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Beet Envy

January 6, 2010 Factory-Free Food

‘Tis the season for greens, greens, roots, and more greens. This week in our CSA box, we got a lovely bunch of beets, and I picked up several more pounds of them at the farm market too. There is something about the New Year that has me in the mood for pickled beets.

Pumpkin Love

October 14, 2009 Garden & Farm

Pumpkin is a ubiquitous part of the American fall season—which is understandable, considering that it’s indigenous to this part of the world. The Native Americans used it as both a food and a medicine. The first settlers from Europe added it to their diets and then some of them helped spread it to the rest [...]

Date Night!

September 4, 2009 Factory-Free Food

The date palm, native to the Middle East, also grows easily in the Mediterranean climate of Southern California. For the past two weeks, my CSA box has included a bag full of the freshest, sweetest dates I’ve ever had. As a recent transplant to the West Coast, I had never had a fresh date before. [...]

A Salt Worth Its Salt

September 2, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Salt has earned a bad reputation in recent years, so it may comes as a surprise to hear this ancient seasoning is actually crucial for good health. Humans are made up of about 72% water and 28% mineral salts. As such, there are two oceans of water in the body; one ocean is held inside [...]

High-Energy Raw Breakfast Bowl

June 13, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Small Footprint Family likes a hearty breakfast after working out and doing morning chores, but lately, perhaps due to the change of season, I haven’t wanted to make or eat anything too elaborate. One recent morning, torn between an empty fridge and an empty belly, out of sheer necessity, I stumbled on a new way of [...]

Soaking Nuts and Seeds Makes Them Better

June 1, 2009 Health & Nutrition

High in vitamins, minerals, protein and healthy fats, nuts and seeds are little powerhouses of nutrition. However, nuts and seeds also contain phytic acid and large amounts of enzyme inhibitors which protect them from sprouting until they have the rain and sun they need to grow. And unfortunately, these natural chemicals are quite hard on the [...]

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