Preparation & Cooking of Dried Beans Sort through beans to look for any small stones. Rinse the beans, cover completely with water and soak overnight. Drain the soaking water, rinse the beans under running water and then put in a […] Read more »
Ingredients ¼ cup shredded coconut ½ cup unsalted butter ½ cup sucanat 2 T turbinado sugar Egg replacement – mashed banana or applesauce equivalent (¼ cup) ½ t vanilla 1/3 cup rolled oats ½ cup whole wheat flour ¼ cup white […] Read more »
Plastics are Forever It is supposed to make our lives easier. It’s sturdy. It’s pliable. It’s portable. It’s an electrical insulator. It’s disposable…? Plastic has been a popular material in the mainstream for over 50 years. The first plastic sandwich […] Read more »
Ingredients 1 yellow onion, diced 1-2T olive oil or ghee butter 1/2t chili powder 1/2t cumin, preferably freshly ground 1 carrot, diced 1/2 yellow, orange or red pepper, diced 1/2 cup sweet potato, diced 1 tomato, diced 1/4 cup rice, […] Read more »
In our home we use the word “fast” for many situations. During the school year the boys are on an “Archie fast”, no Archie magazines until school is out. They can then break the fast (hence the word breakfast, breaking […] Read more »
Preserving Food and Memories Before the time of mechanized food production and corporate agriculture, people had to rely on the bounty of the harvest to last them through the winter. The gifts Mother Earth provides us with during the warm […] Read more »
A Bagful of Benefits Buying bulk has traditionally been associated with stores like Costco, BJ’s Wholesale Club, and Sam’s Club; however, bulk is entirely different outside of 10 lb bags of marshmallows and towering packages of toilet […] Read more »
Some discuss the existence of a universal hum, the first sound vibration from which the world was created. With the heat wave that is persisting in the Northeast right now, there is an earthly hum, a sound vibration created by machines. As […] Read more »
Transitiontown, USA It doesn’t take a scientist to realize that our planet is changing. Globalization has brought the world together with trade, transportation, and diplomacy. While this projects the image of a unified, accessible world, what is […] Read more »
Ingredients 2 cups basil leaves, densely packed 3 cloves garlic, sliced 3 T walnuts 1/4 cup olive oil Juice of 1 lemon Salt, freshly ground black pepper T=Tablespoon Separate the leaves from the stems. Rinse in a sink of cold […] Read more »