tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83147750222472007402024-03-13T09:32:33.726-07:00the whole food reviewallison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-67931330303503750572011-10-07T13:42:00.000-07:002011-10-07T13:42:55.472-07:00Healthy Creations Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started on July 13...I started writing this I've been working too much lately and planning meals has become somewhat of a chore. A little while ago a friend suggested I check out Healthy Creations <a href="https://www.healthycreations.com/">https://www.healthycreations.com/</a>- an organic, "pre-made", gluten free shop that has all sorts of stuff that's good for you. She suggested it mostly for the gluten free baked goods, but I discovered they have a meal plan service. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They do have quite a bit of chicken and we're not chicken eaters so I'm going to ask them to make vegetarian or sub tofu or something so we can try more dishes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The prices are EXCELLENT and portions are more than enough for our family of 2 adults and 2 children - we get the half size gluten free meals. Did I mention ORGANIC???</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've tried many of the Healthy Creations meals now - it is October 7.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 x Half Size: Baked Ravioli in a Creamy Pesto Sauce w/ Vegetables (veg)- GF: $20.25<br />
1 x Half Size: Black Bean Burgers with Aioli and Sweet Pot Waffle Fries- GF: $19.75<br />
1 x Half Size: Browned Butter Crusted Mahi w/ Herbed Corn on the Cob- GF: $19.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Chili Relleno Casserole w/ Steak Strips- GF: $19.75<br />
1 x Half Size: Herbed Salmon w/ Zesty Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette & Wild Rice-GF: $21.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Mediterranean Salsa Verde 'Surf N Turf' Shrimp w/ Kale/Spina-GF: $21.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Paneer Tikka Masala (vegetarian) with Brown Rice -GF: $19.50<br />
1 x Half Size: Smokey Buffalo Burgers w/ Oven Fries & BBQ Sauce- GF: $22.00</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 x Half Size: Browned Butter Crusted Mahi w/ Sage and Tamari Brown Rice- GF: $19.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Cheezy Cheddar Chicken Tenders w/ FRESH Broccoli: $19.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Chicken Tikka Masala with Brown Rice- GF: $19.50<br />
1 x Half Size: Herbed Salmon w/ Zesty Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette & Wild Rice: $21.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Hoisin Marinated Pork Chops with Szechuan Green Beans- GF: $21.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Mediterranean Salsa Verde 'Surf N Turf' Shrimp w/ Kale/Spina-GF: $21.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Thai Coconut Vegetarian Soup with Coconut Rice (w/ EXTRA VEG)-GF: $18.50</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 x Half Size: BBQ Pulled Pork over Baked Beans & Spinach- GF: $23.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Bruschetta Shrimp over Fresh Broccoli (do not freeze)- GF: $20.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Cabernet Black Currant Reduction over Coulotte w/ Oven Fries- GF: $23.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Carne Asada Tacos with FLOUR TORTILLAS-GF: $22.25<br />
1 x Half Size: Gnocchi in a Puttanesca Sauce w/ Italian Turkey Meatballs- GF: $21.50<br />
1 x Half Size: Maple Glazed Salmon w/ Maple Roasted Squash- GF: $21.50<br />
1 x Half Size: Peruvian Shrimp Kabobs w/ Aji Sauce and Brown Rice- GF: $20.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Seasoned Turkey Lasagna- GLUTEN FREE- ALL GOAT DAIRY: $24.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Sesame Crusted Ahi in Soy Ginger Butter Sauce w/ Green Beans-GF: $20.00<br />
1 x Half Size: Shrimp Asada Tacos w/ FLOUR TORTILLAS- GLUTEN FREE: $20.50</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All meals are reasonable considering they feed four with a meal or two leftover!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a comparison - if I go out to a "economical but healthy" place and we get a meal for the boys to split, I get a salad of some sort or fish or something and Ed gets his usual - a burger - we can ring up $38.00!!! Of course it doesn't compare to getting burgers at In and Out for $12.00 - but, um - gross - who can eat that daily?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This food is fantastic. They'll even leave the cheese off if your dairy intolerant.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Diego locals - give them a try!</span><br />
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</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-43136264928319059952011-07-27T15:55:00.000-07:002011-07-27T15:55:35.622-07:00What's Next?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4FNpg1NIRnvvZxR0h8pwCqRk4VjjBJO0NX4IBghnVq8Ck27oiFr4uRPa9D7bJ5_BEPjHdoc8zFhGBdU99vYw-ckDH2CsY_wtGuWsjyeh7Sf-cuMfnWnbmeyqBrFypIk3LbyCydIt2YlF/s1600/IMG_0289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4FNpg1NIRnvvZxR0h8pwCqRk4VjjBJO0NX4IBghnVq8Ck27oiFr4uRPa9D7bJ5_BEPjHdoc8zFhGBdU99vYw-ckDH2CsY_wtGuWsjyeh7Sf-cuMfnWnbmeyqBrFypIk3LbyCydIt2YlF/s320/IMG_0289.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grapes from your own vines are so much better than the grapes from the store it is amazing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received an email today for an opportunity to apply for a grant from Awesome Food. Awesome Food is a chapter of the worldwide Awesome Foundation, a microgrant funder that launched in Boston two years ago and now includes chapters in cities around the world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When thinking about this I wrote the following:</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First a little background - I live in Oceanside. I am an urban bio-dynamic farmer, member of our local botanical garden, Seabreeze CSA, Slow Food San Diego, I am a wife and mother of two young school age boys.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I raise chickens for eggs, support pastured/grass fed livestock, frequent my local farmers market, I've participated in "No impact" weeks and months, I support Old Wagon Dairy (raw goat milk), I use rain barrels, I'm into canning, preserving, and general conservation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have arranged field trips for my son's class to Sea Breeze, created scavenger hunts and booklets for the class, and lead the tour. I have also volunteered at Seabreeze during their events.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I taught the garden unit for my son's class and helped them plant their garden. My lecture was interactive, aimed at their age group and I really struck a chord with the kids. They all remember what I taught them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sent home a workbook for them to complete with their parents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in what you are doing. I've attended SD Roots lectures. I'm a huge believer in educating children for a better "food tomorrow".</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a veteran consultant. At 37, I've lived in three countries, own my own business, I'm working - most of the time - but in these economic times - it has been tough .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, even though I have had a great career, it seems shallow, it feels like I have a higher calling. A purpose that is not driven monetarily, but for a cause. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to make a difference. I'd like to start an education program that goes to schools and helps teachers with their garden units or even bring garden units to public schools that do not have them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would come in, do a "grade appropriate" and in some cases "language appropriate" session with the class, then help them plant their garden either in their plot (we have those here in CA) or in their classroom window. I even know a thing or two about hydroponics, so anything is possible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Included would be an interactive lesson on eating healthy - the difference between junk, a treat and healthy food. Samples of garden derived foods would be provided with recipes for parents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Booklets will go home with the children promoting an economically functional bio-dynamic and healthy lifestyle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will send proposals to schools/districts and I will give a demonstration to district supervisors. I would like some capital for start up and supply costs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example - My son's last veggie garden project was $100.00 - 100% supported by my husband and I. I created a workbook with illustrations and garden oriented songs, lesson on soil, compost, seeds etc. We brought starts and they watched them grow, watered and weeded, then at the end of the school year I gathered the produce and made salsa and strawberry lemonade from the food they grew. They loved it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It can be reproduced easily and with proper planning made to be more economically feasible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I can keep momentum up this time...for our future...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTNU_GwGZJ75LiXrP0AAdnnlNgMbzrfsgydeiGiWjltP3kLGGwXsMaYh7zXnzbX022DUUEpb6H4ejS2CLdV49LFHB5sXnEZ74BH859_qO-2gnELfgNtYvw8tfmjc8iCuCQxJORjDPPvyQ/s1600/IMG_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTNU_GwGZJ75LiXrP0AAdnnlNgMbzrfsgydeiGiWjltP3kLGGwXsMaYh7zXnzbX022DUUEpb6H4ejS2CLdV49LFHB5sXnEZ74BH859_qO-2gnELfgNtYvw8tfmjc8iCuCQxJORjDPPvyQ/s320/IMG_0271.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-34225810018223572972011-06-30T16:11:00.000-07:002011-06-30T16:11:47.970-07:00Dinner for the teachers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night I made dinner for the teachers involved in the Waldorf Music Conference here in San Diego <a href="http://www.waldorfmusic.org/">http://www.waldorfmusic.org/</a>. Of course it was gluten and casein free, as well as vegetarian, but completely healthy and diverse. I made dinner for them last year as well, which was a 4 course meal with two dessert options.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love fresh produce that summer brings! it isn't so hot here in Southern California so we are still enjoying some cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cabbage; we also have cucumbers, corn, radish, onion, fava beans, and of course watermelon!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's also say that I was away all day and only had a tiny bit of time to pull this off - so I hit my library...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoVoghpP3R6l5yj0EhDzAvkoGPMUkhHbjKealKUxEYWd6dCXK_a_Dvm4hBPGbxmbtKpz22tR075wHO9qMDFfQFnvjmM7jUTI6R7URximyBQk2el_2RK6g5_7zArPwt-srvqak-0VCgXYL/s1600/cookbooks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoVoghpP3R6l5yj0EhDzAvkoGPMUkhHbjKealKUxEYWd6dCXK_a_Dvm4hBPGbxmbtKpz22tR075wHO9qMDFfQFnvjmM7jUTI6R7URximyBQk2el_2RK6g5_7zArPwt-srvqak-0VCgXYL/s320/cookbooks.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pulled out a few of my favourite things...and created their menu...we also had some of the dishes here for dinner and I even ate the broccoli salad today for lunch - it is really amazing the next day after the flavors marinate.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Menu:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BQyO6RFj70aK4hZWifWFhgxlNfZ90XMeXb4G3KdQ0pjxA7gMfY0rElj8HUi-Ue8sk3g_ScrFAU_i9Iwk_pSV-h0Rj8eU-JZYCT_bRBD0dlktbNCnNOBuNnzc7ZdV5fAHc_g586QrjfpJ/s1600/Menu+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BQyO6RFj70aK4hZWifWFhgxlNfZ90XMeXb4G3KdQ0pjxA7gMfY0rElj8HUi-Ue8sk3g_ScrFAU_i9Iwk_pSV-h0Rj8eU-JZYCT_bRBD0dlktbNCnNOBuNnzc7ZdV5fAHc_g586QrjfpJ/s320/Menu+copy.png" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><br />
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Soup</b></i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watermelon Gazpacho (Adapted from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">Lousia Shapia’s</span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/158008964X?tag=lucidfcom-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=158008964X&adid=0QTFY0XT2CY2Y3XWDJ7Q&">Lucid Food</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salads</span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fava Bean and Corn Salad (From <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Williams-Sonoma's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Williams-Sonoma-Eat-Well-Enjoy-Foods/dp/0848732707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309469966&sr=8-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Eat Well</span></a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">by Charity Ferreira)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broccoli, Chickpea and Tomato Salad (From Martha Stewart, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Food-Great-Fast/dp/0307354164/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309470055&sr=1-2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Everyday Food, Great Food Fast</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Sandwiches</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cucumber and Kraut Tea Sandwiches on Chia and Millet and White Sandwich bread from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://udisglutenfree.com/products">Udi's</a> and </span><a href="http://www.bubbies.com/prod_sauerkraut.shtml">Bubbies Sauerkraut</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Transition</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Citrus with Honey and Mint</span></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dessert</span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate Brownie (Gluten, Casein and Egg free) - adapted from <a class="title" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mayumis-Kitchen-Macrobiotic-Cooking-Body/dp/4770031106/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309470372&sr=1-1" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mayumi's Kitchen: Macrobiotic Cooking for Body and Soul</a> <span class="ptBrand">by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mayumi-Nishimura/e/B00314MQH2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1309470372&sr=1-1" style="text-decoration: none;">Mayumi Nishimura</a> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">In a blender until smooth</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">6 cups watermelon, coarsely chopped and seeded (use a small seedless)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">2 ripe tomatoes, cored & quartered (her recipe calls for 5)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 rounded tablespoon sweet smoked paprika</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 clove garlic, smashed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1/2 whole toasted almonds (I use almond meal)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (I use balsamic glaze)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 teaspoon chipotle sauce (I use medium salsa)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 tsp Maldon sea salt</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1/4 red onion, finely diced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 cucumber seeded, diced</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 300; line-height: 20px;">1 radish chopped</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Fava bean and corn salad with mint (6 as a salad)</b></span><br />
