Recipe's of the month: Oatmeal 1 cup oats, rolled or cracked 1 cup warm filtered water plus 2 tablespoons whey, yoghurt, kefir or buttermilk 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water (I use milk) 1 tablespoon flax seeds (optional) For highest benefits and best assimilation, porridge should be soaked overnight or even longer. Once soaked, oatmeal cooks up in les than 5 minutes-truly a fast food. Mix oats with warm water mixture, cover and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours and as long as 24 hours. Bring an additional 1 cup of water to a boil with sea salt (milk to almost boil). Add soaked oats, reduce heat cover and simmer several minutes. Meanwhile, grind optional flax seeds in a mini grinder. Remove from heat, stir in optional flax seeds and let stand for a few minutes. Serve with plenty of butter or cream and a natural sweetener like sucanat, date sugar, maple syrup, maple sugar or raw honey. Reprinted w/out permission of Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions I take two apples, peel them and chop them up. Heat some butter in a pan and saute the apples with some added honey. When they're done I add them to the finished oatmeal and eat. |
All Aspects of Food |
Food is one thing that every single person on this planet has in common. Whether we eat just enough to stay alive or eat in abundance we all eat. And when it comes to food: whomever controls our food controls us. We have the power and with time, the knowledge, to know and embrace our food and therefore our lives. |
Last year my husband Willy bought me a subscription to a magazine. I had just started to think about gardening but hadn't really gotten my fingers dirty yet and he came to me and said," Well I don't know if this is what you're looking for in a magazine but I got it for you anyway...It's "Organic Gardening."" That mag changed my life and started me on my journey to knowing food. |
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The humble beginnings of my first garden. I'm on my way to self-sufficiency. We've got tomatoes, green beans, and cucumbers.<----> |
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No chemicals were used in this garden. Only the best for my family, my plants, my neighbors, my wildlife, my earth. |
Our August Oasis. I got the tiki torches for my birthday from Willy and Jordan. |
February 19, 2002- planted 2 types of onions: bennies red and first edition F-I. February 23-25- onions sprouted and are now growing in their cells. March 11- planted more onion seeds. Hopefully more will sprout this time and be ready for spring planting. March 12- my potatoes arrived from Irish-Eyes/Garden City Seeds. I was supposed to get Caribe( a blue skinned white flesh potatoe) and Butte (a golden Russett) I don't think I got the Caribe due to its golden color. I got a call from them and they are going to send me my correct order. |
Recipe's of the month: Oatmeal 1 cup oats, rolled or cracked 1 cup warm filtered water plus 2 tablespoons whey, yoghurt, kefir or buttermilk 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water (I use milk) 1 tablespoon flax seeds (optional) For highest benefits and best assimilation, porridge should be soaked overnight or even longer. Once soaked, oatmeal cooks up in les than 5 minutes-truly a fast food. Mix oats with warm water mixture, cover and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours and as long as 24 hours. Bring an additional 1 cup of water to a boil with sea salt (milk to almost boil). Add soaked oats, reduce heat cover and simmer several minutes. Meanwhile, grind optional flax seeds in a mini grinder. Remove from heat, stir in optional flax seeds and let stand for a few minutes. Serve with plenty of butter or cream and a natural sweetener like sucanat, date sugar, maple syrup, maple sugar or raw honey. Reprinted w/out permission of Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions I take two apples, peel them and chop them up. Heat some butter in a pan and saute the apples with some added honey. When they're done I add them to the finished oatmeal and eat. This is a really simple recipe just soak and cook. |
Turnips, Pac choi, Peas, Garlic |
Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, Onions |
Carrots, Potatoes, Leeks, Arugula |
Strawberries, Parsnips, Arugula, Cucumber(?) |
Leeks, Carrots |
Corn, Beans, Squash, Zucchini, |
Pumpkins |
My meager yet plentiful garden plot |
March 14- My rhubarb root arrived today from Territorial Seed Co. I will be planting it tomorrow. |
