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Practically Empty Pantry

Practically Empty Pantry

by Paige Esther Postma

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Category: Baking

Posted on August 29, 2017November 7, 2017

Egg Replacements

I often go to make something only to realize that I am missing half of the ingredients. The World Wide Web has been a kind resource to this haphazard soul of mine and I am here to share all the successes and failures I have had with eggless baking days. Mashed banana: A good way …

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My mother’s least favourite phrase to hear is, “There’s nothing to eat!” She firmly believes that there is always something to eat if you are creative enough about it. I have inherited her fierce attitude towards waste and taken it to the next level.

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Limp leftover carrots from market+funny shaped carrots that never made it to market+the mornings bacon fat from breakfast+ toast with a side of sauteed carrot tops= a farmer's version of "clean out the fridge" soup šŸ˜‹ #practicallyemptypantry is alive and well over here #wastenoteatlots
Honestly Ceasar Salad looks pretty gross regardless of how many filters I put on it BUT holy moly, this was the most epic salad ever featuring @mcintoshfarms chicken @thewholegrainhearth bread as croutons @marksfinemeats bacon and eggs and @sungoldmarketgarden little gem lettuce and garlic. Plus I made the dressing from scratch so I'm feeling pretty happy with my food right now. I love taking what has become junky bad for you classics and recreating them with the originally intended pure ingredients. (Non-local ingredients: lemons, anchovies, parmesan, black pepper, salt and olive oil) the olive oil is from @karposdrynuts and I swear I tried to buy local parmesan once and it was not good, sorry Canada. Come to the night market tonight for some very sweet and crispy spring lettuce! @cgoutdoorfarmersmarket 4-7 P.s. that last roast chicken was about $40 and I got about 15 meals out of it. Food literacy is the key to people paying the true cost off food upfront and then being able to nourish themselves for the best bang for their buck! I made 4 jars of bone broth plus and nice pot of chicken soup and then had 5 jars of leftover chicken I pulled off the bones and have made a few different dinners and lunches with it. We need to relearn food skills from our past! Other waste savers: - stale bread made croutons instead of compost -buy ugly bacon ends at a discount
Why I eat meat: I often find myself in conversations with vegans, completely agreeing with everything they say. Yes, I donā€™t believe we should be causing harm. Yes, I too choose to eat with the environment in mind. Yes, I believe in healthy and clean eating for our minds and bodies. Yes, Yes, Yes. So how do I move forward and say, ā€œbut in order to do that I eat meat.ā€ The conversation would come to a roaring halt. I am now a murderer and we will never see eye to eye on this subject. I get it. Itā€™s complicated. So here is my rant/reasonings for my current food choices. Iā€™ve re-written this like 50 times, because in reality Instagram isnā€™t really the space for this but WHATEVER Iā€™m a wild woman. I do not believe that any form of agriculture can be truly vegan. Whenever I see ā€œcruelty freeā€ vegan cupcakes packed with palm oil I think of destroyed rainforests and the death of the animals who lived in those rain forests. Whenever I see ā€œcruelty freeā€ nut cheese, I think of entire towns water resources being bought out to support massive nut orchards in California. The hundreds of bee hives shipped from all over the country each year to pollinate the orchards. The fuel used for this process alone, nevermind the fuel used to process and ship these nuts world wide. I wonder if people remember that loss of habitat for the purpose of fuel, large mono cropped vegan alternatives, and food processing is not cruelty free at all. It is the complete destruction of habitat. Taking away someoneā€™s home is such a disturbing way to take a life. So how does one eat to avoid the most harm? Everyone has their own answer. Mine involves a system that hopefully CREATES habitat for birds, insects, snakes, other larger furrier creatures. For me, I want a few animals to live really good lives, contribute to a healthy landscape/ecosystem and be grateful for every single ounce of that animal. I would rather wear leather from the cow that fed me than one made of a synthetic fibre that will never break down in the landfill and pollute many animals homes. >>>continued in comments belowā¬‡ļø
A few of my favourite things šŸ˜Š First outdoor market of the season @cgoutdoorfarmersmarket
All from @sungoldmarketgarden with some garnish a la @slegersgreenhouses and some smokey roasted garlic hemp heart vegan cream dip. WHO am I? This one is going to @tapcreativityon Ting Fest #localartists plus #localfoods =match made in heavan
šŸ“£Attention people with broken laptops, storytime: My laptop is about 8 years old, has suffered plenty of abuse from my end of things. It stopped working a couple months ago after I dropped it for a final time. I went to 3 different shops, 1 mac store, 1 outpost and 1 general computer shop. Only the mac store turned it on to look at it, the other 2 shops barely looked at me let alone the laptop. I was told I would have to spend min $200 and even then it might not work. Well LOOK at this perfectly functional laptop. Thank you so much to our friend Ian for bringing this baby back to life with the expert assistance of @ethan_halko Ian is down to continue this newfound role, so I am acting in shameless promotion-if you or someone you know has a broken Mac DM me for contact details. For way cheaper, better and accurate solution all explained to me in clear layman's terms (non of the other shops even bothered to be polite) my laptop has been saved from the landfill for another few years at least and now Ian may have a new career ;) -reminds me of a poster hanging up @ironwoodorganics

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