Savory Red Lentil and Garbanzo Cakes
In the mood for something tasty yet unusual? Staring at those pantry items and stumped about what to make? Somewhat like a falafel (but not fried), these delicious patties are inexpensive to prepare and form the basis for a quick lunch or an elegant dinner. We love the fact that they use two core food storage ingredients -- garbanzos and lentils -- too.Try the cakes served over a light and spicy tomato chutney or with some cilantro, lemon and sesame almond pesto. Once ...
Happy Morning Fluffy Blueberry Pancakes (Vegan)
Staring at our fifteen pounds of fresh-picked organic blueberries is a summer treat that allows us to stuff our faces with handfuls at a time. The freezer is loaded and still there are more.This fluffy pancake recipe, topped with pure maple syrup, uses these most delicious berries to create the classic morning comfort food. Why not eat, enjoy, then crawl back into bed and lounge? Decadent, yes but oh so lovely...INGREDIENTS:1 Cup All Purpose Flour (or preferred variety)1 ...
Is Nano-Tech a Ticking Time Bomb?
How Safe is Nano-Tech? Nanotechnology is here. Nano operates in the Quantum Realm, where physics gets strange, the world isn’t always as it seems and particles can exist in two places at once. What you might not know is that it’s everywhere in products from food to makeup to clothing. Is nanotechnology a ticking time bomb?Nano is not like anything found in nature. Nano-particles cannot be seen, even under an ordinary microscope. Different chemical, physical and even biologic ...
Violets are Blue… Food and Medicine for You
Violets are not the stuff of bouquets, with their delicate purple, blue and white tops and heart-shaped leaves barely peeking through the Spring landscape for just a few short weeks. Yet, both the flowers and the leaves are not only edible, they are loaded with nutrients, including Vitamins A and C, as well as minerals.Make sure you collect from a spot that has not had any chemicals applied (such as lawn fertilizers, fungicides, etc.). We add the flowers and leaves to our salads and ...
Easy and Satisfying “BBQ” Baked Tofu
Say tofu to any meat eater and they'll immediately conjure up sandal-wearing brown-rice loving frumps eating tasteless hunks of pasty mush. This barbecued tofu, which is actually just baked, on the other end of the spectrum, is bound to change hearts and minds!Start with extra firm organic tofu, marinate for an hour or so (if there's time) and bake. We've given some sauce suggestions here but improvisation is encouraged - just be sure to use something with a little sweetness to encourage ...
No Egg Salad, School Lunchbox Style
Long a staple of classic lunchtime fare, egg salad evokes simple times and a certain mid-20th century mentality, when it was best known for filling Wonder Bread sandwiches covered in waxed paper and stashed in metal lunch boxes accompanied by plastic thermoses (way before Lunchables and juice boxes).Having given up eggs, this no-egg salad will rekindle the memories (or start some new ones) without any chickens involved (and no risk of egg-borne pathogens like salmonella).To amp up the ...
Dishing Up Sparassis (Caulifower Mushroom)… on Toast
Mushrooms that come from “the wild” taste different – better – than their cultivated brethren. Foraged mushrooms taste of the Earth, with a depth and complexity that shrooms grown on compost, straw or other sterile media lack. From our experience, mushroom foraging is also exciting, especially when we come upon a favorite variety, fresh and unmistakable. Of course, it bears repeating: DO NOT eat any mushrooms that have not been positively identified.So, we were pretty excited ...
Top 3 Reasons to Plant Your Own Veggies
Gardening is on the rise. Here are the top 3 reasons we think it's a great idea to grow your own.1. The economy.Have you seen the price of veggies, especially organic ones? Ditto with fresh herbs, berries, etc. Fact is, gardens create very low-cost (or free) food, which is why generations of people planted kitchen gardens throughout history. It is only recently that gardens became relegated to a hobby rather than a sensible part of every home with the space to support it. We ...
Fall has Fallen – Turning Over New Leaves
It's been exceptionally wet this year in some parts of the United States. Here in the Northeast, terms like "biblical floods" and "once in a lifetime" have been used so often that it's clear lifetimes go fast. We're reminded of Garcia Marquez' 100 Years of Solitude, where entire dwellings are taken over by the jungle moisture.The crazy summer of earthquakes and floods has finally given way to Autumn, where weather changes and the leaves seem to be telling us that we should not become ...
Glowing Meat Anyone? Japan’s Radiation Fallout
As if there wasn't enough to worry about post-Fukushima, now the hamburgers are radioactive. According to a New York Times story today, beef contaminated by radiation is hitting the Japanese markets. Despite government assurances that radioactive cesium doesn't create immediate adverse health consequences, as one Japanese meat man put it, “Nobody will ever want to eat beef from Fukushima again.” Good. Hopefully, at this point, we're all a little less ...
