If you’ve been following along, you may recall that I spent some time this fall hulling black walnuts. These black walnuts have spent the winter curing in my cool, dry attic. Rumor has it that black walnuts are really hard to open. Rumor has it this would be why I’ve been none too eager to … Read more
Recipe for an hour of peace and quiet. Ingredients: 3/4 c Arrowhead Mills Organic popcorn 2 Tbsp butter, melted 1 tsp salt Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale Directions: Pop popcorn in your ancient air popper from the 1980′s, top with melted butter and salt. Insert Barbie DVD into laptop, plop two small children in pajamas (or … Read more
Spicy Red Lentil Chili and CSA’s: Totally Related
February 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Healthy Habits - (8 Comments)CSA = Community Supported Agriculture. (Not “Can’t Stand Alison”, thankyouverymuch.) If this acronym is new to you, in short – a CSA is an opportunity for you, the consumer, to get your produce direct from a local farmer. Find a farm that offers CSA memberships and you can buy a share of their crops for … Read more
Zen and the Art of Preparing Brussels Sprouts
February 8th, 2011 | Posted by in Dinner Time - (12 Comments)I’ve written casually about my favorite way to make Brussels sprouts before, but now I feel that this vegetable dish deserves an official post of its own because: 1. I make them all the time and have therefore seriously improved my method 2. I want to flesh out each step that goes into preparing Brussels … Read more
I think it was mid-December when I started looking for an alternative to my typical oatmeal/grain-based breakfast. Not because I stopped digging oats mind you, but because somewhere toward the end of last year I came to understand that sugar is just no good and I wanted to start eating less of it. Now before … Read more
So I dropped off the face of the blogosphere for a month and a half or something. Oh yes, I’m still here – new camera collecting dust while I’ve been off having fun with much of the following: 1. The Primal Blueprint Meets The 4-Hour Body. I devoted a bunch of posts in December to … Read more
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