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<li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.3em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels (used fresh)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 1/2 cups shelled fresh fava beans (about 1 1/2 lb.)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 1/2 Tbs. cider vinegar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 radishes, trimmed and thinly sliced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Tbs. coarsely chopped fresh mint leaves</span></li>
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Add the fava beans to the pot and cook until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Slip the fava beans from their skins.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.4em;"> In a bowl, whisk together the olive oil and vinegar. Stir in the corn, fava beans, radishes, mint, 1/2 tsp salt and a few grindings of pepper. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours. Serves 4.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon Dijon mustard</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">2 tablespoons olive oil</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">1/2 small red onion, finely chopped</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed</span></div><div class="recipe-section instructions" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="font-weight: normal; font: normal normal 100 20px/23px museo-slab-1, museo-slab-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Directions</span></span></h2><div class="item-list" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ol class="content-multigroup-group-steps" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 18px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="step first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.38em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a large saucepan with a steamer insert, bring 1 inch of water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes.</span></div></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 slices of Chia and Millet sandwich bread, crusts removed</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 slices of white sandwich bread, crusts removed</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your choice of butter or butter substitute spread - I like olive oil spread - but you can make your own with coconut oil or any other emulsion.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your choice of mayonnaise or salad dressing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">36 thin slices of cucumber</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 tbs kraut</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 c. gluten free flour blend (1/3 garbanzo, 1/3 rice, 1/6 tapioca, 1/6 potato - tsp xanthan gum)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp. baking powder<br />
1/2 c. maple sugar<br />
1/4 c. cocoa powder<br />
1/2 c. sugarless chocolate chip<br />
2 Tbs. unsweetened "milk" (you can use whatever "milk" you want - cow, goat, soy, almond)<br />
1/2 c. oil - you can use whatever you want (I like to mix sunflower and flax)<br />
1/2 c. maple syrup<br />
1 tsp. vanilla<br />
Pinch Sea salt</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8×8 ovenproof pan. (For easier clean-up, line pan with parchment paper.) i actually use 6 inch cake pans - then I can cut into triangles...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place first five ingredients in one bowl and the remaining wet ingredients in another. Mix both bowls separately, then add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix just enough to blend, using a spatula to prevent lumps. Transfer batter to pan. Place on the middle rack of the oven; bake for about 20 minutes. When a toothpick comes out clean, remove from oven.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Happy cooking!</b></span></div></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-27066203848000456462011-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:002011-06-21T11:41:32.620-07:00Where am I going to get my Macro or Juicing box now?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diamond Organics is no more.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was thinking to myself - hey - let's see if Kathleen can get me some gooseberries for a Midsummer cake I want to make this Friday...I wanted to make little ones and drop them off at my son's school for his teachers along with a spiral sun-catcher - which is a little craft the boys and I will be working on Friday. i didn't want to use grapes from Chile and our grapes don't come until September...although I might be able to find some early ones...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diamond Organics was the l<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; line-height: 15px;">argest organic online retailer in the nation. Products included organic prepared foods, organic gift baskets and sampler and a full line of organic food items including fresh organic produce cut to order shipped overnight to arrive the next day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I traveled, I always had a box of Diamond Organics goodies shipped to my destination, this way I was guaranteed to have food with the standard I'm used to feeding my family.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I'm heartbroken. I wrote Kathleen and she in turn wrote me back...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What happened? Well - California happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a super expensive place to live. She sold organic food - which already had an associated cost, but also shipped it across the USA - shipping rates are astronomical.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I do want to share is who Kathleen Hamilton is...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has been in the organic food business for 30 years and knows that California is where you can produce food on a year round basis.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She cooked macrobiotic at home for 15 years.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her soups were GLORIOUS.She sold her own line of ready-to-eat food and packs for lunch and dinner to her customers. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She's a mother, she feeds her family whole foods and fresh organic ingredients. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She didn't have health care for many years being self employed. (don't we know that situation!)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She does have a little cookbook and I'm looking forward to getting it!</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She's in Moss Landing, CA and will continue to support her local delivery business to her area. thank you Kathleen for the many years you kept this family healthy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you luck in your next venture - you're an inspiration!</span></div><!--[endif]-->allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-982137523296867032011-05-24T10:57:00.000-07:002011-05-24T10:57:33.123-07:00Aria - 3744 Mission Ave Oceanside, CA 92058<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: arial, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Just got back from here. I think I could have used wheels to get me out I'm so stuffed.<br />
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Aria combines two of my favorite things Korean and Japanese. Home cooking is my favorite. Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate good sushi (what most Americans think of when you say Japanese), but that's not what I was here for and quite frankly, I was looking for good Korean food.<br />
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I am not Asian, but I have lived in Asia and Oceania. When ordering at an Asian restaurant I'm not afraid. I have a taste for veggies, spices, fish and rice.<br />
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We were at Aria for lunch and so no bbq - I will be back for that though. When I walked in there were two 4 top tables of Japanese men eating lunch. Score #1 in my head. Unlike other diners' reviews I've read, I thought the atmosphere clean and well appointed - not at all dull.<br />
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The menu was completely easy to understand. It had pictures for most of the dishes - which I know helps people order and get what they expect.<br />
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The waitress was nice, not overly warm, but quiet and served us well. They brought out the customary vegetable side dishes - kimchi, potato salad, moo saeng chae, and some other marinated potato dish - all nice.<br />
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I ordered the bim bim-bap (bim bim-bob). For those who don't know this is seasonal veggies and chili pepper sauce/paste, raw egg and sliced meat. You stir it all together before you eat it. It was a perfect presentation and wonderful smelling. The dish tasted just like I expected and it came in a stone hot pot. I like to let it sizzle a little to get the rice kinda crunch in some places before I stir it up. YUM.<br />
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My eating partner ordered spicy pork bento and veggie tempura. The pork was spicy and he said it was akin to eating crawfish - you just have to keep going and forget about the heat.<br />
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The amount of food was outstanding. And for the price - AMAZING. Compared to other Asian food joints around our area it was entirely comparable and even on the economical side - which is why I gave it 4 stars.<br />
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Very good food for the price and didn't disappoint.</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-32287304554608414042011-05-23T16:56:00.000-07:002011-05-23T16:56:42.991-07:00School Garden Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kinder garden has really grown. The children have tomatoes, strawberries, zucchinis, cucumbers, lettuce and some herbs growing well. Unfortunately I think the poor peppers have been munched by some little critter. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At first the little dears were trickling water. So I came by for a check up and told them - plants like deep yet infrequent drinks and that means water a bunch only a couple of times a week. Be conservative and only water at the roots, stick your finger in to see if the soil below is damp. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, little minds are like sponges. Can't wait until they go home to their parents who send them to school with snacks of moon pies, orange peanut butter crackers, and Cheetos, and say, "Mom, can we have a garden?" or "Mom, I want to go to the farmers market." "Haha - I've won!" I'll say to myself when this little exercise ifs over.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But we all know the truth, I'll only reach 1% of the class, and that's 3 kids. One of the kids will be my own, the others will be kids of families who already do it the way I do. The sad fact of the matter is - most kids love instantaneous fatty sugary high empty caloric low nutrition food. It satiates our addictive natures, fills our quick energy needs and fat stores, starting the starving response - I WANT MORE!!! We eat more and then want more...the cycle never ends.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I digress. This is my chance to make a difference and it feels INCREDIBLE. I want to do this for our Earth, for their bellies and minds and for their SPIRIT. Growing food is incredibly satisfying and wonderfully healthy when done correctly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be using some interesting techniques to use every inch of space given to us, including the fence. I would have loved more, but the plot is small, and we want to make food for our garden party out of our veggies and fruit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to take pictures of our progress...so excited!</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-76661955537729017362011-01-25T15:06:00.000-08:002011-01-25T15:06:25.181-08:00The Thai Coconut Shrimp (Prawn) Recipe<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I get my shrimp from the fishmonger at my farmer's market. They are, by far, the best prawns I've ever had. I love <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"><i>botanebi</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;">, or botan shrimp </span>(the type of sweet shrimp where the heads are coated in potato flour and fried while the tails are left raw)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"> and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"><i> hokkoku akaebi</i></span> which is smaller but equally as yummy. But the prawns I use most often are larger and I buy a pound at a time...probably once a month - a pound of these are $16.99. That is a bit rich for my blood but they are worth it. Sweet and lovely.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made the soup the other night and it was yummy!</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must say...in all honesty - to me, French Meadow is still tops. The Rudi's slices were concave - meaning they didn't have a bump at the top - it was rather an indent. The taste is okay, I find Udi's multi-grain to have a better taste and texture. The Rudi's texture was grainy and I don't mind it so much but it was too spongy - not meaning soft exactly - but not dense enough.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My kids are split on the issue. The 5 year old likes Udi's best and the 2.5 year old Rudi's. What about the husband? Well, I buy him fresh bread every Thursday from the baker.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still prefer my own. When I was making sourdough this summer I made bread that was wonderful. But I don't have time right now to coddle a gluten free starter, allow bread to rise for 4+ hours and have it possibly fail due to my "grandma-style" (love this phrase) dry to wet ratios.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What is diet?</b> Is it a noun - A diet is food habitually eaten, or is it a verb I've dieted for years and my weight is like a yo-yo, or even an adjective - I'd like a diet soft drink (blech)?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How come it is okay to talk about animals and their diet but not okay to speak of humans in the same manner? How come it is okay to say - flamingos have a diet of crustaceans with a carotenoid pigment that colors their feathers? And not - I have a diet of proteins, fats, veggies, fruit and whole grains? (or in some cases they have a diet of corn, corn, and more corn).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Why do we cringe when we say diet?</b> Because, typically diets means deprivation, starvation and misery. But not for this lady. I commonly speak of my diet in conversation. I also talk freely using the word diet to simply explain how one eats. My family - husband, kids, myself; is not starving, nor overweight, we're healthy, our clothes are normal sizes, we can run, climb, jump and generally feel great. In fact - now that I think about it - we rarely get sick.