Recipes
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Roasted Vegetable and Halloumi Tray
Cauliflower, peppers, red onion, halloumi. One tray, 30 minutes, vegetarian, vivid.
Tyrosine Turkey Bowl
Turkey is one of the highest dietary sources of tyrosine — the amino acid your brain uses to make dopamine and norepinephrine.
The Corn Trail — From Teosinte to Corn Syrup
Maize was domesticated from a Mexican grass called teosinte 9,000 years ago. The journey to high-fructose corn syrup is the central story of American industrial food.
Cold Brew Protein Smoothie
Caffeine for activation, protein to avoid a crash, MCT oil for ketone-backed energy. 3 minutes, no cooking.
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor and Vibration Cooking
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor's 1970 book Vibration Cooking is a Gullah cook's memoir, a Black feminist text, and a refusal of cookbook conventions all at once.
The Global Fermentation Map — Why Every Cuisine Has a Sour Thing
Kimchi, kraut, kvass, miso, garum, kefir, dosa, idli, injera. Almost every cuisine on Earth has a fermented staple. The technique is human-universal.
Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric Lentil Soup
Curcumin from turmeric crosses the blood-brain barrier and reduces neuroinflammation. High protein, low glycaemic, batch-friendly.
Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, Two Decades Later
Fast Food Nation (2001) is still the most influential book ever written about American industrial food. It mostly aged well. Here's what stuck, what didn't, and what changed.
Three Sisters — The Indigenous Polyculture That Outperforms Monoculture
Maize, beans, and squash grown together — the Three Sisters — produced more food per acre than any of them alone. The agronomy was correct 3,000 years before anyone wrote it down.
Mason Jar Chickpea Lunch Salads
Five layered jars, prepped in 25 minutes, that hold their crunch through Friday.
Collard Greens — The Pot Liquor Is the Point
Slow-cooked collards with smoked meat. The leaves are the dish; the broth — pot liquor — is the bonus you serve with cornbread to dip.
Apple, Cheddar, and Walnut Plate
Apple slices, sharp cheddar, walnuts. Five minutes. Three macros. No spike.