This fish soup recipe is adapted from ”Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse Cookbook: Recipes and Recollections from her Savannah …” (Ten Speed Press, 2002). Retaining both the skin and bones makes this especially nutritious, but you can remove them if you must.

serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • fresh unprocessed whole-fat milk
  • – 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • white pepper
  • Hot pepper sauce

This makes a good topping for burgers.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • fresh lemon juice
  • Mineral salt such as Real Salt®
  • Organic Cream Cheese

This is wonderful with grilled roasted fish or chicken. Good with cream cheese, brie and other cheeses.

ready in about an hour and 15 minutes; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • honey or 1 tsp organic sugar
  • mineral salt
  • ground cumin seed or 1/4 tsp. allspice

This sauce is wonderful with grilled or roasted lamb and makes a dip for apple slices or cucumber spears. We like it on canned sardines. This also makes a good stuffing for fresh baked fish – see the variation below.

ready in about an hour and 50 minutes; serves 10
You might need to buy:
  • chopped onion
  • freshly grated ginger root
  • – 1/2 tsp. Mineral salt
  • honey

This thick condiment is wonderful with anything. Try it with fish, lamb, or beef. Or use as a dip for anything that is crunchy. (Try it with red pepper strips, apple slices, cucumber slices or spears, or Flackers flax seed crackers.)

serves 8
serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • Juice of 1 small lime

Oysters are packed with protein, B-12, minerals, and other valuable nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin D. If you want to used shucked raw oysters (sold in jars), see the variation.

serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • white pepper,
  • ground mustard seed
  • potato starch
  • Butter
serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • mineral salt
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 10
You might need to buy:
  • fresh lemon juice
  • large minced or crushed garlic clove
  • dill weed
  • organic cream cheese

The hummus will keep in the refrigerator for four days.

ready in about an hour and 10 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • lemon juice
  • cayenne pepper or a rounded 1/4 tsp. white pepper