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read something disturbing in last month's <b>Organic Gardening Magazine</b> - which I already knew but they put it so well - obesity is a sign of hunger. Wow - how much sense does that make to laymen? If you know anything about nutrition, you will know it is completely true. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example - a girlfriend of mine said something this week that just made me want to write - she said she skipped lunch and was so hungry (around 2:00PM). She said, "And that's a really bad thing." This girlfriend has some weight issues that she struggles with due to her life/work balance and schedule which causes her to skip meals, crave fats and sugars rather than something healthy like nutrient rich proteins, veggies, fruits and whole grains, because she's starving. After she indulges in satiating her immediate craving in an overindulgent way, her body use up what she eats for immediate brain and life support energy (which she does not spend exercising), and stores the rest because her body knows she's going to starve it again and again.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is why <b>many children in this country are obese and hungry at the same time</b> - not because they are eating too many healthy nutritious foods. Because, believe me, if you food is nutritious, and you even only eat one large meal a day and possibly snack on fruit and veggies the rest of the day - you will not be starving. In fact, if you do not have underlying medical issues or psychological issues which make food turn against you and you are not already extremely overweight, you most-likely will not become obese from eating nutritious food.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the first mistakes of people who assume they eat nutritious food is <b>label reading</b>. If you are reading a label, 8 times out of 10 the food has been manufactured - first and foremost in the "no-no" list if you want a healthy diet - there are exceptions - but not many. Ah, convenience - something processed, packaged and made up to look desirable - don't we all love it? But, a-hem, excuse me, <b>this is mother nature speaking</b> - didn't I do that for you already with my apples, bananas, pears, carrots, celery, peas, tomatoes and so on?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Do I have processed stuff in my house?</b> You betcha. Gluten free flours, cheese, ice cream, gluten free baked goods, corn chips, rice crackers, condiments, and some cereals (these are actually from guests and from times when I had the little angels with me - mommy I want 'dat', yet the sit for months). What do you have?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people who consider themselves nutrition experts say to <b>avoid corn, soy, dairy, wheat, and sugar</b>. Okay so what else is there to eat? Well there's plenty - but I think this is a very tough statement if you are eating non-manufactured foods. The issue is that the above ingredients are in almost every processed food on the shelf. So if you eat even more of it, on your sandwich, in your pasta bowl, with your steak (or in your steak for that matter if you eat grain fed meats), you're not balancing your diet and the processed forms have no or low nutrients. There's that word again - diet.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is a great segue into the second half of this entry. My New Year's Resolution is to get even more veggies into my family's diet. While doing that I really need to cleanse. The holidays have left a heavy feeling in me - something I think may be due to many factors - but definitely overindulgence on things with lower nutritional value.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, starting Sunday (because I need to go to Farmers Market) we are changing our diet. We already eat on the healthy side but now our <b>diet</b> is going to be organized differently.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typically we're 30% whole grains, 30% veggies/fruit, 40% proteins and fats - because so often these are together for example dairy, animal protein and nuts all have high protein with fat content.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm changing us to 35% veggies, 15% fruit, 10% beans, 20% whole grains and 20% proteins and fats (non bean). So we're still getting 40% proteins but I've shifted to beans and away from grains and fruit. Grains are good, but with gluten intolerance running rampant around here I'm going to see if this helps.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What will the typical day look like from a meal perspective?</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Breakfast</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quinoa cereal with squash puree and sunflower seeds (grain, veggie, protein/fats)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Snack</b> - piece of fruit and handful of seeds or nuts (fruit, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">protein/fats)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lunch</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bean and vegetable soup with salad of pressed pickles (beans, veggies, veggies)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Snack</b> - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">piece of fruit and raw cheese </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(fruit, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">protein/fats)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dinner</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poached fish (or a 4oz serve of grass fed meat), wild rice, vegetables with broccoli and apple-plum vinegar dressing (protein, grain, veggies)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dessert</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ice cream or yogurt with fruit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(fruit, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">protein/fats)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh yeah - you bet we snack...healthy snacks keep you from starving. Grabbing food the way mother nature intended is the best!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We drink fresh juices, teas with honey and water.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily my younger son's school serves whole foods and i make lunch for my older son so this shouldn't be that difficult. My oldest likes anything you can dip so veggie/bean purees with whole grain pita works. A bit of fruit and he's got a solid lunch.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recipes and more on how it is going this week. Until then, <b>enjoy your diet</b>! Don't dread it.</span><br />
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</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-42558609345684312782010-12-04T15:53:00.000-08:002010-12-04T15:55:07.547-08:00Gluten free flours and mixes - a Bob's Red Mill Review (and who's doing it better).<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.bobsredmill.com/skin1/images/spacer.gif" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bob’s Red Mill Product Review <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill" src="http://www.bobsredmill.com/images/home/bob_moore.jpg" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(image above is from their website)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever looked at the gluten free section in your store or online and wonder - wow - I wonder how <b>Bob's Red Mill</b> Products are? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps you tried them and like them....<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have, so...I'm going to just review my Bob's Red Mill attempts in this single post. As a gluten free baker I try to turn to pre-milled flours sometimes to alleviate much prep work needed to soak, grind and store the grains.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Can I "soak/sprout" away gluten?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also want to say something to the people who try to tout soaked/sprouted wheat as "gluten free" or "gluten reduced". When you have severe issues with gluten (Celiac Disease) and/or a direct allergy to wheat, rye, barley; no amount of "pre-digesting" the grain is going to help you. You may even need to stay away from supposedly gluten free oats. Bummer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And some of us may never be able to eat gluten safely again. No matter what steps we take to heal our gut - it just isn't going to happen. So we are in constant search for those products that allow us to enjoy the foods we recall tasting so good.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>From their site:</b> "Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods produces more than 400 products, including a full line of certified gluten free products and an extensive line of certified organicproducts. With a wide variety of whole grain products, from flours and hot cereals to baking mixes and grains, Bob’s Red Mill has “whole grain foods for every meal of the day.”"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Review in short:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naturally, I have not used all of their 400 products, but I have used a significant amount; regretfully many without success. I've tried most of their recipes from the back of the bag as well and 90% of them tasted weird, have too much liquid, leavening, etc - many times I should have trusted myself to adjust the recipe when it seemed off. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had better luck with flours from <b>King Arthur, Authentic Foods (a favorite), Pamela's (however their baking mix has dairy and leavening in it and I've stopped using it), and Gluten Free Pantry. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've tried many other brands I was lukewarm about; Arrowhead Mills (I find many of their flours too coarse), Betty Crocker (where's their grain coming from? Are they actually gluten free pantry like everybody says?), etc , and I've also bought prepared goods from <b>Glutino, Udi's (lovin' their blueberry muffins), Rudi's, French Meadow</b>, etc. I'm not a Gluten Free novice and I've left some brands off the list like Chebe and the other one in the brown bags that escapes me right now - they pale in comparison.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really not interested in hearing about any new mixes - unless of course it will knock my socks off and be dairy free and organic....<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've reviewed a couple on their website so those reviews are included here with photos. I should probably review ALL of their products on the website but that takes so much time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So onto what I've used (please assume all products are GF):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Almond Flour</b><br />
Best product that I've tried from Bob's so far. i like to use it to make cakes, muffins and other baked goods. Keeps it moist and adds protein. Almond flour is highly perishable and should be kept in the freezer as they suggest.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sweet Rice Flour</b><br />
works for thickening BAD POUND CAKE<br />
We use this product in our gluten free baking and in sauces, however the Pound Cake Recipe on the back is horrendous. The recipe has to be off. A FIRE started in my oven.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sorghum Flour</b><br />
I love this flour - it is very versatile, sort of heavy, though so use it sparingly. I use it in my from scratch maple brownies and it is divine. I have made the scones - I prefer my own. I'll be making scones soon, posting and linking to the recipe - meanwhile - try <b>Pamela's</b> recipe on her baking mix if you eat dairy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brown Rice Flour</b><br />
A staple in my kitchen - our brown rice flour is the base of my gluten free flour mix. Can't live without it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Potato Flour</b><br />
Another staple in our kitchen, used as part of the gluten free mix and as a thickener.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Garfava Flour</b><br />
Another all purpose flour I use in 1/3 amount in my flour mix - it can make things taste "beanie". Babycakes features their blondie recipe on the back - I think they are pretty good - but can get beanie as I mentioned before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Xanthan Gum</b><br />
THE STAPLE FOR THICKENING AND BINDING. Very slippery - very messy - don't underestimate the power of this stuff - usually 1/4 tsp is enough. Yeah yeah - I know you can use flax seeds, chia, and some other things (kuzu - what I use in my brownies and arrowroot). YEAH I know it is a refined corn product. Honestly, I've not found anything else that works like it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Corn flour</b><br />
Another staple - just fine - keeps well in vacuum container.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Polenta/Grits</b><br />
Wonderful Polenta - just what you expect. I like to soak mine in whey for 24 hours before cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Old Fashioned oats</b><br />
Another staple at our house. Great with soaked/baked oatmeal. This is a link to my favorite recipe: h<a href="ttp://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/03/healthy-breakfast-recipe-from-sue-baked-soaked-oatmeal.html">ttp://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/03/healthy-breakfast-recipe-from-sue-baked-soaked-oatmeal.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cornbread Mix</b><br />
This was actually pretty good. Quite heavy from the general recipe so I experiment with lightening it up. It stands up well to experimentation, additions like jalapeños and Tillamook cheddar....</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Millet</b><br />
We eat a lot of millet in the morning and I use it like couscous as a side. This is pretty good. I actually like it better than <b>Gold Mine</b> - I find that the small <b>Gold Mine</b> grains have little stones.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Millet Flour</b><br />
This makes morning sweets even sweeter. It is a very nutritious and dense flour - very yummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Quinoa Flour</b><br />
We use this, but sparingly, it can taste a little bitter and impart a flavor you might not enjoy into baked goods.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Quinoa</b><br />
This is exchanged with millet or added to millet as a side dish. It must be rinsed. It "sprouts" quickly. Very nutritious - tastes better as a grain than a flour. However - I like to add Quinoa flakes [Ancient Harvest] to my baked goods sometimes - banana bread is really nice with it (1/2 cup).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pizza Crust</b><br />
One of the better pizza crusts in a bag. If you can get it really thin it is good. Tip: Bake the crust first on a pan with parchment - then put on your toppings and put it back in...Don't use a stone with gluten free crust - it will be too hard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Whole Grain Bread Mix</b><br />
I personally like this bread, it is better than the "wonderful" bread mix; it is a little grainy so the kids and husband don't like it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brown Rice Farina</b><br />
Very successful morning cereal for the children with cultured butter and maple syrup or preserves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Biscuit and Baking Mix</b><br />
