Photos for rooted kitchen book.

The book is organized according to the seasonal year, with recipes and essays that bring the bounty of each season into the kitchen.

Healthy Recipes

Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

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This one is gently spiced with chaat masala, a salty and sour spice mix commonly used to season chaat (street food snacks) in and around South Asia.

Winter Vegetable Crudités

This recipe starts with salami cooked until crisp and then sautéed with chickpeas and spices to add a warm, soft crunch.

This stunning dish is full of flavors that are both hearty and light. The cauliflower is seared and then roasted so you get a bit of char and sweetness.

Cauliflower with Mushroom Mole

Several years ago, some dear friends and I spent a week in Oaxaca, Mexico, eating and marveling at the artistry and community of that incredible place.

Flavorful Mushroom Mole

The amount of chocolate here may seem excessive to some, but my ideal hot chocolate is nearly thick enough to eat with a spoon.

Flavoured salts are delicious and easy to make at home. With one quick pinch, they add a pop of flavour to season and spice any dish.

Flavoured Salts: 5 Easy and Delicious DIY Blends | alive

Flavoured Salts

A few hefty pinches of this Seedy Salt can take avocado toast, tomatoes, and roasted vegetables to a whole new level of delicious.

Seedy Salt: The Secret to Elevated Avocado Toast | alive

Fennel Coriander Salt is absolutely delicious on anything from crackers and homemade potato chips to roasted vegetables and meats.

Use This Fennel Coriander Salt to Flavour Your Homemade Chips | alive

Salt

This quick and easy Smoked Lemon Pepper Salt (seriously, it takes no more than five minutes to make) can imbue vegetables and meats with incredible flavour.

Ashley Rodriguez

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Rooted in the Season

Winter Vegetable Crudités with Yogurt and Chaat Masala

Winter Chopped Salad

Cauliflower with Mushroom Mole and Cilantro-Radish Salad

Mushroom Mole

Rosemary Hot Chocolate

5 DIY flavored salts

Flavoured Salts

Seedy Salt

Fennel Coriander Salt

Smoked Lemon Pepper Salt

Sweet Cardamom Rose Salt