I was making breakfast for a crowd and decided to make it a carb-up day for me since I was the only one who does the keto thing, I came up with this brownie baked fermented oatmeal recipe.

Ethiopian food lends itself well to carb-ups with plenty of options using low-fat fish, pulses and veggies. I decided to add this lentil stew, “misir wot” to my Ethiopian repertoire…

I had been thinking about how chick peas and black beans tend to be the beans of choice for making dips and spreads, but I happened to have an abundance of red kidney beans. I thought, “Why not try making a dip with that instead? How different could it be?” I decided to lean into its red colour...