It really is too bad this stuff only works for pastry for me (prefer Gluten Free Pantry for pastry crust though) - but that is a big positive since I do make tarts often. The biscuits are terrible - prefer these from scratch as well (1<b>23 Gluten free has THE BEST Gluten Free Southern Style biscuits EVER</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.shop.123glutenfree.com/product.sc;jsessionid=ADD66B0A3176359DD0F00E815EEA8C51.qscstrfrnt03?productId=11&categoryId=1">http://www.shop.123glutenfree.com/product.sc;jsessionid=ADD66B0A3176359DD0F00E815EEA8C51.qscstrfrnt03?productId=11&categoryId=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wonderful Bread Mix</b><br />
A staple here...although after eating <b>Udi's</b> for a while I can taste the heavy bean flour in this bread and it is too much. I was making sourdough from scratch this summer and it was great but a lot of work - I'll keep working and post a recipe when I think I've perfected it. Everybody's is different though due to your humidity and environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>All Purpose Baking Flour</b><br />
<b> King Arthur</b> beats the pants off this mix. Don't even bother with it. Too grainy, heavy and beanie tasting for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Steel Cut Oats</b><br />
The kids and husband don't like these so we don't eat them anymore - too chewy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix</b><br />
These cookies never taste right. They taste too beanie or soapy or something - must have too much leavening agent. They are sometimes grainy!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal</b><br />
We tried this a couple of times - kids don't like it - they'd rather soaked oatmeal or millet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Brownie Mix</b><br />
Another general bummer. <b>Pamela's </b>brownies are by far the best mix I've sampled so far. But I have a brownie recipe that will delight and amaze (will blog it soon after I make them next and will update and link).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Chocolate/Vanilla Cake Mixes</b><br />
Nothing to write home about, cooks evenly, a little bland on the chocolate. <b>Pamela's</b> tastes better and <b>Betty Crocker</b> is just as good and cheaper).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Buckwheat Groats/Kasha</b><br />
Tried a few times to serve this as a side or a cereal to my family - they hate it. I'm not partial to it either way - it sits in the freezer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pancake Mix</b><br />
I don't know what it is but every time I make this the pancakes taste like FISH. YEAH - that's right - FISH. They are repulsive. I check the dates, try them from different locations, etc - but blech.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cinnamon Raisin Bread Mix</b><br />
TERRIBLE. Don't even bother.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please leave your comments below.</span><o:p></o:p></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-59010839217610138092010-08-23T12:56:00.000-07:002010-08-23T12:56:33.765-07:00The gluten free banana/squash muffins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoh_so_477MbLwM-1akPu43BQYpClGaapn98xUDuZ6oxet8oAqIHg0AVQbiUKuGne0QRGtwXo9w6KN8Qi8-wtQXmVgjI68g55aw1HwQKU3z_57Go3uGmbqOZoNSdcADiF6E37b6_mCkO4/s1600/IMG_0133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoh_so_477MbLwM-1akPu43BQYpClGaapn98xUDuZ6oxet8oAqIHg0AVQbiUKuGne0QRGtwXo9w6KN8Qi8-wtQXmVgjI68g55aw1HwQKU3z_57Go3uGmbqOZoNSdcADiF6E37b6_mCkO4/s320/IMG_0133.JPG" /></a></div>I love these muffins - very easy. I use raw and organic ingredients. The honey is raw and unfiltered, milk raw goat, butter is organic and cultured, flours are organic, the eggs are from our chickens, butternut squash from our garden, and organic bananas.<br />
You need to make some butternut squash puree before you start (you can also use kombocha) - so trim up a squash, cut into 1/2 inch cubes and steam until tender - puree or mash. Soften your butter - leave it out on the counter with the eggs the night before you make them.<br />
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<b>your ingredients:</b><br />
2 cups gluten free flour blend (1/2 sorghum, 1/2 brown rice, 1/2 tapioca, 1/2 quinoa is what I use - but - quinoa flour is an acquired taste and you can substitute more brown rice flour)<br />
1/2 tsp xanthan gum (optional - leaving it out makes crumblier muffins - they were just fine when I left it out this morning)<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1/4 tsp sea salt<br />
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon<br />
1/2 cup butter softened<br />
1/3 cup honey<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 tsp pure vanilla extract<br />
1/4 cup milk<br />
3 bananas<br />
1/2 cup pureed/mash butternut or kombocha squash<br />
<b>your method:</b><br />
1. preheat oven to 350 - line 12 muffin tin or 24 mini-muffin tin with liners - alternatively spray with non-stick spray.<br />
2. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.<br />
3. cream honey and butter<br />
4. add eggs<br />
5. add vanilla<br />
6. add bananas and squash<br />
7. add 1/4 cup milk<br />
8. slowly add flour<br />
9. mix until combined<br />
10. put in prepared pan - I fill mine and they work fine.<br />
<b>bake for 25 minute</b>s check with toothpick - should come out clean.<br />
let cool completely - especially if you use quinoa flour.<br />
Enjoy.<br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">This weekend I was the host for the Seabreeze Organic Farm CSA (</span><a href="http://www.seabreezed.com/">http://www.seabreezed.com/</a><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.seabreezed.com/">)</a> </span></span>table at the Encinitas Environmental Fair.<br />
<span xmlns=""> <span style="color: black;">Our day could have been so much better for a few reasons:<br />
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<span xmlns=""><ul><li><span style="color: black;">Somebody else set this entire thing up - luckily I read the Vendor sign up so I could request a tablecloth from the owners. The Vendor sign up also said we had a tent - more on that later!</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">At the farm there was a bag of veggies, postcards and some business cards with NO NAME.<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">There was half a bag of fruit - but it wasn't marked so we weren't sure I should take it.<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">When I got to the fair - somebody forgot to reserve a tent - there I was, with fresh produce and flowers to display and no tent - with the unpredictable sun - that was really a problem. So the owners had to bring me a tent AND the fruit (I really hated having to interrupt their Sunday).<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">I could have sold about 30 CSA subscriptions had there been a sign-up sheet, price list and shareholder agreements.<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">We could have also used a SIGN that said who we were...for about $30.00 they could have a sign made and we'd look much more professional.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-OyyWElVp305kyUw5OBBZc98fqN67dYObJvayZcnnIdkqabDrQHaBL3XCVZBeLbTdX3d_E1ndScnuDC2mgLBdcRCsxHWnYhoxh2hSIWy6nX-NmBuiuO6sfvhfV35QPy4izPDymwXj2Qa/s320/drewy+095.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: black;">So before the tent and the fruit came - this was our table (I brought the apple for my snack - but needed it to hold down the postcards - then people kept touching it - so there was no eating that):</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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</a> </span></div><span style="color: black;">The fair looked awesome, I met some great people, but a great many concerns came into view.<br />
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</a> <span style="color: black;"><strong>1. People do not understand the true costs of their produce.</strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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</a> <span style="color: black;">Ponder if you will the differences between conventionally grown food vs. organic/chemical free food - yes i said chemical free - this means not even the allowable organic chemicals. Learn more here - </span><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866">http://www.ifoam.org/growing_organic/1_arguments_for_oa/criticisms_misconceptions/misconceptions_no16.html</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
</a> <span style="color: black;">2. People still believe everything that is told to them, and I mean this from the left - the crazy radical talk - like all tomatoes are gassed to turn red, all chicken farmers cut beaks, there's no such thing as real free range. Or my favorite - all corn is GMO...and my other favorites from the right - what's more sustainable about organic? Isn't it wasteful?</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
</a> <span style="color: black;">My advice here:</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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<ol style="margin-left: 54pt;"><li><span style="color: black;">DO NOT buy fresh tomatoes out of season - grow your own - indoor, on your patio, in a topsy turvy - who cares - honestly skip "fresh" tomatoes if you aren't able to grow them at home - and it isn't tomato season.<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">I love Rainbow Ranch Farms for many reasons - they treat their chickens very well. No clipped beaks and totally free range. Don't buy chickens from the store unless you know of the practices that the farm and the slaughterhouse use - yeah I used that word. Think about it. </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866">http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M9885</a><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">Yes, GMO corn is everywhere – but there is GMO free corn. In order to cross corn you have to do it somewhat manually or have your field right next or near a GMO field. Corn that is GMO-free and organic is sold by people who mark it clearly. We grow ours in the back yard. Just enough for our use – and YES – corn has a season too…we've had no issues with pests and our corn – so why in the world would you need to modify it? Only because you are growing it unnaturally and therefore the pests are coming to tell you – don't do it this way. We grow ours in the "three sisters" method – beans, squash, corn. Beans fix nitrogen, squash shades the ground and keeps weeds out. You can get three harvests from one plot. Unfortunately, when commercially growing corn you need to use machines to harvest (or do you?) so you'd hurt your other crops…maybe we should think about other ways to harvest?<br />
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<li><span style="color: black;">There's no way that organic farming is wasteful – quite the opposite. Heard some nasty allegations that cover cropping was a waste of a season or something – well not really – you can use it as green manure, livestock feed, etc – then once the livestock is done grazing, you turn it all in and start over…what a way to go…the earth is not stripped, you don't have to put any chemical fertilizers on or anything.</span></li>
</ol><span style="color: black;">3. People think CSAs are inconvenient, pricey and not local (what?).</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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<div style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black;">I do know that Seabreeze is very economical - and they deliver! If you are trying to shop farmer's markets and other chain stores - especially Whole Foods and Jimbos (local to us). A month of deliveries every week delivery is 250 for a large bag with fruit – you can do every other week as well or a small "gift bag" for $75. That's $65 a week for varied local fruits and veggies with a bouquet of flowers – nice!<br />
</span></div></span><span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">4. So many people are incredibly uninformed - but walk around so very proud that they shop at farmer's markets - guess what folks - not all farmers at the farmer's market are organic!</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-16072-Portland-Sustainable-Foods-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Not-all-organic-at-the-farmers-market</a> <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">What I totally forgot to mention to people was something awesome that Seabreeze offers: the grow food kit</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"><br />
http://www.seabreezed.com/index.php/component/content/article/25-general/72-grow-food-kit<br />
</a> <span style="color: #403c3a;">The complete GrowFoodKit costs $1295 which includes shipping. Please call 858-481-0209 or email us at </span><span style="color: #d55407;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866">info@seabreezed.com</a></span><span style="color: #403c3a;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1010929866"> for questions or to place your order.</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I did encounter some lovely people. Unfortunately my demeanor was tainted by the looming stomach bug. I left early. I suffered when I got home. My poor husband had it that morning (3AM); mine started at 3PM, then the 5 year old at 3AM the next morning....<br />
</span></span><a href="mailto:info@seabreezed.com"></a>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-19795964964848988812010-05-23T21:56:00.000-07:002010-05-23T21:57:57.411-07:00Allison, Allison, what do you grow? Lots of fruits, herbs and veggies you know.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvoqSjALDrtnTfvxbME9i9PykaC3WOBpVVkGn4gBUNxzhQZmQwgITKVCkxHFrcD7YfNbauFrjxXStcbHky2fKKTZQi7zDGSTDaHZqbb0_4KVUMiL_pz_Vw9KdQiO9H42cd8dpxwGGfHi9/s1600/IMG_0687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvoqSjALDrtnTfvxbME9i9PykaC3WOBpVVkGn4gBUNxzhQZmQwgITKVCkxHFrcD7YfNbauFrjxXStcbHky2fKKTZQi7zDGSTDaHZqbb0_4KVUMiL_pz_Vw9KdQiO9H42cd8dpxwGGfHi9/s400/IMG_0687.JPG" width="400" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week I am posting photos of my garden. I picked up my beef share this week and now my freezer is very full. I never really had anything but flours in there anyways - but now I can't get anything else in there. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week I'm also harvesting some artichokes, shallots, carrots, peaches, rhubarb, fava beans and garlic. Our CSA, Seabreeze is still filling in the gaps of the garden. I've planted some lettuces however, I've been so busy working that I have skipped a few days of watering so they've not germinated :(.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After I make the cobbler, preserves, crisp, pot roast, artichoke dip, and fava bean fettuccine I will post photos and recipes.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I wanted to share how I started my garden and how long it took to get it really producing. </span></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our plan:</span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amend soil (fall - when the first few rains happen)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Make landscape plans</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Agree on what to grow</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Research for our soil and climate - plus companion planting and planting for beneficials</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mulch like crazy</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Get seeds and starts</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Start planting (January - when new year rains start)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cloche and cover</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check soil and water</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thin sowing</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also planted herbs and lettuces in pots near the house for easy use</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Keep up with composting so that we could use it</span></span><br />
