Cooking My Way Through an Eighth of a Cow

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Listen to the Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was only two years ago that I started eating red meat after 20 years of abstinence. And now I go and buy a cow. Last week, my friend and colleague Lynne Eppel (Edible Front Range Magazine) and I went in together to purchase [...]

How to Make Your Own Homemade Nut Milk

I’ve been making my own nut milks for years, but it wasn’t until recently (as soon as I let go of my raw cow milk share) that I needed a healthy, sustainable solution for my daily green smoothies. Sure, I can buy nut milks in those asceptic containers from the alternative milk aisle, but I [...]

Egg Nutrition – Laying the Foundation for Good Health

Unlike the human egg, which relies solely on the nutrition filtering into the womb from its mother, a chicken egg holds within it everything it needs to develop into a budding spring chick. It does this all on its own, inside the walls of a thin, porous shell. Ode to this wondrous marvel of nature, [...]

Healthy Kids – Farm to School Program

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Community Supported Agriculture

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Hazards of Microwaving?

Yes, microwave ovens are convenient and energy efficient. That’s why over 90% of American households and restaurants use them. Although no FDA or officially released governmental studies have proven microwave usage to be harmful, history does shows that the validity of governmentally-funded food safety studies can be limiting, and sometimes we even find out later [...]

Unmatchable Heirloom Taste

It’s easy to think of Aunt Mable’s broach that has been passed down through the generations as an heirloom… but an heirloom tomato? An “heirloom” seed refers to an old variety of vegetable or fruit that predates the hybrids, which were starting to be bred and grown in the 1940’s. These unadulterated heirloom seeds have [...]