Joyful Compassionate Abundance
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 a reexamination of the biblical text from a different perspective and to thoughts about ethics, ecology, evolution, animal rights, the human place in creation and more. I explore and refresh my own spirituality through these projects.
I don’t come from a tradition that views money as the source of all evil. Money is useful. Money feeds people, saves people, builds and creates. Money can accomplish amazing things. It can also subvert a political system, corrupt our food supply, limit
I added a category to my posts and a section to my blog: Politics. When I began my blog, I dedicated it to my Dad, a man deeply engaged in and committed to the democratic political process. He was an acute political observer,
Well, it’s about to be frightful, anyway. Coming into the end of summer here. 🙂 This post was written two or three years ago when it really WAS winter, sometime in the vicinity of Groundhog Day in Woodstock, Illinois, backdrop of the
These delicious peppers are a great favorite with all my friends. They are NOT vegan. I needed to make something for a friend who is neither vegetarian nor vegan nor wants to be so decided to make these, which I knew they
Finally! A new permanent addition to my vegan repertoire. I’m not big on substitutes, so I’ve had a hard time working my way into a vegan diet. I like eggs and cheese, and despite the claims that people can’t tell the difference
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day 2015: An Addendum Do Food Products’ Labels Tell Us Anything? Have you ever noticed that there’s lots of “nutritional” information on all the items in the center part of your local grocery store and NONE on
Even if you don’t usually like olives…this is one to try! I use Middle Eastern olives. They are very different from domestic olives, and I like them so much better! So far I’ve only found Israeli brands that make pitted (Osem, Beit Hashita),
Ful is Arabic for fava beans (as hummus is Arabic for chickpeas). This is another popular Middle Eastern salad to serve as part of a mezze (Middle Eastern appetizer table), alongside of hummus, or all by itself. It is a street food
Oh, so good! I could sit down and enjoy a meal of just these. Ingredients Green beans, 1 lb. Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1/4 cup Plum tomatoes, 4 petite diced Tomato Paste, 4 TB Garlic, 3-4 cloves minced Turmeric, 1.5 tsp. Cumin,
Cecil the Lion. He’s everywhere on the Internet. I can’t bring myself to look at most of it. It’s something like what I felt in the years I was reading about the Holocaust. At some point, my reading threatened to overwhelm me,