October Unprocessed Posts » Track 1: Recipes

These little mummies are a modified apple dumpling that uses scraps of pastry dough to simulate bandages, apple slices for the bodies, and little bits of dry cranberry for the spooky, otherworldly eyes!

A lot of Halloween recipes use food dye or colorful, super-processed candy. I avoided all of that by putting this dip in something naturally colorful and festive.

It’s not often that a recipe starts, “First, wait for a cow to have her calf…” Yet that is where the story of this recipe begins.

This butternut squash and chickpea soup is completely unprocessed, seasonal, vegan, and super simple to make. It’s perfect for a chilly autumn afternoon; the soup will fill your house with a warm and spicy aroma.

This recipe for an Italian Farro Salad with Favas or Soybeans is the perfect combination of an authentic Italian dish with lots of flavor that is both fresh and healthy.

This pasta has all the cheesy richness of alfredo with none of the cheesy cholesterol. I had to send myself to my room after two helpings or I would have eaten the whole thing!

Whenever I speak at events about my lifelong passion for ancient grains, inevitably someone will ask: But I have no time to spare – don’t they take forever to cook? To which I always reply, with a smile: Not if you know your grains.