March 15- I planted my rhubarb in the area by the tomatoes. I found that the spot I decided on didn't seem to have great soil so I dug a hole about 3 times the diameter and depth of the root stalk. Then I filled it with compost and some dirt from another area of the garden and plopped in the rhubarb. I then put some straw mulch around it and a cut off gallon jug over it. (We are expecting snow) Hopefully this will keep it warm enough. We shall see. I also did some basic maintenance around the plot, tearing down old tall grass and blackberry brambles. |
Recipe's of the month: Oatmeal 1 cup oats, rolled or cracked 1 cup warm filtered water plus 2 tablespoons whey, yoghurt, kefir or buttermilk 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water (I use milk) 1 tablespoon flax seeds (optional) For highest benefits and best assimilation, porridge should be soaked overnight or even longer. Once soaked, oatmeal cooks up in les than 5 minutes-truly a fast food. Mix oats with warm water mixture, cover and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours and as long as 24 hours. Bring an additional 1 cup of water to a boil with sea salt (milk to almost boil). Add soaked oats, reduce heat cover and simmer several minutes. Meanwhile, grind optional flax seeds in a mini grinder. Remove from heat, stir in optional flax seeds and let stand for a few minutes. Serve with plenty of butter or cream and a natural sweetener like sucanat, date sugar, maple syrup, maple sugar or raw honey. Reprinted w/out permission of Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions I take two apples, peel them and chop them up. Heat some butter in a pan and saute the apples with some added honey. When they're done I add them to the finished oatmeal and eat. This is a really simple recipe just soak and cook. |
Recipe's of the month: Oatmeal 1 cup oats, rolled or cracked 1 cup warm filtered water plus 2 tablespoons whey, yoghurt, kefir or buttermilk 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water (I use milk) 1 tablespoon flax seeds (optional) For highest benefits and best assimilation, porridge should be soaked overnight or even longer. Once soaked, oatmeal cooks up in les than 5 minutes-truly a fast food. Mix oats with warm water mixture, cover and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours and as long as 24 hours. Bring an additional 1 cup of water to a boil with sea salt (milk to almost boil). Add soaked oats, reduce heat cover and simmer several minutes. Meanwhile, grind optional flax seeds in a mini grinder. Remove from heat, stir in optional flax seeds and let stand for a few minutes. Serve with plenty of butter or cream and a natural sweetener like sucanat, date sugar, maple syrup, maple sugar or raw honey. Reprinted w/out permission of Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions I take two apples, peel them and chop them up. Heat some butter in a pan and saute the apples with some added honey. When they're done I add them to the finished oatmeal and eat. |
Recipe's of the month: Oatmeal 1 cup oats, rolled or cracked 1 cup warm filtered water plus 2 tablespoons whey, yoghurt, kefir or buttermilk 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 cup water (I use milk) 1 tablespoon flax seeds (optional) For highest benefits and best assimilation, porridge should be soaked overnight or even longer. Once soaked, oatmeal cooks up in les than 5 minutes-truly a fast food. Mix oats with warm water mixture, cover and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours and as long as 24 hours. Bring an additional 1 cup of water to a boil with sea salt (milk to almost boil). Add soaked oats, reduce heat cover and simmer several minutes. Meanwhile, grind optional flax seeds in a mini grinder. Remove from heat, stir in optional flax seeds and let stand for a few minutes. Serve with plenty of butter or cream and a natural sweetener like sucanat, date sugar, maple syrup, maple sugar or raw honey. Reprinted w/out permission of Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions I take two apples, peel them and chop them up. Heat some butter in a pan and saute the apples with some added honey. When they're done I add them to the finished oatmeal and eat. |
March 16- Today I weeded my potato plot and turned the dirt and put some black plastic mulch on to help warm the earth. It registered at 40 degrees F. and it needs to be at least 45 deg. to plant potatoes. |
3/16/02 I also made a pizza from scratch today. I used a recipe Leslie gave me for the toppings and made my crusts from "The Joy of Cooking" 1997 ed. except I substituted 1 cup whole wheat flour for one cup all-purpose. Leslie's Recipe is as follows: |
