It’s that time of year again. Here in Zone 6A the early spring like weather is upon us and has been hanging around for a while now. It’s time get some greens and spring vegetables in the ground. First up, I did my part in expanding one of our small, city lot beds into an …
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It’s the Most Wonderful Recipe Of the Year
December 12th, 2011 | Posted by in Vegetable Lovin' - (9 Comments)Three little peppers, all in a row. Mom’s Red Pepper Sauce? Say it ain’t so! Red pepper sauce as an alternative to tomato sauce, like the recipe card says. My mom made this recipe a lot when I was a kid, and I remember thinking she was nutso for making sauce with RED PEPPERS of …
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Nope, Chlorella is a super food. And lately, it’s been on my radar. Chlorella is a green algae. It’s high in protein, essential fatty acids, amino acids and a slew of vitamins and minerals. It’s an immune enhancer and when dried and processed, it looks like it would make great fake grass in your kid’s …
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Orange You Glad I Wrote This Post?
November 20th, 2011 | Posted by in Vegetable Lovin' - (9 Comments)I think I’ve taken more naps in the past month than I have in the last 3 years. I’ve replaced meals with snacks, I’ve swapped vegetables for fruit, and now instead of running or blogging, I’ve been watching Season 1 of Modern Family on DVD. I hate to be wimpy, but the first trimester has …
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Behold! The most beautiful box on earth. When I spied that magnificent cardboard cube in the freezer case, it looked to me as though each one of those little waffle squares was delicately hand carved by fairies riding magical unicorns through the mystical forest. A magical mystical forest where streams of real maple syrup poured …
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OK you salad lovers out there, riddle me this: What do you do when you are sick of salad? One possibility? Stop eating salad for a while. That’s what I’ve been doing lately. Skipping salad and getting greens elsewhere. Like slipping them into egg quesadillas, green smoothies or shoving them through the juicer. But then …
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(Alternate – and perhaps more catchy? – Title: The One Where I Show You My Underwear) (Took me a minute to decide.) So! White bean blondies aren’t the only thing you can bake to heat up your kitchen. Pumpkins are good for that too, especially first thing in the morning. This pumpkin showed up in …
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Today at CSA pick up we were told, “We have TONS of Kale – don’t be shy!” Well you’re in luck! I am not shy. So ummm, yeah. After I saw just how much kale I actually brought home, I then saw two options – Option A: move through a serious amount of kale in …
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Have you ever listened to someone go completely overboard when they talk about their love of spinach? I have. I’m sure I’ve done it myself. I’ve probably done it right here on this very Internet. Oh I just LOOOOVE spinach! I put it in smoothies! I wear spinach in my hair! On purpose! Spinach is …
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Sarah’s comment the other day about having five pounds of cucumbers made me realize that I too have plenty of cucumbers right now. So what the heck can you do with a lot of cucumbers? Am I crazy or do people make cucumber soup? Cold cucumber soup? Haven’t I heard of that before? Doesn’t that …
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