Years ago, I had a job at an office where we weren’t allowed to use the coffee pot to make coffee. You see, using the coffee pot for it’s intended purpose gets it dirty. Instead, we were supposed to use the coffee pot to make hot water, then use the hot water to make instant coffee. And since the damn (not)coffee pot didn’t get the water quite hot enough, we were then supposed to put the instant coffee in the microwave to get it to the ideal temperature. I really really really wish I were making this up.
And I really really really wish I’d known about Mount Hagen Instant Organic-Café back then. Read more…
Make soup! It’s easy, economical, and a great way to get many more meals out of your Thanksgiving dinner. Homemade turkey soup freezes well, and is so much better than anything you can buy in a can. Read more…
According to an Associate Press article, the FDA has found traces of Melamine, the substance that left 50,000 children sick and three dead in China, in popular brands of infant formula in the United States. The FDA urges parents not to switch their child’s formula, but also admits that there is no level of melamine found to be safe for infants.
Here are some of the results from the tests: Read more…
This weekend I picked up our last CSA bag for the season. We won’t be drowning in veggies again until June. I’m a little bummed and a little relieved at the same time. Read more…
I love pickles. I can sit down with a little bowl full of sliced pickles and call it a snack. My favorite sandwich growing up was pickles and cheese and nothing else. But since I started reading labels more closely, I’ve realized there are two ingredients in many brands of pickles that I’m not happy about. Read more…
Okay, not quite, but I did pick all the peppers left in my garden this weekend. I spent 4 hours roasting them on the grill on Sunday, and then eleventy-million hours peeling, seeding, and cutting them. I was so burnt out by Monday morning that I couldn’t even bear to be in the kitchen, but wow, it was worth it. The peppers turned out great.
Here’s what I did with them. Read more…
Yesterday, I took part in a phone conference with Olga Naidenko, Senior Scientist, Nneka Leibe, researcher, and Jovana Ruzicic, Press Secretary, from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to discuss their latest findings on the safety and quality of bottled water.
We know that bottled water is an environmental issue. The amount of energy and plastic involved in getting water to the store when it is already efficiently delivered out of the tap is mind boggling. But many people still purchase bottled water because they are concerned about the quality of their tap water. Unfortunately, the quality of water from a bottle may be the same or worse than tap water.
This week’s Meat-Free Mondays recipe is over at Dianne’s Dishes. I’m guest blogging, and came up with a recipe I’m really excited about. Check it out here! I think you’ll enjoy it even if you’re a wheat-eater.
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Only bloggers will understand the odd urge to photograph your lunch before you eat it so you can share with your readers. Last night, I had a half-brick of tofu left over from dinner, and decided to whip up some eggless salad. As I was sitting down to eat it just now, I thought, “Oh! I should write about this,” so I snapped a picture (the light is terrible today, so please excuse the cruddy picture) and here I am writing about my lunch, while it sits on the kitchen table waiting for me.
Did you have a family member who sat in the corner at a party or holiday event, carefully folding up wrapping paper for future use? Maybe it was a grandma or great aunt who lived through the Depression and learned to save anything that was usable, maybe it was just someone who was thrifty and knew how to pinch pennies. What ever the reason behind it, saving wrapping paper makes good green sense.
