Category Archives: Macrobiotic

I LAvocado You.

By Alexa | Published: May 31, 2013

I used to be terrified of avocados and coconuts. A child of the early nineties, I was raised during the peak of the “all-fat-is-bad-fat” phase epitomized by low-fat Snackwell’s cookies. It was only in the past few years, truly, that I’ve been able to fully embrace these plant fats without feeling guilty, and I now I’m [...]

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5-Element Kitchen: Chopping into Spring

By Alexa | Published: April 11, 2013

In the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) 5-element system, spring corresponds to the Wood element. If you think of Wood as bamboo, and not an oak tree, it’s a bit easier to see how wood’s correspondences make sense: the wood element exhibits characteristics of upward movement and flexibility, birth and new growth and it’s color is bright green. Those [...]

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Slow Cooker Congee: To Cook Jook

By Alexa | Published: March 4, 2013

Living in Queens, there are ample opportunities for culinary inspiration, and dim sum brunch yesterday was merely one of those times. Heading out for dim sum means that there are many steamed buns, dumplings, and fried meat morsels in your future. However, before you get to the doughy goodness of steamed delectables, there is often an opportunity [...]

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Pickles. Old school style.

By Alexa | Published: November 26, 2012

As many of you know, I am a pickle-lover. But there are pickles, and there are PICKLES. Over the past few years I have been learning about the benefits of fermented pickles which differ from hot-packed and boiling-water-processed pickles which are made with vinegar and sugar. Fermented pickles are preserved through a natural process which [...]

Also posted in Fermentation, Gastroactivism, Medicinal Food, Recipes, vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged fermentation, from scratch, Healthy, Macrobiotic, parve, Seasonal, Sustainable, vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Cool Down Cucumber Seaweed Salad

By Alexa | Published: July 30, 2012

I’ve been making this salad since I fell in love with a similar one at Souen, a macrobiotic restaurant in Greenwich village during college. Now, 13 (gasp!) years later, knowing more about Chinese medicine and the 5-elements, this salad remains one of my top go-to summer dishes. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, the summer [...]

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