Dutch Oven Dinner 1/9/2016.
Well, talk about easy. This is just my basic quinoa of 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups water and 1 tsp. salt, maybe a little extra virgin olive oil for some richness…and a few veggies. Probably about 2 carrots, petite diced, 2
On Vegetating
On Vegetating
I like food, plant food, that is — I like to plant, grow and eat it. I like to serve it to others and recycle it to contribute to next year’s harvest. I like working and being outdoors, walking and hiking. I like to study Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, especially the first five books, the Torah. Most of all, I like to think about all these things and what they have to say about the meaning of life. I started my blog when I decided to explore veganism, and it has led not just to recipes and farming but to taking a look at the Hebrew Bible from a different perspective. It also gave me a chance to study the biblical perspective on modern themes like ethics, ecology, evolution, animal rights, and the human place in creation. I explore and refresh my own spirituality through these projects.
Making conscious choices: behavior changes thought
I like the Bible. I think it has a lot to say. Today I watched a TedTalk from someone who started out thinking that the Bible is pretty irrelevant to our lives today but who opened himself to an opportunity, to follow
Dutch Oven Dinner 1/8/2016.
So here’s another easy thing I like to do: pureed soups. So easy. So good. So healthy. I just chunked an onion and put it into my Dutch oven, then a cauliflower broken up (2-3 pounds), 5 or 6 large leaves of
Dutch Oven Dinner 1/6/2016.
So these meals are nothing special, just playing around with my new Dutch Oven. I like the feeling that if I’m going to add heavy metals to my diet, it’s iron that I’m getting. Always was low on that. This simple dinner
Dutch oven dinner 1/4/2016
I’ve never done the one-event pasta thing, cooking the dry pasta in with the rest of the ingredients, so this was a first for me in a couple of ways. I should have trusted the recipe I started with on the water.
Easiest bread ever! Dutch Oven Spelt Ciabatta.
Fresh out of my new cast iron Dutch oven. I can’t wait to cut into this bread with Andy tonight!! There are so many reasons to make your own bread. I can’t even count them! Not the least of these is the
In Defense of Food
I like Michael Pollan because he’s does the research, is down-to-earth, doesn’t indulge in extremes but makes the points that need making — and reminds us that food isn’t just about its chemical components.
Two New “Salads” for 2016
I watched Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food on PBS earlier this week, and I thought that part of what we need to do is revise this style of thinking that calls veggie dishes either a “side” or a “salad.” In the new style
Less is more – but for whom?
In The Woodstock Independent, 2013 As the only vegetarian cafe in the area, I have many health-conscious customers. Increasingly they ask for gluten-free products. Most of my food is, in fact, gluten-free naturally. For those who want some kind of bread with
What we eat expresses our values: let’s do it consciously
Originally this post started with my reaction to the Trump phenomenon. I’m revising it because that phenomenon is just the latest expression of a deep-seated trend in American history and culture, in fact in all of human culture. I’m not adding an