Recipes - Yang's Nourishing Kitchen

Aloo Gobi with Shrimp (Paleo, Gluten-Free)

Soy Pulp Cornmeal Buns (豆渣窝头)

Sprouted Oat Milk Recipe (Vegan, Gluten-Free, 2 Ingredients)

Sautéed Garlic Mustard Recipe (Foraged Wild Greens)

Japanese Clam Miso Soup

Roasted Cauliflower Salad in Turmeric Dressing (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Paleo)

Making Gaba Rice at Home

Turmeric Roasted Spatchcock Chicken

Kimchi Fried Rice

Chinese Steamed Fish

Fermented Cashew Cheese (Vegan, Probiotic)

Healthy Weed Brownies (Gluten-Free, Nutrient-Dense)

Maple Roasted Pumpkin (Gluten-Free, Paleo)

Hiyashi Chuka: Japanese Cold Noodle (Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free Option)

Roasted Beet Dip with Garlic and Goat Cheese

Classic Weed Brownies

Korean Cucumber Salad (Oi Muchim)

Easy Honey Teriyaki Salmon

Stir-Fried Sour Long Beans and Minced Pork (酸豇豆炒肉末）

Chinese Long Bean Recipe: Fermented Long Beans (酸豇豆)

Hamachi Crudo

Spicy Beef Stir Fry

Fermented Watermelon Rind Salsa

Spicy Cumin Lamb (Keto, Gluten-Free, Paleo)

Sorghum Bread with Sweet Potato and Raisin (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)

Creamy Shrimp Avocado Dip (Gluten-Free, Keto)

Easy Peking Duck Wrap

Peking Duck Pancakes

Medicinal Mushroom Soup with Chicken Broth

Creamy Braised Veal Chops (Keto, Gluten-Free)

Weed Ice Cream in 2 Flavours (Vanilla and Chocolate)

Gluten-Free Salmon Spring Rolls

Smacked Cucumber Salad

Easy Baked Butterfly Shrimp (Keto, Gluten-Free)

Cheesy Weed Crackers (Keto, Gluten-Free)

Instant Pot Russian Vinaigrette Salad (Vegan, Paleo, Probiotic)

Matcha Cannabis Ice Cream

Pickled Beets

Vegan Fried Rice with Cumin and Potato

Vegan Mapo Tofu

Chinese Eggplant Recipe: Red-Braised Eggplants

Chinese Scallion Pancakes (葱油饼)

Mung Bean Cakes (Gluten-Free, Vegan, 3 Ingredients)

Eight Treasure Congee (八宝粥)

Cannabis Chocolate (Low-Dose, 3 Ingredients)

Cannabis Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten-Free, Low-Dose)

Instant Pot Cannabutter

Fermented Hot Peppers

Sichuan Fermented Vegetables (四川泡菜）

Grilled Beef Liver (Keto, Paleo, Low-Carb)

Fermented Cherry Tomatoes

Grilled Okra (Keto, Vegan, Paleo)

Instant Pot 3 Cup Chicken

Spelt Blueberry Muffins

Moo Shu Pork (Keto, Low-Carb)

Chinese Salted Duck Eggs (Easy, Keto)

Joojeh Kabob (Persian Chicken Kabob)

How to Make Ghee (Easy, Plain vs. Spiced)

Pickled Shallots (Easy, Vegan)

Bedtime Calming Tea (TCM, Vegan, Paleo)

11 Keto Air Fryer Chicken Recipes

How to Make Tofu (2-Ways, Sprouted)

Stir Fry Bean Sprouts with Minced Pork (Keto, Gluten-Free)

Pickled Grapes (Quick & Easy, Vegan)

Chinese Steamed Egg Custard in Instant Pot

Easy Chicken Liver Pâté (Keto, Paleo, Whole 30)

Instant Pot Chicken Bone Broth (Gelatinous, 8-qt Instant Pot Recipe)

40+ Quick and Easy Keto Dinner Recipes

Keto Cauliflower Fried Rice /w Hot Dog and Eggs

Quince Jam (Easy, 3 Ingredients)

Chinese style daikon and goat soup with healing herbs in a bowl

Herbal Goat Soup /w Angelica and Goji Berries

Gluten-Free Ribs and Kimchi Noodle Soup

Mini Mushroom Pancakes (Keto, Paleo, Whole 30)

Sausage & Mussels in Tomato Broth (Paleo, Low-Carb)

Millet Sweet Potato Porridge in Rice Cooker

Keto Kimchi (Whole 30, GAPS, Paleo)

Gluten-Free Sorghum Almond Cookies

Kefir Avocado Green Goddess Dressing (Keto, GAPS, Gluten-free)

Cozy Winter Meatball Soup (Gluten-Free, Paleo, Whole 30)

