Sustainable Eats

This morning I surprised chicken little with a dream come true for this McDonald’s exile, Egg Muffins.
I’m still perfecting the whole wheat English muffins so I’m not yet posting the recipe. The family loved them but they were too dense and decidedly un-craggy for my tastes. I have a few ideas for changing [...]

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In my house chocolate is a word we use to see if the kids can hear us talking. Usually no matter what they are doing or where they are someone will shout “Did you say CHOCOLATE?” and come running. Sure most of us love chocolate and try not to eat it because most things chocolate [...]

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I promised I’d post this recipe for pumpkin cookies right now while everyone has an abundance of squash still. My kids love these, as did the kids at preschool (and teachers, and neighbors…) And I have no pictures of the cookies themselves which are now long gone…
These cookies are soft inside and slightly chewy outside, [...]

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I never seem to be able to get a picture of these because they disappear so quickly around here. I’ll try again this weekend. I make these year round, using carrots, apples or winter or summer squash depending on what’s in season. This is the best recipe for morning glory muffins that [...]

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This is a great cold salad to make during the summer when your garden is full of produce. It’s based on PCC’s Perfect Protein Salad and you can get quantities from there.
I made this using chana dal garbanzo beans from Azure Standard, spelt from Lentz Spelt Farm, mayonnaise I made from Bio Cento eggs, [...]

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Since we stopped buying food that we didn’t know the source of we’ve had no quick snacks in the cupboard. My two small kids have been pretty good about things but whenever we do venture into the grocers they invariably see bags of chips or boxes of crackers and breakfast cereal. Then the whining begins…
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Here is how I shape my soaked whole grain bread.

On a well floured surface divide the dough into two equal balls.

Roll or pat into a large circle then fold the top of the circle down. Press down gently to be sure no air pockets remain.

Fold the left side over to the middle. Press down gently [...]

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Since cutting out the grocery store we’ve been making our bread from grain I grind myself. The grinder was the best purchase I’ve ever made. Not only are we saving money by buying our grain in bulk, freshly ground grain has a higher nutritional value since it hasn’t sat around oxidizing for months and I [...]

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I’ve always been interested in nutrition and became both curious and concerned when a friend who has always eaten whole grain bread recently developed Celiac’s disease in his fifties. While doing research for recipes and information on Celiac’s I kept coming across writings and study references extolling the dangers of the phytic acid in grains [...]

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These pancakes are about as nourishing as it gets – soaked in buttermilk overnight to draw out all the nutrients in the whole wheat, full of free range eggs, cultured buttermilk and high lauric acid coconut oil. This recipe was originally based on one from Robin Asbell’s Whole Grain Cookbook that I played around with [...]

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