Eating Local, Organic, Cheaply

 

I am well aware of the accusations against we “locavores” as being elitist food snobs. All chevre and belgian endive aside, let’s talk about some practical ways to stretch your food budget and maximize nutrition while embracing the ideals of local and organic.
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Food Roots: Resources for Planning a Winter Garden

This week it has been over 100 degrees for the past several days and it’s been too hot to even have my hot laptop on my lap, so I’ve retreated into “paper blogging” and have been doing lots of reading.  Thank goodness for our public library; I’ve been putting all kinds of gardening books on [...]

Zucchini Spaghetti & Meat Sauce

One of the things we miss most being grain-free is good old spaghetti.  Being of Italian origin, this depravation really hits home.  Fortunately, I’ve found some frugal, low-carb, nutrient-dense ways of enjoying all of my favorite Italian-themed pasta meals without all of the starchy, carby, low-nutrient pasta!
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Food Roots: Teaching our Children

Kids and corn grow fast.  Thankfully, the corn grows faster.  I snapped this pick of my dear daughter standing next to the corn she planted with her own hands about 6 weeks ago.  She’s so proud of her corn, and so excited that it’s getting taller than she is!
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Suburban Backyard Farming

What could be more Organic & Thrifty than growing your own food??!?!? It doesn’t get much fresher than stepping outside and harvesting dinner! Gardening has so many levels of fulfillment, and anyone can do it! From roof gardens to containers to community plots, the opportunities abound for local, organic food to grow.
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Perrenial Vegetable Gardens

Over the years I’ve been increasingly interested in not only growing my own food, but looking at the perrenial edible plants that grow naturally in the Northwest.  No doubt I love my my home-grown basil and tomatoes, but let’s get real: Portland ain’t the Mediterranean. Over the years all this talk about local and sustainable [...]

Real-Fast-Nourishing: Miso Soup

Unlike powdered packets of “instant miso soup” you may find in grocery stores, real miso soup is made with live, cultured, enzyme and probiotic-rich miso paste and nourishing, nutrient-rich bone broth. That alone is enough reason to consume it regularly; but add to the mix dried sea veggies as well as carrots, cabbage, shittake mushrooms (an extravagent add-in, I know!) and scallions and you have yourself a healthy feast!

Menu Plan Monday

It’s time for another menu plan! I was so excited that I actually had everything completed Saturday, but due to an unexpected “date night” (thanks to my sister-in-law) Saturday night and a full day Sunday, I didn’t get a chance to get my post up.  This week I’m excited to try a cuple of new [...]

Thrifty Sauteed Cabbage with Pork Jowl Bacon

 
This week, Kimi, over at The Nourishing Gourmet (a beautiful blog, so inspirational!) is hosting her weekly Pennywise Platter Round-Up and I’m excited to jump in and share a thrifty recipe that is nourishing and “paleo”.  So often, we think of “beans and rice” when we consider frugal foods, but does thrifty necessarily mean high-carbs?  [...]

This week’s Menu: Leftover Recycling

This week I’m hoping to use what I have on hand to make a delicious, thrifty week of menus. I stocked up on a lot from Trader Joe’s and Grocery outlet last week, and along with our CSA and a few odds and ends we used coupons for, we have a pretty full fridge!

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