Scottish Sautéed Veal Kidney

Mushroom Ketchup + Spiced Mushroom Powder

Honeysuckle, Monk Fruit and Chrysanthemum Tea (TCM, Keto, Vegan)

Cardamom, Saffron & Vanilla Poached Pear

Olive and Preserved Lemon Poached Shrimp

Injera (Fermented Ethiopian Teff Flatbread)

Japanese Grilled Turkey Skewers

Paleo & Whole30 Breakfast Sausage Patties (Tender & Moist)

No-Cook Golden Milk Coconut Mango Pudding (Paleo, AIP, GAPS)

Instant Pot Beef Bone Broth

Overnight Banana Spelt Pancakes: Fermented for Better Nutrition and Digestion

Nourishing Liver, Vegetable & Sweet Rice Congee

Instant Pot Osso Buco (Low-Carb, Paleo)

Low-Carb Saffron Cauliflower Rice Risotto

Paleo Apple-Fermented Kimchi

Paleo Coconut Kabocha Squash Muffins

50+ Best Keto Breakfast Recipes

Sichuan Fritillaria Steamed Pear (川贝雪梨): TCM Natural Cough Remedy

Sheet-Pan Keto Zucchini Noodles and Shrimp (Paleo, Whole 30, Keto)

Cheesy Veggie-Stuffed Meatloaf + Giveaway: Low-Carb Cooking with Your Instant Pot

3 Ingredient Strawberry Kefir Popsicles (GAPS, Gluten-Free)

Instant Pot Sticky Rice Steamed Pork Ribs

Keto Bacon-Wrapped Green Beans

Baked Eggs in Portabella Mushroom Caps (Paleo, Keto, Whole 30)

Instant Pot Beef Brisket Stew with Daikon Radish

Ginseng Chicken Soup: The Ultimate Nourishing Soup for Energy, Brain Function and Immune Support

Shredded Chipotle Beef Tacos + Giveaway: Amazing Mexican Favorites with Your Instant Pot

Loaded Vegan Curry Lentil Soup /w Winter Vegetables

Healthy Gummy Lego Candy (Paleo, Whole30)

Sesame Candy + Giveaway: Korean Paleo Cookbook

Anti-inflammatory Garlic Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower

Asian Seafood Bone Broth Instant Noodle Jar

Instant Pot Beets Salad (Paleo, Whole 30, Vegan)

Avocado Salad in Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing

5 Ingredient Gluten Free Zucchini Crepe

Probiotic Kefir Tzatziki Dip

A bowl of forbidden rice and red bean congee in a bowl, cooked in Instant Pot or pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Forbidden Rice & Red Bean Congee

Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut /w Caraway Seeds

65+ Nutrient Dense Real Food Snack Recipes

sprouted chickpeas and sweet potato hummus.

Sprouted Chickpea and Sweet Potato Hummus in Instant Pot

Over head shot of the stir fry kimchi and pork belly in a bowl.

Easy Stir Fry Kimchi & Pork Belly

Purple cabbage and jicama slaw picked up with a folk.

Purple Cabbage & Jicama Slaw

healthy limeade jello made with real food and no food colouring.

Healthy Limeade Jello (GAPS, Paleo)

a bowl of chicken broth seaweed egg drop soup.

Immune-Boosting Chicken Broth Seaweed Egg Drop Soup

Instant Pot shiitake ginger chicken bone broth in a jar.

Instant Pot Shiitake Ginger Chicken Bone Broth (All Purpose Asian Stock)

Lamb and spinach curry served over brown rice, and garnished with fresh lime.

Nourishing Lamb and Spinach Curry: Food for Winter

Ginger orange pickled daikon radish served in a bowl beside 3 glasses of picking liquid as the immune boosting shots.

Ginger Orange Pickled Daikon + Immune Shot (Paleo, Whole30, Vegan)

A loaf of kefir fermented honey thyme sourdough cornbread sliced and placed in a serving dish.

Kefir Fermented Honey Thyme Sourdough Cornbread

PMS relief Chinese herbal chicken soup based on Traditional Chinese Medicine formula "Si Wu Tang", cooked and served in a traditional clay soup pot.

Natural PMS Remedy: PMS Relief Herbal Chicken Soup (四物汤)

A stack of gluten-free orange cranberry coconut scones on a plate.

Gluten Free Orange Cranberry Coconut Scones

Paleo baked pork ribs on the tray in a overhead shot, looking delicious.

Paleo Baked Ribs + a Family Favourite Dry Rub Recipe

Honey fermented garlic can be used to combat cold and flu in the winter season or simply as a condiment to add a sweet garlicky flavour to any dish.

