Citypages Best of 2012: Best Falafel

14 May

Foxy Falafel was named the best falafel in via the Citypages Best Of 2012.  We are super proud and humbled.  Thank you Twin Cities for all the support and making Foxy grow and become the best that it can be!  Below is the excellently written excerpt from Citypages

South Dakota farm gal Erica Strait left the state to study at New York City’s Institute for Integrative Nutrition and its Natural Gourmet Institute, guided by her interest in food and nutrition. It was in the big city that she not only trained in holistic health and whole-foods cooking but developed a love for falafel while working under Israeli chef Einat Admony. Back in the Midwest and working as a personal chef, Strait found herself missing Admony’s crispy falafel, so she did what anyone with the know-how would do: She started making it herself. Throw in Strait’s affection for street food, and you have Foxy Falafel, which for the last few years has been serving falafel, kombucha, bike-powered smoothies, and more at farmers’ markets and events around the Twin Cities. The only problem? During the colder months, fans of Foxy have missed Strait’s crispy falafel — and they know they can’t make it themselves. So until the market season starts up again, they can only dream and drool, thinking of Strait’s crunchy-on-the-outside, creamy-on-the-inside falafel balls, made with chickpeas she sprouts herself, as well as her pickled condiments and her three amazing sauces: a smoky/spicy/garlicky Tunisian harissa, a cool cucumber yogurt, and an herbaceous tahini.

Only 1 more week!

14 May

Kingfield Farmers Market opening day is May 20th!
We are excited to be at this amazing farmers market for our 3rd season.  Looking forward to seeing all our Foxy Friends and meeting new ones too!  Yay!

Photo from Kingfield Farmers Market Facebook Page

Foxy Got A Food Truck

11 Apr

Hey everybody!
If you haven’t heard yet, Foxy Got A Food Truck!!! Yay!!!

I’m finally taking Foxy to the next level and look forward to feeding you out of my beautiful truck!

For now I plan on hitting the streets of St. Paul and hitting up special events around town. The truck will also be at the Linden Hills Farmers Market on Sundays from 9:30-2. Yippee!

And don’t worry Kingfield. We will still be at the KFM on Sundays 8:30-1 with the classic tent set up.

Looking forward to slingin’ falafels to you and keep on the look out for new menu items coming soon!

Love, peace, and falafels!!

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Gluten Free Grain Free Buckwheat Pancakes

27 Feb

While surfing on the interwebs the other day, looking for grain free chocolate chip cookies, I found this recipe for buckwheat pancakes.  I don’t think I’ve had a pancake in 4 years so I thought I’d give these a whirl.  And buckwheat is technically a grass, not a grain.  Party Bonus!

The key to these delicious pancakes is soaking the buckwheat flour overnight in buttermilk which gives it that sourdough flavor and bubbly mix.  They turned out so good!  These made me soooo happy with a little butter and maple syrup!  And I know they will do the same for you too!

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I Love Xylophone

21 Feb

I’m digging this song by Gotye featuring Kimbra.    They will be playing a sold out concert at Epic located downtown Mpls this April.  If you got tickets I’m super envious! Lots of xylophone for your listening pleasure.

Cauliflower Pizza Crust. No Joke. It’s SO good.

20 Feb

Hey!  Did you hear Pizzaria Lola has gluten free pizza crusts?  I’m so excited because, yes, I’ve been to Pizzaria Lola with a group of friends to only eat the roasted cauliflower and meatza (just the toppings of the pizza) which is tasty, but just doesn’t count in my book as a satisfying meal out.  I’ll be eating there soon and let you all know how it is.

So I saw this recipe on the Pins a.k.a. Pinterest from eat.drink.smile blog and thought it was worth giving it a shot as a lot of other gluten free/grain free pizza crusts pretty much suck.  I’ve tried it all.  Box pizza mixes.  Almond flour. Coconut flour.  Tapioca starch, which actually wasn’t so bad.

So here’s what I did.  I use a scale a lot in cooking finding that it allows a more precise measurement and can be increased and decreased easily.  I used a box grater to grate the cauliflower v.s. a food processor and also used a saute pan v.s. the microwave.   I just cooked it a bit longer on low heat because you want to get the moisture out.

400 grams of grated cauliflower (approx. 2 cups)
8g Garlic, minced (2 cloves)
2g Italian Seasoning (2 tsp)
5 oz grated Mozzarella Cheese
2 Eggs
1 tsp. salt

Mixing up the cauliflower, eggs, cheese, garlic, italian seasoning, and salt.

Mash the cauliflower mixture on a 9×13 sheet pan lined with parchment paper and brushed with olive oil.  I made mine bigger but think they would turn out more crisp and firm if done in two small rounds v.s. one big.  Bake according to the original recipe.

The finished product.  The crust is actually delicious and the texture is great.  Top it with whatever you desire. I did tomato sauce, mushrooms, onions, spinach and mozzarella.

Enjoy!

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Happy Valentines Day!

14 Feb

For Valentines Day this year my sweetheart and I will be cooking up some Snow Crab and then heading off to the Polica CD release party at First Ave.  I’m super excited to see them perform live! I may just have to bake a cake derived from the cupcake recipe I used here.

Here’s a little Polica video for listening/viewing pleasure.

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