simple meals – Goldfinch Wellness

deluxe peanut sauce recipe

Emily Cooney August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, Sauces/ Dips/ Dressings, simple meals Tagged cilantro, coconut, garlic, ginger, peanut, peanut sauce, protein, raw, summer meal, vegan, vegetarian 5 Comments

deluxe coconut peanut sauce… the kind you want to drink. the kind Everyone asks the recipe for. (the kind I don’t have a set recipe for) but here goes:...

sunday supper improv ~ grounding springtime soup

Emily Cooney May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals, soups Tagged beets, blended soup, blended soups, farmer's market, parsley, quick soup, rosemary, simple dinner, simple soup, supper, sweet potato, turnips, vegan soup, vegetable broth, vegetarian soup

another trip to the farmer’s market this weekend filled my house with this rainbow of fresh local goodness, and new ideas to play with! i’d made vegetable broth a...

white bean fennel soup

Emily Cooney February 2, 2023September 21, 2023 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals, soups Tagged blended soup, blended soups, fennel, quick soup, quinoa, simple soup, vegan soup, vegetable broth, vegetarian soup, white beans

i invented a new soup this morning. i’d already been thinking about making a super simple winter soup this week, with white beans and greens and homemade broth. but...

lovage soup

Emily Cooney May 30, 2022May 31, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, Recipes, simple meals, soups Tagged asparagus, blended soup, blended soups, green soup, lovage, quercetin, simple soup, springtime soup, turnips, vegetable broth, vitamin c

I love lovage! Lovage is a wonderful plant that has been in use for a long time, both as a culinary and a medicinal herb. It is incredibly flavorful,...

farmer’s market inspiration

Emily Cooney May 30, 2022May 31, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, habits, health, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals, soups Tagged farmer's market, homemade broth, lovage, micro-greens, turnips, vegetables

On my first visit to the farmer’s market this year, I was overjoyed to find some lovage. It was on my radar from years past and I never see...

amaranth, traditional foods, and the interconnection of our personal and planetary health

Emily Cooney May 23, 2022June 2, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, health, medicine of nature, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals Tagged alternative, amaranth, biodiversity, connection, diversifying species, Dr. Mark Hyman, Edible NM, edible weeds, food as medicine, food sovereignty, healing, local ecosystem, local food, microbiome, porridge, regional food, Standard American Diet

A nutritious weed. An ancient storehouse of ancestral wisdom and powerful healing. A symbol of food sovereignty, a powerful connector of peoples and generations. A tiny seed, which also...

simple green soup

Emily Cooney May 12, 2022March 10, 2023 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, nourishment, simple meals, soups Tagged balance, blended soup, Caen, cress, farmer's market, garlic, kale, light meals, local vegetables, Normandy, outdoor market, roasted garlic, seasonal vegetables, simple soup, spicy greens, spinach, springtime soup, vegetable broth, watercress

I’ve just returned from a trip to France. It was beautiful and complex and rich and satisfying. There’s a lot to reflect on and some of that reflecting will...

delicious springtime dal

Emily Cooney March 29, 2022July 15, 2023 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, health, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals, soups, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged Ayurveda, cleanse, dal, ghee, red lentils, seasonal, soup, spice mixes, springtime recipe, springtime spices

I came up with this ridiculously simple and delicious recipe this morning, and am definitely going to be keeping this one on repeat through my spring cleanse. 1 3/4...

polenta

Emily Cooney March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Blog, Emily's Kitchen, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals Tagged corn meal, local ingredients, pesto, polenta, simple meal

It’s important to get non-GMO/ organic corn meal in this recipe. I’m so fortunate to have access to locally grown, organic blue & yellow corn meal from the Tamaya...

arugula beet salad

Emily Cooney March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, health, nourishment, Recipes, simple meals, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged arugula, beets, salads, springtime

An arugula beet salad is so delicious, and especially supportive in the springtime. You can make this with sliced or shredded roasted beets, pickled beets or roasted beets that...