Honey Fermented Garlic: A Natural Remedy for Cold and Flu

Overhead shot of the tostones/patacones (twice-fried green plantains) paired with garlic cilantro mayonnaise (salsa de ajo), from the "Latin American Paleo Cooking" cookbook.

Tostones /w Garlic Cilantro Mayo + Giveaway: Latin American Paleo Cooking

2 bowls of turkey quinoa pumpkin soup

Turkey Quinoa Pumpkin Soup (with a Bone Broth Base)

A good turkey carcass broth gels overnight. You can see a spoonful of broth resting on the rest of the gelled broth.

Leftover Turkey Carcass Broth

Easy DIY Floral Tea 3 Ways: Coupling the Healing Power of Teas and Flowers

This smoked salmon potato salad with pickle juice dressing is absolutely delicious. Smoked salmon and potatoes are a match in heaven. The no-mayo dressing is made from leftover brine of the fermented cucumber pickles, adding the extra probiotic boost. Naturally gluten-free, dairy-free and refined-sugar free.

Smoked Salmon Potato Salad with Pickle Juice Dressing (a Probiotic Twist)

If you are looking for ways to incorporate more nutrient-dense organ meats into your diet, the spicy Szechuan tripe salad is a must try! Full of flavours and kicks, spicy Szechuan tripe salad is a great way to introduce organ meats to the hesitant eaters. I used pork tripes in this recipe as you can see from the photos. Pork tripes are also called pig stomaches, or hog maw. You can also make this dish with beef tripes instead.

Spicy Szechuan Tripe Salad

Chinese medicinal soup formula (Si Shen Tang, 四神汤) consisting of poria, Chinese wild yam, white lotus seeds, and euryale seeds makes one of the classic soup remedies served on the dinner table in many Chinese families and sold by street food vendors. This rendition focuses on easing anxiety and stress by supporting the adrenal glands, as well as resolving stress-induced digestive dysfunctions by supporting the digestive system. Pig stomach was used in this soup recipe to honour the original formula. Like other organ meats, pig stomachs are nutritious and have long been used for medicinal purpose in cooking in the East. Pig stomach soup is rich in gelatine and glutamine that are important components for leaky gut healing.

Adrenal Support Chinese Herbs And Pig Stomach Soup (四神汤)

Raw grape jelly is a great alternative to cooked ones preserving many of the heat-sensitive antioxidants and enzymes, let alone how much easier it is to whip up a batch. To be honest, I never have pectin stored in the pantry, so these chia seeds are life-savers on days I run out of jam. They thicken up fruit puree in no time while no cooking is required at all. I nicknamed the recipe "instant jam" owing to the fact that I made this raw chia Concord grape jelly in under 5 minutes.

Raw Chia Concord Grape Jelly (5 Minute Instant Jam)

{Video Recipe} This cucumber wakame salad is my version of the Japanese sunomono salad without refined sugar. Wakame is a seaweed rich in vitamins, minerals and helps to balance hormones among many health benefits. Cucumber wakame salad is a refreshing summer salad to get some sea vegetables into our diet.

Cucumber Wakame Salad

{Fermented} Lacto-fermented pickles are naturally preserved, deliciously tangy and probiotic. This is a great recipe to make in the summer months when the pickling cucumbers are in season. I will show you how to make crispy crunchy fermented cucumber pickles. This recipe is also raw, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and nut-free.

Fermented Pickles /w Green Tea and Dill Flowers

{Fermented | Video on Blog} You will love this mango kefir ice cream for the probiotic benefits. Real milk kefir grains contain 30 to 50 strains of probiotic bacteria and yeast combined. If you are looking for a summer dessert to make with your milk kefir grains, this mango kefir ice cream is a tasty treat and uses only 4 ingredients. Mango and kefir are a perfect match in flavour. I will also show you some tips for achieving the best results without using an ice cream maker.

Mango Kefir Ice Cream w/o Ice Cream Maker

Millets are seen as a rarely eaten ancient grain in many modernized countries. Do you know that in some parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, millets are neither ancient nor rare? In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), millet porridges are regarded as a healing food for postpartum and digestive health. Millets are naturally gluten-free, highly nutritious and beneficial in treating physical weakness and stomach ailments like ulcers and indigestion. I will show you how to make a basic millet porridge the Chinese style.

Millet Porridge: A Chinese Postpartum & Digestive Healer

Don't toss that leftover pickle juice after you finish your pickles. Use it with summer herbs to make pickle juice salad dressing. When using fermented pickle juice, you are adding more beneficial bacteria, enzymes and nutrients into this pickle juice salad dressing that's both delicious and refreshing. Some people drink pickle juice straight. The risk of high sodium level can be mitigated by using pickle juice in dressing instead. I will also show you the differences of 2 kinds of pickle juice.

