Tag Archives: bread
Recipe: simple crock-pot borscht
Back to school at our house means I have to start contributing a bit more to meal planning and preparation than I did during the summer. Naturally this leads to panic, which leads to soup. (Doesn’t this picture remind you … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Practical
Book Review: Build Your Own Earth Oven
So it’s been over six months since my last book review (and my last few reviews were pretty lame). I went on a total fiction binge this year. I can now say I’ve completely exhausted any need to read about … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Community planning, Cooking and baking, Permaculture, Practical, Theoretical
The perfect is the enemy of the good
This phrase has been in my mind lately — I read it in reference to farming several times over the past few months. It makes sense: there are many really great family farmers out there who may not be certified … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Gardening, Practical
Food nights
We’ve been really busy. It’s hard to make time to make foods from scratch when you are packing so much into your day already. So one or two nights a week, Adam and I have been having a “home-cooked” night … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Nutrition, Practical
Recipe: easy, no-knead 100% whole wheat bread
A few weeks ago I had great success with this recipe, but I really wanted to nail down a version of it that was 100% whole grain, and that would be more in line with a Nourishing Traditions-style bread (where … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Nutrition, Practical, Yeast/Fermentation
Change
Our lives are changing rapidly right now, so I decided we needed a new header as well. The images are (left to right): hoar frost on my mother-in-law’s crabapple tree, our kitchen, my snow-covered raspberry canes, Anneke peeking at some … Continue reading
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Greenwashing at Sara Lee
Buyer beware: Sara Lee’s new “eco-grain” marketing blitz is, well, a marketing blitz with little substance behind it. Details here.
Filed under Nutrition, Practical, US Food Production
Recipe: Easy, no-knead whole wheat bread
A couple weeks ago, I was reading the comments on a blog post about bread, and there was a link to an old NYT article by Mark Bittman, describing a baker in New York who had developed a really easy, … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Nutrition, Practical
This weekend
Why does it seem like we had a super busy weekend, but really we didn’t do much of anything? Oh well, with my Master Gardener class starting Tuesday maybe a little downtime was a good thing. I had the opportunity … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Practical
Book review: Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-free Ingredients by Jeff Hertzberg & Zoe Francois I was very excited when I first heard about last year’s Artisan Bread in Five Minutes … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Nutrition, Practical