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<h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Gardener's Table: A Guide to Natural Vegetable Growing and Cooking</span></span></b></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gardeners-Table-Natural-Vegetable-Growing/dp/0898158761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658110&sr=1-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Gardeners-Table-Natural-Vegetable-Growing/dp/0898158761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658110&sr=1-1</span></span></a></span></b></span></div><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Organic Garden (A practical guide to natural gardens, from planning and planting to harvesting and maintenance) </span></span></span></b></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/practical-planning-planting-harvesting-maintenance/dp/1843099640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658735&sr=1-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/practical-planning-planting-harvesting-maintenance/dp/1843099640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658735&sr=1-1</span></a></span></span></b></span></div><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"></span>Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Paperback)</span></span></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rodales-Illustrated-Encyclopedia-Organic-Gardening/dp/0756609321/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274657942&sr=1-7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Rodales-Illustrated-Encyclopedia-Organic-Gardening/dp/0756609321/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274657942&sr=1-7</span></span></a></span></div><div><span id="btAsinTitle"></span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle"><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">California Top 10 Garden Guide</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: The 10 Best Roses, 10 Best Trees--the 10 Best of Everything You Need - The Plants Most Likely to Thrive in Your Garden ... Important Tasks in the Garden Each Month</span></span></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/California-Top-Garden-Guide-Trees/dp/B002B55XO0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274657824&sr=8-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/California-Top-Garden-Guide-Trees/dp/B002B55XO0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274657824&sr=8-1</span></span></a></span></div><div><span id="btAsinTitle"></span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle"><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Gaia's Garden: a guide to home-scale perma-culture</b> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gaias-Garden-Guide-Home-Scale-Permaculture/dp/1890132527/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658406&sr=1-3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Gaias-Garden-Guide-Home-Scale-Permaculture/dp/1890132527/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658406&sr=1-3</span></span></a></span></h1></span></div><div><span id="btAsinTitle"></span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle"><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide</span></span></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Toolbox-Sustainable-City-Living-Ourselves/dp/0896087808/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658466&sr=1-10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Toolbox-Sustainable-City-Living-Ourselves/dp/0896087808/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658466&sr=1-10</span></span></a></span></div><div><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!</span></span></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Homestead-Produce-food-quarter/dp/1603421386/ref=pd_sim_b_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Homestead-Produce-food-quarter/dp/1603421386/ref=pd_sim_b_3</span></a></span></span></div><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock </span></span></h1><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Chickens-Everything-Raise-Backyard/dp/1592280137/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658689&sr=1-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.amazon.com/Living-Chickens-Everything-Raise-Backyard/dp/1592280137/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274658689&sr=1-8</span></a></span></div></span></span></div></div></span></div><div><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plus I have had a subscription to </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Organic Gardening</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for about 4 years.</span></span><a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.organicgardening.com/</span></span></a></span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How do you really start such a project so that your soil will LAST and be full of slow release sustainable food for your plants? How do you get nitrogen that plants need into the soil without buying heaps of stuff?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Two years ago we bought some Crimson Clover from Peaceful Valley Garden Supply</span></span><a href="http://www.groworganic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> http://www.groworganic.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. I order most of my seed and starts from there. We had about 6k sq feet in the very back of our lot to create a vegetable garden. The soil in some places was great because the previous owners of our house composted...what genius!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">However, most of the area we wanted the garden to be was used as a dumping ground for yard waste and concrete. I must mention we had many mustards growing here. Mustards are really good at improving soil quality, but we wanted to use this space so they had to go. We had to clear this, till the land and plant our green manure - the clover. And we needed to plant the clover around the rain schedule for the fall/winter (Nov). Here in Southern California we don't see a single drop of rain for MONTHS on end - yeah fog here and there but real rain that makes stuff grow - not for 5-6 months straight. But we got the clover seeds out and the rain helped sprout them and up came our field.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was beautiful and grew very well. After it was about 18 inches high we went out and weed whacked it all. Then my husband tilled it all under. This green then rots in the soil and makes it nice. We had started a compost pile a while before so some of that also went out onto the lot.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think that thing was tilled at least 3 times, maybe 4. Let me say now - this is hard work, but extremely rewarding.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We weren't quite ready to plant until March, but when we did, many things went in, over the next year and a half we put in an almond tree, another apricot, artichokes, broccoli, corn, carrots, fava beans, haricot verts, olive trees, grapes, squashes, zucchini, leeks, onions, shallots, garlic, potatoes, berries, cherries, herbs, lettuces, tomatillos, flowers for beneficials and cutting. We have apples, nectarines, plums, mangoes, pineapple guava and peach. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We can eat out of our garden, however, our apples and some of the other fruit trees are too young to supply us with what we need right now so we need to supplement - hence the CSA subscription.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here's a link to more photos of our garden:</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll post those recipes as soon as I make them!</span><br />
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</span></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-31532836922407633482010-05-14T06:44:00.001-07:002010-05-14T15:28:50.440-07:00Grocery Bag - reworked<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><div style="background: #fdeb9f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This post was republished to the whole food review at 6:41:35 AM 5/14/2010</span></span> </div><span style="color: #17365d;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grocery Bag - reworked</span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have been busy, so, I'm changing $100 grocery bag. </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And not the "oh I have so many things to do" busy – the OMG I'm waking up in the middle of the night and working kind of busy. I'm not dilly dallying writing blogs and researching, obviously not, since I haven't posted in a while…I'm working a LOT, and I do like my job to a certain extent, but it is really cramping my style when it comes to taking care of the garden. It will now be 10 recipes I use on a weekly basis – my kids eat them and love them – so may yours. If they don't, please – don't give up – try it 5 times at least….</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here are the things that are also on my radar – i.e. the list of stuff I think about all day long:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The men in my life – aged 2, 5 and 41</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How in the heck I'm going to educate my 5 year old next year when he's 6 with absolutely no public school choices and not enough money or time to send him to the private schools I like since A. they are stupid expensive and B. it takes an hour to get there and an hour back.</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The state of California spends 94k per prisoner every year and only 7k per student?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laundry</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My very unkempt house</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Better do some work!</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why do people believe everything they read or watch on youTube – if somebody says something in an article it isn't a fact folks – it's an opinion. And when they are misconstruing the facts it is a lie.</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why do people follow Sally Fallon Morell like a cult? And at the same time you have die hard RAW foodists who follow David Wolfe in the same way? And how come many of the people who subscribe to the Nourishing Traditions way of life are – well – overweight – although they have convinced themselves they are healthy?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why don't the people that make "food" products that have no real nutritional value get arrested or sued?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What would happen if soda was as expensive as alcohol?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why does the California legislature think it is okay to cut from Education meanwhile they have tons of public works new construction going on for libraries when we have the Internet?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How can I make my neighborhood safe for my children? How do I get the gangs out? And to that point – how come so many Californians accept gangs as part of the culture?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What would really happen if we sent the entirety of illegal workers home? I mean – are we all ready to pay our farm workers 12-15 bucks an hour? And are we ready for the shock at the supermarket?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I live in California – why in the world do I need produce from any other country or state at my store? Why can't people accept eating with Seasons is better for us? This includes not making chickens produce eggs artificially (did you know that egg producers use artificial light to keep chickens laying during the winter months?). And to that point – it isn't so hard to do free range chickens, disease, deformities and battles would be lessened, you'd just have to provide many a nesting site and have somebody collect the eggs. Sell the chickens when production goes down.</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do we really need processed foods?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why aren't their affordable health plans that are more for people who need preventative care? </span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How can I afford to put another storey on my house – and solar panels for both hot water and power? Do I like this house? How can I convince husband to change it?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Should I start a food not lawns business or should I just start participating in one on the weekends? Wait –not possible…</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why do these dudes get put on the radio to talk about environmental issues? They sound like Spicoli from Fast Times – not credible!</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How fast can we transition from petrol to solar?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How fast can California realize they MUST have a public transport option, crack down on cars that are horrendous for the environment, and make it more bike friendly? For all of this sunshine you'd think people would use more human power?</span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">WHAT's FOR DINNER???</span></span></span></li>
</ul><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm glad you asked brain! This week's grocery bag is a dedication to alternate proteins and sizeable portion control – something that we Americans tend to dismiss. We eat a lot. We eat a lot of meat. No, meat isn't all that bad but we take it for granted. In the poorer nations of the world diets consist mostly of grain. But I'm not talking about your Wonderbread here, or your honey wheat off the shelf. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So what "grains" does that leave us with? PLENTY! Rice, quinoa, teff, amaranth, corn, and more plus some other flours made from buckwheat, potato, tapioca, sorghum, "garfava" and even more….</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The general idea of this week's menu is to minimize animal protein, but not eliminate it, create some kid friendly meals, and experiment with some grains.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So here are the 10 recipes for this week (I wish I had more photos – but I keep forgetting to take them!):</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breakfasts:</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">applesauce with raisins, dairy free /egg free rice pudding, soaked baked oatmeal, rhubarb crisp, eggs with soldiers (for the egg eaters) </span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mains:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> rice squares with tahini and adzuki bean, veggie tacos, buckwheat stuffed squash, fish sukiyaki with rice noodle</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dessert:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Teff Pudding</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Apple Sauce with Raisins</b></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup water</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup apple or pear juice</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 large apples – peeled, cored and diced</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">¼ cup raisins, chopped dried figs, chopped prunes, apricots or other dried fruit</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp cinnamon </span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 heaping tablespoon of kuzu (you can use some cornstarch) dissolved in ¼ cup cold water</span></span> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put apples, raisins, water, juice and cinnamon in a pot on the stove, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open lid, stir in the kuzu water mix and stir until slightly thickened. Turn off heat. I let this sit in the pot for about 10 minutes then put in bowls for the kinds and let it sit a little longer until it has cooled a bit.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Rice Pudding </b></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 cup ricemilk</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup apple juice</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 cups leftover brown rice</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3 Tblsp raisins</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp cinnamon</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp vanilla (optional)</span></span> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Combine all ingredients except vanilla in a saucepan. Heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes, stirring often to prevent sticking, until thick and creamy. Stir in vanilla and serve warm.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Soaked Baked Oatmeal</b> (start this the night before)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 egg<br />