Pickle Juice Salad Dressing /w Summer Herbs

Try this beautiful gluten-free and grain free baked sole flowers. Easily adaptable for diary-free, paleo, and whole 30. Baked sole flowers on coconut pea puree is one of my favourite dishes to enjoy the green pea and spinach season. It's a perfect light meal for the warmer days and free of all allergens. This coconut pea puree and baked sole flower dish takes less than 30 mins to make, and so beautiful and elegant to serve to your guests for a special occasion!

Coconut Pea Puree + Baked Sole Flowers

Make your own kefir cheese and eat with creativity. You will love this rice-less sushi for extra dose of probiotics from the kefir cheese. Along with smoked salmon, avocado, sesame seeds, cucumber, microgreens, this probiotic sushi not only is a tasty treat, but with abundant healthy fats also a super brain food to support mental health and brain functions. Comes with a yummy alternative dipping sauce recipe that you can make without wasabi.

Keto Sushi (Probiotic, Low-Carb)

{Video} Instruction and recipe on how to grow sprouts at home. You can use a mason jar and simple supplies to make your own sprouting jar. Make sure to use good quality sprouting seeds to grow your sprouts successfully. You can buy sprouting seeds from regular grocery stores or online once you know what you are looking for. Home-grown sprouts are fresh, nutrient-dense and live superfood.

How to Grow Sprouts + Health Benefits

Sake Kasu Recipe: this sake kasu marinade is great on chicken, as well as other meats and fish to bring out big flavours while acting as a tenderizer. Sake kasu, a traditional ingredient, has been regaining recognization in recent years in modern cooking. Sake kasu is appreciated for its nutritional values by the health enthusiasts, as well as praised for its rich umami flavour by the gourmet chefs. Meet this new ingredient that has the best of both worlds - nutrition and flavour.

Sake Kasu Recipe: The Best Tender Marinated Chicken

If you love milk kefir and superfoods, this recipe is for you! Superfoods Kefir Maca Smoothie is full of life energy and tastes better than chocolate milk shake! You are getting the combined probiotic benefits of milk kefir and tonic benefits of the warming herbs and spices. This smoothie will give you that extra energy in the morning. Naturally sweetened and thickened by Medjool dates, it will be so chocolaty delicious and you know it’s good for you when enjoying this cup full of goodness!

Superfoods Kefir Maca Smoothie

Kombucha Carbonation and Flavouring Tips: The Second Fermentation

Kombucha Series Part #1: 11 Important things to know for a successful kombucha brew. Let's dive a little deeper - this article covers a list of important questions and answers to make kombucha 1st fermentation as successful as possible. Also included a basic recipe and instruction for those who are new to kombucha brewing.

11 Important Things To Know for a Successful Kombucha Brew

(Fermented) This probiotic sauerkraut is loaded with flavours and anti-inflammatory health benefits from pineapple, turmeric and ginger. Fermented sauerkrauts are probiotic, nutrient-dense, good for digestion, and a natural way to preserve. Follow my simple foolproof technique to ferment cabbage the right way in order to achieve the best favour and health benefits.

Pineapple-Turmeric-Ginger Probiotic Sauerkraut

Sprouted French Green Lentils and Purple Radish Sprouts make a great looking salad! The tahini lime dressing is a perfect dressing for a salad containing sprouts. The dressing is also super versatile. Gluten-free and vegetarian!

Tahini Lime Dressing + Sprouted Salad

This Chinese herbal healing oxtail soup is a classic nourishing recipe based on Traditional Chinese medicine. The oxtail soup provides the full range of health benefits of the bone broth. Coupled with the use of goji berries and codonopsis root, this Chinese herbal healing oxtail soup focuses on toning and strengthening Qi. Whether you are in a process of healing or just looking for a cozy and nourishing meal, it's a perfect recipe for the whole family in cold weather.

Chinese Herbal Healing Oxtail Soup

(Fermented) Probiotic raspberry kefir cream cheese spread can be easily made at home using real milk kefir grains.

Raspberry Kefir Cream Cheese Spread

{Video instruction on the blog!} These butternut squash & beef meatballs are paleo, gluten-free & dairy-free. Wonderfully delicious and moist! They are a healthy and seasonal take on the traditional Italian meatballs in marinara sauce. Great recipe for the picky eaters too to hide some veggies in the meatballs. Can also be made with other winter squashes.

Butternut Squash Meatballs (Paleo, Whole 30)

This ginger, mustard and miso dressing, combined with hemp hearts is a flavourful Asian-inspired combination. Ginger-mustard-miso Brussels sprouts is a healthy side for any lunch or dinner. Ready in 15 mins. Easily adaptable for gluten-free and vegan.

Warm Brussels Sprout Salad in Miso Dressing

a jar of wild fermented salsa

Wild Fermented Salsa (No Whey, Probiotic, Vegan)