Sustainable Eats

Ingredients:
6 jalapeno peppers from Tonnamaker Farms
1 gallon peeled, seeded tomatoes
3 onions
4 bell peppers from Billy’s
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup canning salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 cup Rockridge Orchard apple cider vinegar
Technique:
To peel tomatoes follow these directions then slice them in half and clean out the seeds, or if you use a

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In the days before Garden Burgers, bean burgers were increasingly popular and a nice change of pace from eating a meat burger. Since MorningStar came out with their soy-based burgers, however, bean burgers have all but disappeared.
With some inspiration from Heidi at 101 Cookbooks I was able to come up with a recipe that [...]

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This snack is brilliant on so many fronts – crispy without being fried, loaded with protein and good for you fiber, frugal, simple to make and as easy to customize as potato chips. Kids love them and can even prepare them themselves.
I buy my garbanzo beans from Azure Standard but PCC has recently undertaken [...]

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While my kids still talk about bunny crackers they are just as easily silenced with these homemade cheese crackers. Light and crispy crackers can be tricky to make since they need to be rolled as thinly as possible and the butter tends to make them sticky.
Rather than trying to roll out and cut dough [...]

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As soon as I saw a picture of these pizza rolls I knew I had to make them. When we do forage into PCC the kids gawk at the pastry case by the checkout line and the whining starts. The top three allowable kid picks are the soft pretzels which we’ve been making, the cheesy breadsticks which [...]

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December is my favorite month – I love thinking about the holidays, planning the holidays and enjoying the holidays.  When I was young I spent time in Sweden and was struck with the beauty, simplicity and meaning of Christmas over there.  This was back in the mid 80’s so I’m sure things have changed drastically [...]

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I have a guest post this week written by a friend’s ultra cool daughter, A.    Love all the local ingredients sourced at UW farmer’s market as well.

At 6:00 am, my taste buds are usually too sleepy to even taste my breakfast. Nor do they want to. Spelt pancakes washed down by a kefir shake? [...]

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These flat breads make marvelous crackers that are less work than smaller rolled and cut crackers.  They are the perfect thing for satisfying a need for crunch and can substitute for tostada shells and even be used to make northwest nachos.

3 1/2 cups any combination of ground Bluebird Grain red winter wheat, Lentz Spelt or [...]

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Chicken Little attends Laurelhurst Elementary and they had an ubercool program this week where the kids attend 3 presentations on health and nutrition. There were some very talented presenters and somehow I managed to wrangle my way in.
My presentation was on how to ditch the store and grow your own groceries. I had a slideshow [...]

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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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