Leslie's Veggie Pizza "Boboli" pizza crust 1 jar "Classico Sun Dried Tomato Alfredo" Fresh, grated Asiago cheese Garlic Powder Pizza Seasoning - made of a mixture of oregano, marjoram, basil,crushed red pepper, and garlic (these I ground in my mortar and pestle) Red pepper flakes Fresh cilantro Red bell pepper Red onion 1 can black olives (I omitted these) 1 small jar marinated artichoke hearts (I used un-marinated so as not to get preservatives etc.) 1 "loaf" mozzarella cheese You will have extra ingredients that you can use for a second pizza. Use the sauce over pasta with Asiago cheese and fresh cilantro. Spread a few tablespoons of alfredo sauce on pizza crust. Sprinkle pizza seasoning, garlic powder, and asiago cheese over sauce. Mince 1-2 tablespoons of fresh cilantro and sprinkle this over the sauce. Thinly slice half of the red pepper. Arrange nicely on the crust. Slice 4-5 slices of red onion and spread these over the crust. Slice about 1/2 can of black olives and spread these over crust. Break apart several pieces of the artichoke hearts and spread these over the crust. Grate 1/2 of the loaf of mozzarella cheese and spread this over the crust. Bake in 450 degree oven for 10-15 minutes. Cut, serve, and enjoy! |
March 17- Ground froze last night; snow flurries yesterday, didn't stick around though (the boys played soccer in the snowfall). Weed wacked and edged and to my surprise my arms didn't feel like they were going to fall off. Some onions sprouted. March 19- Snowed for most of the day but did not stick. Silverdale got 1-2 inches! March 20- Happy First Day of Spring!! It snowed and actually stuck, not for long though. More onions sprouted March 21- Transplanted onions to 4"pots. The F-I First ed. seem to be growing at twice the rate of the Bennies Red. These seeds also went through the USPS so who knows if they got irradiated. Also the potatoes from Irish-Eyes are not firm. I'm not sure if they are supposed to be and if they'll grow. We'll see. March 22- Put my Braeburn Apple seed starts outside with grass clipping mulch and with a cut-off gallon milk jug over each one. March 25- Boy howdy I did a lot today. I went to Berger's and bought seeds for Legend tomatoes and Snack R Jack pumpkins and bought tristar strawberry starts (everbearing type). I put agricultural sulphur on my potatoes and planted them. (6 Corola) I then tore out the sod by my lavender plants, dug some holes, put some bone meal in each and mixed up, then planted the strawberries (6 next to the lavender and 2 in a planter) the rest I put in the fridge. March 30- Well I did get my caribe potatoes a few days ago and so I cut and cured them. It's hard to find a 55 degree plasce in this house. I dug up 4 corola and planted the caribe and butte. Jordan helped alot. |
April 2- In peat pellets I started: Legend tomatoes, Stupice tomatoes, Fern Leaf Dill, Arugula, Purple Beauty Peppers, PizzaPeppers. April 3- Started: Large Leaf Italien Basil, Lemon Basil. Also deadheaded Hydrangea. April 4- The first week of April has been beautiful. I layed out in the sun today. Very sunny and a bit windy. Also Spring break so Jordan has been helping in the Garden. April 5- Arugula and Large leaf basil sprouted, re-potted and set in the kitchen window. Tomatoes are just about ready-- 2-3 day germination period-- Put black plastic on the area for corn and squash etc. April 6- Saucy paste tomatoes sprouted- transplanted. April 15- Planted 60 leeks April 23- 28 deg. F last night and this morning. April 24- Frosted this morning/last night April 27- Transplanted outside my Arugula (x4) Direct sowed beets, kohlrabi and lettuce Watered. The strawberries are growing nicely and so is the rhubarb. Haven't seen any sign of my potatoes. The evil plants (bamboo like) are still trying to pop out of the soil. Arrgh! Started putting tomaoes outside for the day. The leeks don't seem viable, out of 60 sprouted. Soil temp. 50 deg. F April 28- The leeks did not germinate so I bought some "Laura" leeks and planted those today. [from berger's (from Territorial)]. |
May 1- Planted peas outside. May 2- Laid compost on some ground. May 4- Direct sowed parsnips, carrots, cabbage, and lettuce. Transplanted onions, very careful not to disturb the roots but some came off. Watered thoroughly. Also sowed some dwarf sunflowers and dahlias but they are old so I don't know if they'll grow. YAAAAH! I found signs of my potatoes I think. Just starting to pop out of the ground. Lots of the leeks have sprouted, about half so far, so they are in the window. Today we decided Jordan would be in charge of the pumpkins and zucchini. May 5- Bought "Bennings Green Tint" Patty Pan squash, Jordan's choice. May 6- A few weeks ago I rototilled a new patch and today I covered it with black plastic. This will be Jordan's space. |