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Essential ingredients in the kitchen

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The FatBack Diet Kitchen
 Condiments / Oils:
Butter
Celtic grey salt
Crème Fraiche
Rendered fats from meats
Honey/Maple syrup
Raw organic sugar
Pumpkin/Sunflower seeds
Almonds/Pecans
Quality olive oil
Vinegar or Lemon
Mayonnaise
Herbs:
Keep a bunch of some fresh herbs on hand and use whenever possible.  Alternate between, rosemary, thyme, dill, fennel, parsley, cilantro, chives, scallions
 STOCK: Make stock from any meat parts and or vegetables and freeze – use [...]

Make your own Mayonnaise

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Now for this one, I have found a very good quality store bought that is really close to homemade, fresh mayonnaise in the cooler of some gourmet shops and health food stores.  It is by “deLouis fils” and will have a short shelf-life once opened – about 10 days.
To make my own – take 2 [...]

Make your own Salad Dressing

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Let’s keep it really simple here.  I make one salad dressing 90% of the time.  So let’s just do that one first.  Households in Europe and the Mediterranean have no store bought salad dressing – it is quick and simple to make it yourself and the quality of the oil is always better.
In a separate [...]

Make your own Yogurt

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Make your own Yogurt:
You will need:
Glass jars
Real milk
A prior batch or bought plain whole yogurt
A tight-lidded insulated cooler
Cream, optional
 
Start with a good quality whole milk – I buy fresh local raw milk from Jersey Cows.
If a thicker yogurt is desired, add several ounces of whole cream per quart of milk
Heat  milk and cream mixture until [...]