Winter BBQ practice down at the kitchen gardens
December 23, 2005
Can kitchen garden soil ever really have enough potash? A quick look around the environs and the answer is a resounding ‘no’. It’s fire lighting time, again!
All the guys are doing it. Really. Every single last one of them.
Because lighting fires is like youth serum.
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My kitchen garden at midwinter
December 21, 2005
Granted, mine is the ugliest of all the kitchen gardens here, which is why it’s unbelieveable that upon my return to Occitania, I was able to pluck leafy greens at midwinter! I fully expected to find nothing, bugs and more nothing, but to my great surprise there are sun dried tomatoes, sorrel, sweet raddichio, leaf cabbage, red cabbage, beets, beet greens, sage, rosemary, mint, broccoli, and soon… bruxelles sprouts. Gleaning is yielding enough food for a birthday party luncheon on the 24th!
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Healing Foods Pyramid is sickmaking
December 17, 2005
Never say never, but I never get sick. And according to the University of Michigan’s Healing Foods Pyramid, the reason I never get sick is that it seems I primarily eat ‘healing foods’. That, in and of itself is sickmaking.
The smart folks at the Uni emphasize:
* Healing Foods
- Only foods known to have healing benefits or essential nutrients are included
* Plant-based choices
- Plant foods create the base and may be accented by animal foods
* Variety & balance
- Balance and variety of color, nutrients, and portion size celebrate abundance
* Support of a healthful environment
- Our food, and we in turn, reflect the health of our earth
* Mindful eating
- Truly savor, enjoy and focus on what you are eating
(spotted on: Slashfood)
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