the food

With only the best intentions of using up what's in my fridge and pantry

before putting my food-buying dollars to work, I now have the following

wonderful items:

The first jar of refrigerator pickles:

ground cinnamon

cardamom pods

curry powder

water

sugar

heat these until fragrant and dissolved

add apple cider vinegar until it tastes like pickle juice

pour into a clean jar with 2 sliced carrots

close and refrigerate, 2 days. (Will tell you how they taste then)

Gluten free buttermilk biscuits:

(this makes 8 good-sized biscuits, which are delicious, and convincing)

1 c garbanzo flour

1/2 c cornmeal

1/4 c brown rice flour

1/4 c combination potato starch and tapioca starch

1/2 t salt

1 t baking soda

1 T sugar

caraway seeds (optional)

2-3 T coconut oil, soild

3/4-1 c buttermilk

mix the coconut oil into the flour mix until it is in crumbles. add buttermilk

until the batter is sticking to your fingers but is not liquidy.

bake at 325 for 10-15 minutes

serve with avocado and honey, or whatever else you have (pickles?)

Dried bananas:

This photo is from about an hour in. They've been going about 5 hours now,

and are almost dried. The liquid that puddles in the pan turns into an amazing

stick-in-your-teeth banana fruit leather. Try it!