Indigikitchen

Friendly reminder that fireweed shoots can be cooked like asparagus. Fry in some garlic butter or throw them on the grill. Enjoy!

So grateful for my crew of helpers this evening. 🙌🏽 These students were vital in pulling off a big multi-course plated meal. Plus, they got to learn about culinary careers in the process. 🥄 On the menu: Iced cedar maple tea Spring green salads with candied sunflower seeds, dried savis berries, grated carrots, chokecherry vinegarette, and a glacier lily Piikuni Lake and Prairie: Sumac broiled rainbow trout Bison brisket Seasonal veggies Green chile roasted hominy Mexican chocolate pumpkin seed flour brownie

Using Navajo Pride Chíílchin (Sumac) to season this beautiful rainbow trout. 🎏

You should definitely always ask for permission before gathering things and definitely not ninja gather. 😜 But I asked the balsamroot and they said it was cool if I took a few flowers...🌻

It's amazing to me how many people are completely unaware of the abundance of currants and gooseberries growing across the continent. However, that ignorance was intentional. In 1911, the US made growing plants in the Ribes genus illegal because they act as a carrier of a blister rust that kills white pine trees (therefore threatening the timber industry). Mass eradication efforts were started and the commercial sweets industry never incorporated currant flavors into candies, soda, pies, etc. This article mainly references Blackcurrants because that's what typically used in Europe but all our Ribes plants were threatened by this policy. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/10/americas-blackcurrant-ban/ In Montana alone, we have 15 varieties, all edible! 🫐Alpine Prickly Gooseberry Ribes montigenum 🫐Bristly Black Currant Ribes lacustre 🫐Bristly Gooseberry Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. setosum 🫐Canada Gooseberry Ribes oxyacanthoides 🫐Golden Currant Ribes aureum 🫐Henderson's Gooseberry Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. hendersonii 🫐Idaho Gooseberry Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. irriguum 🫐Northern Black Currant Ribes hudsonianum 🫐Northern Red Currant* Ribes rubrum *Non-native 🫐Sticky Currant Ribes viscosissimum 🫐Swamp Red Currant Ribes triste 🫐Trailing Black Currant Ribes laxiflorum 🫐Wax Currant Ribes cereum 🫐White-stem gooseberry Ribes inerme 🫐Wild Black Currant Ribes americanum

A special episode of Chopped titled “Indigenous Inspiration” will air April 21 on Food Network, featuring four Indigenous chefs competing with baskets centered on Indigenous ingredients. The episode is described by the network as a “first-of-its-kind” competition focused on Indigenous culinary traditions. Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet/Cherokee), Ray Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), Justin Pioche (Navajo), and Jessica Walks First (Menominee) will prepare a three-course meal across appetizer, entrée, and dessert rounds, with one chef eliminated each round. The winner will receive $10,000. The judging panel includes Sean Sherman, Pyet DeSpain, and Eric Adjepong. The episode airs at 9 p.m. ET and will stream on Discovery+ after broadcast. — Will you be tuning in? Source: Indian Country Today (Sandra Hale Schulman) #Arts

There's a Blackfoot expression which basically translates to "I pray my enemies are as strong as I am so it will not be embarrassing when I defeat them." 💪🏽😅 Thanks for being fearsome opps, chefs. Couldn't have asked for a more awesome lineup of competitors on Chopped. Massive shout out to these folks for doing work every day across the continent to uplift Native food traditions, flavors, and stories. Jessica Walks First, Menominee: Owner of Ketapanen Kitchen Justin Pioche, Navajo: Co-owner of Pioche Food Group Ray Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo: Owner of Manko: Native American Fusion Indigenous Inspirations Chopped airs 7 pm mountain time on Tuesday, April 21st

Had braised bison for breakfast so this day is off to a great start 🙌🏽🦬

Had a wonderful time at the High Desert Museum. Photo credit 📸: Terry Stanley

Tune in next Tuesday, April 21st to watch me compete alongside three other Native chefs on Food Network's Chopped: Indigenous Inspirations. 🔪📺 Airing on @foodnetwork at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central, 7 pm Mountain, 6 pm Pacific

Congrats to Rocky Boys for the grand opening of their new Miyo Youth Center! This place is going to be a phenomenal hub in the community and I was super stoked to be in their demonstration kitchen sharing some small bites 🍘

So many incredible experiences in Borikén, learning and enjoying food from the land and from the people. Amazing how many things can be made with platanos and bananas (like both these pasteles de pollo - delicious tamale-like wraps stuffed with meat or veggies, wrapped in banana leaves, and boiled AND the tostones - smashed green banana and platanos then fried)