My two sisters and I had to mind ourselves after school every day because my mom worked full-time and functioned as a single mom.  She trained us in the ways of staying home alone, with the number one rule ingrained in us:  NEVER, NEVER ANSWER THE DOOR when she wasn’t… read more

I’m food-grieving right now.  My tolerance for carbohydrates has plunged.  I don’t tolerate carbohydrates well because of a condition I have called reactive hypoglycemia.  I recently got further testing done to find the cause of the reactive hypoglycemia (because that’s what naturopaths do — find the cause):  insulin resistance.  Yes,… read more

Eat this soup and detox for dinner.  Kohlrabi is a German turnip found in the cruciferous family.  Did I just say cruciferous?  Yes! You can eat this soup to eat cruciferously.  There are also (hidden) beans in the soup, a great source of fiber.  Double detox factors! I have friends… read more

I grew up in the Pennsylvania Dutch region where butternut squash grow to the size of swan necks.  I use butternut squash in place of pumpkin in any recipe that calls for pumpkin, unless its a savory dish.  Butternut squash tastes superior to me than the popular sugar pie pumpkin… read more

This recipe reminds me of the days when I first found out I had interstitial cystitis (IC).  I did this IC elimination diet where all I ate was cow milk, pears, turkey, lamb, carrots, and rice.  This was the first archerfriendly diet (version 1.0).  I started combining pears (with the… read more

We finally made it to strawberry season here in Seattle (or should I say, I finally made it to the farmer’s market?).  Life has been very busy going to medical school full time with a toddler, and this summer I started working as a secondary clinician at the Bastyr Center for… read more

When I was in college, the family I “mommy-helped” would often receive turnips through their CSA and pass them onto me because they didn’t know what to do with them.  I wasn’t quite sure either since I didn’t grow up eating turnips and didn’t know much about them.  Turnips and… read more

When I flew to the east coast this past Christmas, I stashed about six red garnet yams in my suitcase. They took up precious cargo weight, but I didn’t care because my mother-in-law could not find them in South Jersey.  I wanted to make our signature Saigon Maple Mashed Yams… read more

When my husband went to the store recently, I told him to pick out a weird squash for me.  I wanted to cook with a new one and I wanted to be surprised!  My husband came home, announcing that he picked out a “gold hubbard.”  Something about the name of this squash makes it… read more

The graceful taste of this simple sandwich is dependent on freshly baked and freshly toasted bread.  When I’m low on time, I use Pamela’s Gluten-Free Bread Mix with a few archerfriendly additions (I will post it soon).  Pamela’s Gluten-Free Bread Mix is technically not a whole food because it contains white rice flour.  Its… read more