bags of oranges on sale at the store? Next time pick up a bag of coconut flakes and sliced almonds, and you can make this quick, yummy (gluten-free) byproduct treat from in-season fruit! Just remember to take 30 seconds to grate the rind off…

  • Video Post: the World is Your Oyster! Just Try One…

    Video Post: the World is Your Oyster!
    Just Try One…

    The last stop coming back south from Bellingham was at Taylor Shellfish Farm. I was not fond of seafood as a kid, and growing up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and no saltwater, who could blame me for only eating the fresh sunnies and walleye my parents would catch on a day off?

  • Tieton Cider Works at City Fruit

    Another week, another article for City Fruit’s 6th Annual Cider Taste (on November 10, 2016), written by Yours Truly. Tieton Cider Works at City Fruit’S 2016 Cider Tasting Check it out! All event proceeds will benefit the 2016 harvest, which brings fresh, local fruit to over 50 meal programs and food banks across the city.

  • Snowdrift Cider at City Fruit’s Annual Cider Tasting

    Hey folks, you may recall an earlier springtime post on a Fruit Cycle tour, it was arranged by City Fruit, a nonprofit in Seattle which works to promote and protect urban fruit trees, and share the extra fruit with those in need. City Fruit’s 6th Annual Cider Taste is on November 10, 2016. In the…

  • One More Way to KeepYour Home Cool in the Summer:Quinoa, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

    One More Way to Keep
    Your Home Cool in the Summer:
    Quinoa, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

    Double-feature bonus posts this week! My offering to you, Dear Reader, for being a faithful audience. Enjoy! A few years ago, I found myself buying one of those cup-salads from Whole Foods a lot in the summer. I liked it so much I figured I should start making it, so I can (a)get it without…

  • Kelp Noodle Japchae – Low Carb Noodle-mania!

    Okay folks, I admit, I’ve been a little distracted by the glorious Pacific Northwest summer, traipsing about in the mountains. Between that, work, and other personal projects, feeding the Internet Blog Machine has gotten a little backlogged. So without further ado, here’s one more..   Quite some time ago, I went to school in the…