Unless one has a bounty of ‘maters from from their own garden and/or the farm available, Pomi tomatoes are the only BPA free and pesticide free canned tomato option out there that I know of – crazy they have to come all the way from Italy, but Viva Italia! Being that I’m out of the […]
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I remember hearing it said once, in a conversation between chefs, that the French do not take the cuisine of the United States seriously because Americans buy their croutons! Funny, and true. Making homemade croutons is very easy and rather tasty. Today I took all the leftovers from this week’s home baked bread and transformed
According to Local Harvest: Eggs from pastured hens contain up to 20 times more healthy omega-3 fatty acids than those their less fortunate cousins, factory hens. One of the first things we did after moving back to the land of color was find a local source of fresh, pastured eggs! These wonderful chickens (and their
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Keeping the kitchen toasty while the snow falls outside! This bread is hearty, delicious and goes really well with fresh soup! Note, I am at 6000 ft altitude, measurements are approximate 1 cup poolish (starter)*1/4 cup water1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil1 tablespoon milk1/4 cup honey1/8 cup molasses (unsulphured)1 egg1 teaspoon unrefined salt1 tablespoon raw
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It is 100 degrees outside and blueberries are on sale. To me that sounds like an invitation to make homemade ice cream. Blueberries make a lovely lavender color ice cream, which inspired me to add lavender as a flavoring. Then I chose to use honey in this recipe because flavor wise lavender and honey compliment
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One from the Archives; many moons ago with my elder son 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas and everyone’s mama! Labna is a traditional soft cheese from the Middle East that is made with yogurt. We’ve made our Labna with kefir we cultured ourselves from local raw goat’s milk. Kefir is a cultured
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Essential Mother’s Day Feast This month we celebrate Mom and all that she has given us. If nothing else, she gave us life, what we chose to do with it from there is our own business. In return for that wonderful opportunity, making a scrumptious feast is a very nice gesture that everyone gets to
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Archived from my Oils Herbs Etc Yahoo List and posted with the permission of original author – Butch Owen, making him ALOF’s guest blogger of the day. Origanum onites and Lung Cancer in Rats Hi y’all, A number of folks have asked me about the portion of the lecture I gavein September 1999, at the
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As the day wanes and twilight approaches, I’m about to grill up some chicken and corn seasoned with my new “Lime Light” flavored salt – a blend of unrefined sea salts, white and pink peppercorns, paprkia, chili powder & parsley, accompanied by the essential oils of lime zest and thai lime leaves .. add a
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I am feeling good! I have created a woman owned & operated company that has been self financed, in biz for over a decade & all of our items are manufactured in The United States of America down to the 100% post consumer recycled bottles that are thrown away by Americans, made into new bottles
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