1 1/2 cup oats, old fashioned<br />
4 T maple syrup<br />
1/2 cup milk (rice milk works too)<br />
1 tsp apple cider vinegar<br />
1/4 cup coconut oil<br />
1/4 cup raisins<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
1/2 tsp salt<br />
1/2 tsp cinnamon</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(you can also add 1 chopped apple and some pecans or walnuts – or top with toasted pumpkin seeds)</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The night before you want to serve this - combine all liquid ingredients. Combine all dry ingredients. Fold together until combined. </span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put into a greased (I use coconut oil) 8 inch square baking pan.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Place in the fridge overnight.</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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In the morning preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Serve warm. </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Rhubarb Crisp</b></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 pounds rhubarb, sliced crosswise 3/4 inch thick</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">¼ cup maple syrup</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">¼ cup tapioca flour + ½ cup superfine rice flour + pinch of salt + ½ tsp baking powder - blended</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(or ¾ cup of a gluten free flour mix)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 cup rolled oats</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, combine the rhubarb, maple syrup, and 1/4 cup flour blend; set aside for at least 20 minutes.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cut the butter, ½ remaining flour blend, brown sugar, oats and cinnamon together until pea sized. Sprinkle over rhubarb.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bake until rhubarb is tender and topping is golden, 35 to 45 minutes. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Eggs with Soldiers</b></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 extra large, free-range eggs (you can bake these in greased ramekins with a touch of cream, or even add some chopped spinach with the cream – just make sure the egg is still soft.)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 pieces of gluten free bread </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Place the eggs in a small saucepan. Add just enough cold water to cover them.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Place the saucepan on a high heat and bring the boil. Once the water is at a rolling boil, time the eggs for desired doneness -- 1 minute 20 seconds for a runny yolk or 3 minutes for a firmer yolk.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile toast the bread. Cut the toast into strips. You can crack the soft boiled egg into a little bowl or if you have egg dishes you can set them in, tap with a knife around the top and lift off!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Rice Squares with tahini and adzuki bean</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ingredients</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8 toasted nori sheets</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 cups leftover rice</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 T umboshi plum paste or 2 umboshi plums, pitted and mashed (I LOVE umboshi – you might not – try a little at a time – 1tsp may be enough)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 T tahini</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup cooked adzuki beans (I use canned – Eden has no BPA cans)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cup of cool water </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(you can also add thinly sliced scallion or shiso leaf to this)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mix the rice, plum, tahini and adzuki beans together</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cut the nori into 4 squares</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Place 4 tablespoons of rice mix into center of one square</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Flatten it a bit and fold over the sides, then cover the exposed rice with another piece</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Use the water to seal up the nori by dipping your fingers in the water and dabbing the nori</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They should be little round nori circles</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Veggie tacos</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> – My kids like burgers and fries, of course our version has no bun, but we find ourselves at Islands here in CA every once in a while. I get the veggie tacos every time.</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you can make your own corn tortillas or buy them – if you make your own – buy masa harina (I like the blanco) – add enough cold water to make pliable dough. Use tortilla press, rolling pin or your hands to make little round tortillas, cook 'em up on the stove or on the grill (if you do it on the grill, oil the grill a bit and make sure the tortillas will stick together – they need to be thin but sturdy.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Veggies for cooking:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 T olive oil</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ t cumin</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">¼ cup veggie stock</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finely chopped onion</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 large garlic clove minced</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 diced zucchini</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 diced yellow squash</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 ear fresh corn</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 can black beans – rinsed</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cooking the veggies:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> put the oil, onion and garlic in a skillet or wok, sauté until fragrant, add the other veggies and sauté until just browning, add beans, stock and cumin and heat until the liquid is almost absorbed</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put in a dish with a spoon. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Veggies for dressing – put these on the table in little dishes: </span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tomato – diced</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Avocado – sliced thinly</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Raddish – sliced super thin</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cabbage – sliced thinly</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cheese – grated RAW cheddar</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lime –cut into 4s</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can use come sour cream, salsa, spicy pickles or whatever else you like to dress your tacos with.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Place warm tortillas in a warmer or wrap in a towel like I do and serve.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4-6 large yellow squash or zucchini </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Olive oil</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Salt & pepper</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 ½ cups toasted buckwheat groats – if you need to toast them swirl them around on a pan for 5 minutes – don't burn them.<br />
3 cups vegetable broth or stock</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 T olive oil</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 medium onion – diced fine</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 celery stalk – diced fine</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finely chopped chard or kale</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finely chopped mushroom (button, crimini or shiitake)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 T Herbs from your garden (parsley, oregano, thyme, rosemary)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Preheat oven to 350. Cut the squash in half, scoop out the insides to make boats, toss in olive oil, make sure the oil goes everywhere. Sprinkle with S&P, roast in the oven until top of squash is slightly brown – 20 minutes (no mushy squash please)<br />
When the squash is cooking make the buckwheat:<br />
Bring to a boil, and then reduce to simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat but keep covered.<br />
While the buckwheat is resting cook the onion and celery until just cooked (I like mine to still have crunch) add the mushroom then the green (kale or chard) and the herbs – toss together until the greens wilt.<br />
Toss in the buckwheat.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everything should be ready now. Take the squash out, fill the boats with the buckwheat mixture, put back in the oven for about 15 minutes – let the buckwheat get a brown on top. When done carefully lift off pan and serve. You can use rice or quinoa for this too</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Fish sukiyaki with rice noodle</b></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> – serves 4</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I like to use these really huge cooking chop sticks to put everything in – then your diners pull out what they want – or if serving children you must serve them. If you are chop stick averse – use regular utensils. This is kinda soupy so serve in a shallow dish or bowl.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I like to have some rice handy – so make up about ½ - 1 cup of rice per guest. Before hand.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you are doing this the traditional way you'll arrange all of the raw ingredients on a plate in beautiful fashion, and as the host, you'll cook it all up in a specific order. If you are doing it for your family – just cook it yourself all at once</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First – make your broth and sauces:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You'll need a fish stock – you can buy this or you can make it with bones and fish heads, celery, carrot, onion – I suggest the latter. You need 4 cups of this.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Then the fish:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 shrimp</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 scallops</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 slices or rings of calamari</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 pieces of lobster</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 piece of firm fish cut into 4 (I like a 1lb piece for 4 people)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Veggies:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup Daikon, ½ slices (can be added to broth at the beginning)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup chopped onion</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup red bell peppers, 1" square pieces</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup Carrot, thin slices</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 cup Napa or Chinese Cabbage, ½ inch slices</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup Coriander Leaves</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">½ cup Green Onions, 2" pieces</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4 Baby corn</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 cup Broccoli flowerettes</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1 cup - Enoki mushrooms or shiitakes </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(you can also use 4 chunks of Tofu if you eat soy)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Noodles:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2-3 ounces Rice Vermicelli Noodle</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Get some of these sauces for dipping</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (you can make your own too – but aren't you tired of that already?)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taisuki</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sweet Chili</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Green Seafood sauce</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sukiyaki Sauce (you can make this with tamari if you can't find gluten free)</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put them in little dishes in front of your guests of family – my kids love "dip dip" </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put it all together:</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Put enough sauce to cover the bottom of the pan – sauté the onion, cook the veggies, then the seafood, let the guests serve themselves or place in bowls and serve.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ingredients:</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1C water</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1C apple or pear juice</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1/2 C teff grain</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3 T raw cocoa powder</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 t vanilla extract</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pinch of salt </span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directions</span></span> </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In a small pot, bring water, juice and teff grain to a boil, then cover and simmer over very low heat for 15-20 minutes or until water is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Let cool to room temperature.</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In a blender or food processor, blend cooked teff and cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Add additional water if it's too thick. You can pour into a mould or little individual dishes and chill – it is very hearty.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've already posted the Quinoa Cakes recipe on my last entry – you should try them – they are fantastic!</span></span> </span><br />
