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Frankenstein Italian Vegetable Pasta Crockpot Soup Recipe
Today it is a cold and rainy summer’s day and I have a miserable cold/flu thing that’s slapped me down hard like a professional wrestler. The only thing I can concentrate on is the next cup of hot tea and the repeating thought that I feel like death. What I need is a good soup [...]
Garden Friends: Carolyn Binder of Cowlick Cottage Farm
Because so many gardeners I know are doing inspirational gardening I wanted to introduce you to them. In 2013 I am continuing my series all about garden friends who are interesting, amazing, and have fascinating garden stories. Here’s my friend Carolyn Binder – Cowlick Cottage Farm is one of my favorite blogs ever. Filled with [...]
Best Guacamole Recipe Ever!
When I flew out to Denver, Colorado this winter to speak at TEDx, I stayed at Dafna (See photo with me) and Michael Jenet’s home. They are both close friends, amazing people, and together run the Journey Institute which is a non-profit organization bent on helping people make a difference in the world. Please go [...]
What Is The Difference Between Organic, Heirloom, Hybrid, and GMO?
Sometimes the massive amount of labeling and non-GMO-labeling and plants and seeds and EVERYTHING in the green shopping market is one giant hot mess. Some mad scientist has opened up a can o’ whoopass on us throwing in a drama cocktail which has all the subtlety of a reality tv show like Hell’s Kitchen combined [...]
Which Organic Chicken Broth Tastes Best?
Discovery: Foodies are broth crazy. It’s true – after I published the beef broth review I was surprised at the number of requests from readers for a chicken broth review. Use broth instead of water in soups, while cooking rice, or as a delightful way to add flavor to mashed potatoes. My favorite way to [...]
Coleus Mixed With Thai Basil = Garden Love
Spend time in your garden trying creative new combinations in new planting spots. You might be very surprised at what works together. For example, above you see a random coleus I found leftover in an old planting 6-pack mixed in with Thai Basil from Bonnie Plants. All planted in full shade. Isn’t it glorious? Not [...]
8 Cup Giddyup — Yucatan-Style Beef Vegetable Soup Recipe
Nothing better to get your giddyup on then a bowl of creatively delicious soup for a cold winter’s day. Using some of my favorite flavors from the Yucatan, 1 lb of beef stew meat ($5), 8 cups of random vegetables ($4.50), and some beef broth ($3), I have created a culinary masterpiece of Mexican flavored [...]
Get Healthy in 2013 With Fresh Veggies and SELF Magazine’s #13for13 Healthy Hangout Tip Event
New Years Resolutions are being touted all over this interweb thing. You know, unrealistic ones like, “I’m going to make a million dollars this year AND lose 100 pounds AND get a new life.” The real secret to succeeding with a New Years Resolution is to start small and make it a habit. Losing weight, [...]
Avocado Salad Recipe and A Cool New Avocado Slicer
Avocados. They are either the most delicious treat from heaven or the spawn from hell because I would eat an entire avocado every day of the year if I could. I love them, drool over them, and crave them. Yep. I have the avocado addiction BAD and there is no cure. Each avocado provides 20 [...]
Post Holiday Comfort Food Pot Roast with Garlic and Cauliflower
You survived the holidays – whew! Whether you had to endure preparing a meal for 42 distant relatives or perhaps reined in drunk Aunt Betty’s attempts at hula-hooping, you are a superstar. And you are DONE. Now it is time for some serious comfort food which is high in deliciousness but low on the fat [...]





















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