Food the Wong Way

Tag: almonds

  • Your Friends Will Love These Treats – Paleo-Friendly Granola Bars

    Your Friends Will Love These Treats – Paleo-Friendly Granola Bars

    On the tails of last week’s post: this time, some people treats! My crossfitting significant other sent me this paleo-friendly recipe via Flipboard message about a year ago, and I’ve been making it ever sense, especially for road trips and hiking. Most recently, I heard my next adventure is going to involve food price sticker…

  • 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…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Tea Infuser + Dessert Dusting

    Pro-Tip Tuesday: Tea Infuser + Dessert Dusting

    How can you dust powdered sugar on your holiday desserts without making a mess, AND conserve the left over for the next round? Try a tea infuser! Here’s the shortest video I’ve ever intentionally made, lol. I’m pretty sure even if you don’t have one with an easy handle and all, it’ll still work neater…

  • Home Made Almond Milk

    You guys, I finally gave in and tried making home made almond milk! Blame it on that Monday MLK holiday, and a big bag of expensive-feeling almonds from Cash & Carry. As a lactard, I ordinarily drink almond milk at home en lieu of regular milk, when I’m not indulging with coconut milk to lace…

  • No Knead Artisan Bread with Dried Fruit

    I wanted to give my friends a housewarming gift that would not add to the giant pile of things they just had to move into their new home, so I tried my hand at some rustic, thick crusty bread. I doubled the portions but the bread was a tiny bit wetter than I’d like so…

  • Beat the Heat: Part Zillion!
    Zucchini Basil Salad

    Fresh back from a cross-country road trip through 4 national parks, three rolls of campfire-cooked Pillsbury products, and too many kinds of 80+-degree weather, I give you… Cold Zucchini Basil Salad A variation from simply real health I googled after a random Instagram find. Ingredients: 1 large heirloom tomato, sliced into bite-sized pieces 3-4 zucchini total (prefer a…

  • [Broccoli & Spinach] Miso Slaw

    As a kid, my mom would make steamed broccoli, and my favorite parts to eat were the little slices of tender stalk (outside bark was peeled off) that she would steam along with the usual tree-like shapes I would stick in bowls of rice to create a tiny diorama before eating. It wasn’t until years later…

  • Quinoa, for breakfast?!
    Coconut Quinoa Breakfast Blend

    An old classmate of mine has been keeping a blog too, Monica’s Cheddar Cheese Popcorn, which includes plenty of food talk. It seems she’s on a new year health kick and has been trying some different food habits. Below is my rendition of the idea I got from her. It plays right into my urge…

  • Almond Florentines

    Almond Florentines

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. (originally from a Food Network recipe -link no longer live-, with minimal substitution) Makes: ~5 dozen 3-inch Florentines, or 2 1/2 dozen 6-inch Florentine Total Time: 1 hr 35 min Prep 30 min Inactive 45 min Cook 20 min I first had these a few years ago at Zeitgeist Kunst &…

  • Sweet & Spicy Almonds

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. This one whips up fast, and it’s even vegan! (originally from All Recipes, HQ’d in Seattle! ..one adjustment here) Makes: 2 1/2 cups almonds Total processing time: less than 30 minutes Ingredients 1/4 cup raw sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 1/2 cups whole almonds…