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</span></span></span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-36973636380949372492010-04-30T20:16:00.000-07:002010-04-30T20:16:27.326-07:00Seabreeze Organic Farm<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took the 5 year old's class, teachers and some parents to the organic farm where we get our CSA bag from. It was a brilliant day - there will soon be photos.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We toured the farm, then had a brilliant lunch of salad with edible flowers, pizza, sweet potatoes, quinoa cakes, fruit and cake. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the tour I put together a scavenger hunt booklet:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7-fLuBOrFIx_wISmoD7uewwct7DC9eegaDClHVgeF7Ut6va2m1903O8N6M2ZUR0LATetww7Ek5nnZbnY2JzflLL4Qp75p0V1XI6DBb4kC0B0Ejim85OQCvc_Ph5TwVVWPOT0r0FX9U4U/s1600/Seabreeze+Organic+Farm+Tour+booklet_Page_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7-fLuBOrFIx_wISmoD7uewwct7DC9eegaDClHVgeF7Ut6va2m1903O8N6M2ZUR0LATetww7Ek5nnZbnY2JzflLL4Qp75p0V1XI6DBb4kC0B0Ejim85OQCvc_Ph5TwVVWPOT0r0FX9U4U/s400/Seabreeze+Organic+Farm+Tour+booklet_Page_01.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It featured all of the farm's amazing sights, sounds and smells. They looked for:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vertical Farm Planters & Drip Irrigation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Strawberries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Purple Beans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peach Trees</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Edible flowers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chickens and Eggs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Roosters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ducks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blaise (Icelandic horse)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Elsa (Nubian Goat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Greenhouse</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Straw bale house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Worm pile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sprouts</div></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here's a link to the photos of the farm:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.seabreezed.com/index.php/our-farm/photo-gallery"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.seabreezed.com/index.php/our-farm/photo-gallery</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a recipe for those Quinoa Cakes (they are gluten free folks!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups quinoa, 4 cups broth or stock, 1 c either shredded parmesan or other cheese, 2 cups finely chopped vegetables of any kind, 2 cups sauteed greens, 4 to 6 eggs, 2 T olive or coconut oil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cook quinoa in boiling broth for 2 min. Reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes until liquid is absorbed. While that is cooking, saute greens until wilted in 2 T of olive or coconut oil. Beat eggs in separate bowl. When quinoa is cooked, place in a large mixing bowl. Add cheese, chopped vegetables, wilted greens, and eggs. Mix thoroughly. Add seasonings to taste. Heat frypan to med/high heat. Place large spoonfuls into the pan and shape into patties. Cook for 5 minutes or until firm enough to flip. Turn and cook 5 minutes or until done. Don't make cakes too large.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talley uses carrot tops, beet tops, tat soi, bok choi, etc for greens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you should try to arrange a tour for the CSA you belong to - and if you don't belong to one - find one here:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>http://www.localharvest.org</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-66480942038267107572010-04-26T10:45:00.000-07:002010-04-28T10:12:54.016-07:00Tacos<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Real Tacos are so yummy. I love this version of tacos at home. We use fish or shrimp very often - sometimes I just use veggies! An sometimes tofu is okay if you are wanting meatless.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shopping list:</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 garlic bulb</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coarse salt</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">black pepper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chile powder (mild)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">light brown sugar</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">paprika</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cumin</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">little bit of espresso powder (they sell this in tiny bags in the store - already ground espresso coffee)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 1/2 lb skirt steak</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">package of 6 inch corn tortillas (about 3 per person)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 -2 ripe avocado (depends how much you like avocado)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">radish</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh cilantro</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharp cheddar cheese</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sour cream</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small head purple cabbage</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 lime per person</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some fresh or jarred salsa - medium - red and green</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aluminum foil</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start to finish</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - this whole recipe takes an </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hour</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take your steak out of the fridge at least </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes prior to cooking</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steak will take 30 minutes to marinate:</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Marinate your steak</span></b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mush your garlic:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">take two cloves and mush them with the flat side of a good chefs knife. Get rid of the peel.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sprinkle with 2 tablespoons salt and mush again with your knife - mush again and again - then scrape off into a bowl.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put this in the bowl with garlic:</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons mild chile powder</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons light-brown sugar</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons smoked or sweet paprika</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon ground cumin</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder or very finely ground coffee beans</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rub mixture all over skirt steak, and place in a large freezer bag to marinate for 30 minutes. seal the bag tight and beat it on the counter a few times.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Leave out on the counter - do not place in the fridge. if you are not cooking straight away you can put in the fridge - however - you will need to take it out 25 minutes prior to cooking to bring to room temperature to get a true medium rare when cooking.</span></b></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Chop up those veggies! (set your oven on 350)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thinly slice radishes (about 1 cup)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thinly slice cabbage (about 1 cup)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cut up the avocado - if you don't know how to do this go here: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.avocado.org/how-to-choose-and-use/">http://www.avocado.org/how-to-choose-and-use/</a></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chop about 1/2 cup Fresh cilantro</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">grate about 1 cup Sharp cheddar cheese</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">put about 1/2 cup Sour cream in a little bowl</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wash and quarter your limes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some fresh or jarred salsa - medium - red and green</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">place all of these back in the fridge until you are ready to serve</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Put those tortillas in the oven (should be 350 by now)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrap tortillas aluminum foil; while grilling steak, bake tortillas until warmed through, 10 to 15 minutes.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Cook your steak</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get out a plate large enough to hold your steak</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get some foil large enough to cover your steak</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">set aside</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heat your grill (high) or a large pan (high) - large enough to put the whole steak (I use my griddle)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">put a little olive oil on pan - grill should be okay if it is clean</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take out your steak and cook 3 minutes each side</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put on plate</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cover with foil for 5 minutes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Set it up</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take out the veggies, cheese and salsa - put on table</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take out the tortillas - put on table (with something underneath to take the heat)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slice the steak VERY thinly on a cutting board</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Transfer to a plate - put on table (with something underneath to take the heat)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everybody should only need the tortillas to eat but I use forks because we spill quite a bit out!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-24347889928032022652010-04-15T17:54:00.001-07:002010-04-16T08:57:41.500-07:00$100.00 grocery bag 04/15/2010<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">Greetings. Just got more results for the boys and a different rotation diet suggestion – some conflicts – like green pepper – 5 year old never eats these so I was shocked at the reaction but then the other test had no reaction for him but a reaction for the two year old. So anyways (eye-roll). I'll do my very best to give my kids a healthy vitamin rich diet that has about as many variations as possible.<br />
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This new menu could last you two weeks – it does for us, considering we eat leftovers for lunch and snacks. I'm not going to include prices – I'm including recipes instead – since the people I know who are using this don't live near me.<br />
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So here's the weekly menu – you can substitute the seafood for chicken and tofu for meats if you are vegetarian – or if you eat eggs – use eggs as your main on pasta or poached on a salad. We are avoiding plain eggs for three months and eating eggs in things like bread only once a week.<br />
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<tr style="height: 20px;"><td style="background: #ffeb9c; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #9c6500;">Meal</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Monday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Tuesday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Wednesday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Thursday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Friday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Saturday</span></td><td style="background: #c6efce; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #006100;">Sunday</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 120px;"><td style="background: #ffeb9c; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #9c6500;">Breakfast</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">goat yogurt with fruit (strawberry, apple)</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">orange upside down cake</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">brown rice pudding with honey</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">oatcakes, Fruit with sun butter</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">cranberry scones</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">buckwheat crepes with pecan maple syrup and banana</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">blueberry muffins</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 120px;"><td style="background: #ffeb9c; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #9c6500;">Lunch</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">chopped ham and turkey, avocado, gluten free pretzels</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">BLT salad</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">pear, spinach salad with cranberries and light vinaigrette</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">bean salad</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">walnut butter, shredded apple and strawberry sandwiches</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">lentil soup</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">leftovers</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 100px;"><td style="background: #ffeb9c; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #9c6500;">Dinner</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">Garlic shrimp pasta - olives</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">Nicoise salad</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">Pizza - mushroom, garlic, squash, onion</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">lamb burgers with cucumber relish and potato salad</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">nabe veggies, brown rice</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">pork kebabs, spinach salad</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">Steaks, sautéed mushrooms and onion with mashed pumpkin</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 60px;"><td style="background: #ffeb9c; border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: #9c6500;">Snacks/<br />
Dessert</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">sweet potato pie</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;" valign="bottom"><span style="color: black;">lemon apricot kanten</span></td></tr>
