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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 [...]
MNN.com and I Teach How to Amend Your Soil So You Can Grow Your Own Groceries
Mother Nature Network has started a great educational push to teach people how to grow their own groceries and make a difference in community. This week they invited me to participate as the host for a Google+ Hangout episode right in my front lawn veggie garden. Our episode this week was focused on teaching viewers [...]
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 [...]
Simple Tomato Soup Recipe and a Chipotle Clothing Contest
Perhaps simple food needs to be redefined. Simple food should be fresh, with only a few ingredients, and easy to prepare or healthy to eat. I once joined a cooking class and the chef taught us how to make this challenging tomato soup. There was a lot of complexity to it – we used canned [...]
Which Beef Broth Tastes Better?
Several weeks ago I published one of my favorite Chicken Marsala recipes of all time. I placed a photo on the post of Campbell’s Beef Broth and there was a general outcry that I should be using an organic or non-gmo broth instead. I am not an extremist and try to use organic and non-gmo [...]
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