Sustainable Eats

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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Inspired by the blazing lard incident we decided to smoke the turkey this year. It turns out turkey was meant to be smoked. The combination of brine and low cooking temperature ensures that even the most horrifically overcooked turkey will come out succulent and moist and fragrantly seasoned with an enticing smoky aroma. The fact [...]

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We grew an amazing number of acorn squash this summer from Rents Due starts purchased at PCC. The tag said prolific but I had no idea just what that meant.

Here we are almost December still with several boxes of squash in the garage. Faced with no sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner I made up a [...]

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I’m going back over the weekend and adding photos and recipe links to my entry, Thanksgiving Day Feast. There is new info so if you are getting this on RSS feed don’t miss it!
I gave up on the lard that went up in flames and made a butter shortbread crust for the apple quince tall [...]

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Phew! My stomach is full and my heart is happy. We finished this Thanksgiving’s feast with a dear friend and did a bang-up job of keeping it local. In fact, not a single item for this meal with the exception of the spices came from a store. Even the flour (with the exception of the [...]

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Since we are having a slow food Thanksgiving I’m starting now and one of the earliest things you can make is the cranberry relish.
I’ve been making this for years and was delighted to see a cranberry booth at the UW farmers market a few weeks back. Mt. Rainier Cranberries are grown in Eatonville, and while [...]

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I’m a day late with this post but isn’t that par for the course with me? November 15 through March 15 is (Not So) Urban Hennery annual Dark Days Challenge and I am signed up.
What is the challenge you ask? From the horses mouth:
Cook one meal each week focused on SOLE (sustainable, organic, local, ethical) [...]

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I know it’s still a few weeks away but sustainable and local food is slow food so I’m planting the seeds now.
Have you thought about your supper yet? There are so many wonderful local options this time of year as we still celebrate the abundance of late fall with more time spent out of [...]

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