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<strong>You can buy or make your own yogurt – if you want some raw goat milk find it here:<br />
</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.localharvest.org/blog/23181/">http://www.localharvest.org/blog/23181/</a><br />
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<strong>A good non-mix bread recipe for French bread which would be great for this week:<br />
</strong><br />
<ul><li>1 cup brown rice flour<br />
</li>
<li>⅓ cup each soy, quinoa and chickpea (garbanzo bean) flours<br />
</li>
<li>¾ cup each tapioca and potato starch flours<br />
</li>
<li>⅔ cup dry milk powder<br />
</li>
<li>3½ tsps xanthan gum<br />
</li>
<li>1½ tsps sugar<br />
</li>
<li>2 packages dry yeast<br />
</li>
<li>1 tsp vinegar<br />
</li>
<li>4 egg whites or 3 Egg Beaters<br />
</li>
<li>1 cup water<br />
</li>
</ul>1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<br />
<br />
2. Mix all ingredients together.<br />
<br />
3. Put into a bread pan or French bread mold and bake 50 minutes<br />
<br />
<strong>Orange upside-down cake:<br />
</strong><br />
<ul style="margin-left: 54pt;"><li>1 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter (or 1 T. non-hydrogenated shortening)<br />
</li>
<li>1/2 cup Water<span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> </span><br />
</li>
<li>1 cup Light Brown Sugar<span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> </span><br />
</li>
<li>1 T. vanilla<span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> </span><br />
</li>
<li>2 tablespoons brandy<br />
</li>
<li>1 lb seedless orange pieces pith removed<br />
</li>
<li>6-8 pecan halves (if desired)<br />
</li>
<li>1/2 cup butter (or non-hydrogenated shortening)<br />
</li>
<li>1 cup granulated sugar<span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> </span><br />
</li>
<li>1 1/2 cups Gluten free cake mix (no sugar – if there is sugar in your mix – do NOT use the 1 cup sugar!!!)<br />
</li>
<li>2 Large Eggs (or equivalent egg replacer)<br />
</li>
<li>1 1/2 Teaspoons vanilla<span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> </span><br />
</li>
<li>3/4 cup milk (or rice milk)<br />
</li>
</ul><strong>Instructions<br />
</strong><br />
Preheat oven to 350°F.<br />
<br />
Generously grease sides of 8″ cake pan with butter (or shortening).<br />
<br />
In medium size glass bowl, melt 1 T. butter in microwave. Pour into bottom of 8" cake pan. In glass bowl, combine water, light brown sugar, vanilla, and brandy. Stir until combined and set aside.<br />
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Place oranges in bottom of cake pan on top of butter. Place a pecan half in open spaces. Pour brown sugar mixture over oranges and set aside.<br />
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In mixer with paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and continue whipping until mixture is well combined and a pale yellow color. At low speed, slowly add the baking mix. Next, slowly pour the milk (or rice milk) into the mixing bowl. Continue to mix while adding the vanilla until well blended.<br />
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Pour the batter over oranges. Carefully smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.<br />
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Cool cake for at least 10 minutes. Invert onto cake plate or platter and let it cool<br />
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<strong>Nabe<br />
</strong><br />
<ul><li>Make 2 cups of rice to serve with this<br />
</li>
<li>Kale, collards, cabbage, leeks, or any other greens<br />
</li>
<li>Daikon, carrot, or other root veggies (no beets)<br />
</li>
<li>1 strip of kombu <br />
</li>
<li>Spring or filtered water<br />
</li>
</ul><strong>Directions<br />
</strong><br />
Get out a clay pot or an enameled cast iron<br />
<br />
Slice up your veggies in bite sized pieces<br />
<br />
Put 2 inches of water in the pot<br />
<br />
Add the kombu<br />
<br />
Bring to a boil<br />
<br />
Add the sliced veggies starting with the harder veggies first that require the longest cooking time<br />
<br />
End with the veggies that take a few seconds to blanche<br />
<br />
Always keep 2 inches of water in the pot<br />
<br />
Serve ½ cup of rice in each bowl and put the veggies next to it<br />
<br />
You can garnish with the broth, a little ginger, a little wheat free tamari or chopped chives or scallions<br />
<br />
<strong>Brown Rice pudding<br />
</strong><br />
Ingredients<br />
<br />
<ul style="margin-left: 54pt;"><li>3/4 cup uncooked short-grain brown rice<br />
</li>
<li>1 1/2 cups water<br />
</li>
<li>2 cups milk (milk substitute okay)<br />
</li>
<li>½ cup maple syrup<br />
</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg<br />
</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br />
</li>
<li>1 pinch ground cloves<br />
</li>
<li>1 tablespoon butter<br />
</li>
</ul>Directions<br />
<br />
<ol><li>Combine the rice and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and let simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, or until all of the water has been absorbed.<br />
</li>
<li>Stir in 1 3/4 cups of the milk, maple syrup, bring to a boil, and let simmer over medium heat until thick and creamy, about 15 minutes. Stir in the remaining milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and butter. Cook stirring over low heat for another 5 minutes. Pour into a casserole dish, or serving bowls, and let stand for 5 minutes before serving. This can be served cold also.<br />
</li>
</ol><strong> Lemon apricot kanten - Keith Michell <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484"></a></strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484">http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484<br />
</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484"><ul><li>4 cups no sugar added apple juice<br />
</li>
<li>1 cup seedless raisins<br />
</li>
<li>1 cup sliced dried apricots<br />
</li>
<li>Juice of 1 lemon and rind grated<br />
</li>
<li>Pinch of salt<br />
</li>
<li>2 teaspoons of agar agar lakes<br />
</li>
</ul>Head the apple juice and add raisins, apricots, and lemon rind, simmer for ½ hour add salt<br />
<br />
Sprinkle in agar flakes and lemon juice, stir, bring to boil. Turn off heat<br />
<br />
Pour into individual dishes or a nice mold. Leave 45 minutes in a cool place to set.<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</a></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keith-Michells-Practically-Macrobiotic-Cookbook/dp/0892818484"></a>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-77220973160826306512010-04-14T17:37:00.001-07:002010-04-16T09:00:49.674-07:00Coupons<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">I was in the car listening to NPR and some people came on talking about their wonderful coupon site. This woman was touting her website – you pay her to become a member and you may save $100-$300 a month – on WHAT? Seriously? Rice a Roni? Cokes? Doritos? Then the man from the organization that counts who uses coupons said that use was way up. He also said that the Sunday Paper had the best coupons. Hmm – I haven't seen a Sunday Paper in over 10 years. What am I going to do with it? <br />
<br />
The first thought that went through my mind was – I don't use coupons. But this may be interesting.<br />
<br />
Then callers started in with things like – oh if I don't save 50%off my grocery bill then I'm devastated. Really? What the heck are you buying? Because honestly, I never see coupons for much of the food I buy. For some reason my brain has started shutting down when it comes to processed, packaged, marketed foods. Even the organic supposedly "green" ones.<br />
<br />
I must admit – the "coupons" my favorite salon offers to tempt me, but honestly folks, I can't afford to do that right now anyways. I have mentioned them before, in more flush times, and used their coupons for an express facial with a 90 minute massage. Heck, yeah – you know – this is their way of surviving our economic mess. If they aren't around when we come out of a recession will I cry? No. Will I find another salon that made it? Probably. Maybe I'll give it up altogether and use the at home salon techniques my Body and Soul Martha Stewart magazine has taught me – I have plenty of yogurt and honey – supposedly that's a great facial. <br />
<br />
For other DIY SPA things go here:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/DIY-spa">http://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/DIY-spa</a><br />
<br />
Coupons are different than a <strong>"special"</strong> – which is what I find myself buying. Every once in a while there's a 2 for 1 deal on the organic sugar I like, or the store is trying to turn over some inventory on something I like to buy as a pantry staple – like organic, corn syrup free ketchup (although I should be making this myself and will this year) and they'll have a deal, but in general, there's no coupons for apples, carrots, or organic meats.<br />
<br />
It has come to my attention that this world thinks coupons are a good thing. Maybe they are when it is 50% off a kid's pair of shoes, or 2 for 1 dinner out at a new restaurant you've been wanting to try, or even diapers – but when it comes to food, cleaning products, pet food and all of those other things you can get at the grocery store it is a scam. My dad used to be one of those guys that made sure the end-cap display looked good – about 40 years ago – and he told me – avoid the middle of the store – shop on the outside, that's where the fresh stuff is, the middle has long shelf life = fillers, preservatives, low nutrition. And all of this coming from the guy who worked for Frito Lay?!<br />
<br />
Let me allay your pet food come back right now – unless it is a coupon for the brand you use – it is just a marketing scam to get you to try something different. Most dogs actually need to have a vet visit and get a good recommendation for dog food. Dogs are actually quite sensitive and should eat a balanced diet.<br />
<br />
In general, coupons are a way of making it seem okay to buy something <strong>you do not need</strong>.<br />
<br />
There are some great "green" coupon sites:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.pristineplanet.com/coupons.asp">http://www.pristineplanet.com/coupons.asp</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/green">http://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/green</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.organiccoupons.org/">http://www.organiccoupons.org/</a><br />
<br />
But do I honestly need any of that stuff – the answer is <strong>NO.</strong><br />
<br />
And I bet – if you ask yourself – can I give up 1 pre-packaged food a week and replace it with something fresh? Can I treat packaged items as the treats they are? Or even eliminate them completely?<br />
<br />
Can I reach for a fruit or veggie instead of a bag of chips? Yes, you can, and so can your kids. Did you know that your kids may turn their noses up a few times, but eventually they'll get hungry enough to eat something healthy? They will not starve to death if you have a stronger will than theirs. Just offer them a banana, carrots with almond butter, apples with tahini and raisins – you'll be surprised.<br />
<br />
Farmers Market shopping can solve a bunch of the coupon battles, you'll stay out of the temptation of the grocery store and have local, seasonal produce (and in some cases, eggs, and meat) to choose from.<br />
<br />
I'll leave today with a couple of recipes:<br />
<br />
<strong>Tuna Nicoise<br />
</strong><br />
Serves 4<br />
<br />
1/2 white onion, thinly sliced<br />
<br />
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced<br />
<br />
1/4 cup plus 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil<br />
<br />
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar<br />
<br />
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper<br />
<br />
2 jars (7 ounces each) best-quality tuna packed in olive oil<br />
<br />
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus lemon wedges, for serving<br />
<br />
2 heads Bibb lettuce, pulled in layers of cups<br />
<br />
1 1/2 cups nicoise olives, pitted<br />
<br />
8 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and thinly sliced<br />
<br />
<strong>Directions<br />
</strong><br />
Put onions, 1/4 cup oil, vinegar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl; season with pepper. Toss to combine. Let stand 10 minutes.<br />
<br />
Add tuna and its oil to onion mixture. Add lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Gently toss to combine.<br />
<br />
Top with olives, eggs, and tuna mixture, dividing evenly. Drizzle each with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Serve on lettuce cups with lemon wedges.<br />
<br />
<strong>Warm Hummus</strong><br />
Adapted from Develi, Istanbul<br />
Time: 50 minutes<br />
<br />
4 cloves garlic<br />
1 teaspoon cumin seeds<br />
Coarse salt<br />
2 15 1/2-ounce cans chickpeas, drained<br />
3 tablespoons tahini<br />
5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil<br />
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice<br />
2 tablespoons unsalted butter<br />
2 tablespoons pine nuts<br />
1/2 teaspoon kirmizi biber or Aleppo pepper (see note)<br />
Flatbread for serving.<br />
<br />
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. With food processor running, drop garlic, cumin seeds and large pinch salt through feed tube, and process until minced. Add chickpeas, 2 tablespoons hot water, tahini, oil and lemon juice, and process until smooth. Transfer mixture to shallow casserole, preferably earthenware.<br />
<br />
2. Heat butter in small skillet. Add pine nuts and kirmizi biber, stirring briefly, and pour over chickpea mixture. Bake for 20 minutes, and serve hummus warm with wedges of flatbread.<br />
<br />
Yield: 4 appetizer servings.<br />
<br />
Note: Kirmizi biber, which is Turkish red pepper, and Aleppo pepper are sold at Kalustyan's, 123 Lexington Avenue (28th Street), and at Adriana's Caravan in Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal. A mixture of equal portions sweet paprika and cayenne pepper rubbed with a few drops of olive oil can be substituted.<br />
<br />
<strong>Gluten Free Flatbread<br />
</strong><br />
This recipe comes via celiac.com from Arvinder Malhotra.<br />
<br />
150 ml tepid milk<br />
<br />
275g (10 oz.) rice flour<br />
<br />
60 grams tapioca flour<br />
<br />
½ teaspoon salt<br />
<br />
1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder<br />
<br />
2 teaspoons caster sugar<br />
<br />
2 teaspoons dried active yeast<br />
<br />
2 teaspoons vegetable oil<br />
<br />
150 ml plain/natural yogurt<br />
<br />
1 egg, lightly beaten<br />
<br />
1 teaspoon xanthan gum<br />
<br />
In a bowl mix tepid milk with 1 teaspoon sugar and the yeast, then sit bowl in warm place for 4-5 minutes.<br />
<br />
Sift the flours, Xanthan gum, salt, baking powder into a bowl or food mixer. Add remaining sugar, oil, yogurt, egg and mix until smooth.<br />
<br />
Preheat oven to the highest setting. Make dough into 6 equal sized balls. Roll out balls into a tear shape that is ¼ inch thick (use rice flour if necessary to prevent sticking).<br />
<br />
Preheat a heavy baking tray in oven. Remove tray and put the naan on it. Return to the oven for 5 mins, or until the naan puffs up and turns light brown. Place tray under the broiler 30 seconds to 1 minute for extra browning.<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<br />
</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-83957078756513005032010-03-31T10:46:00.000-07:002010-03-31T10:46:28.964-07:00<w:sdt contentlocked="t" id="89512093" sdtgroup="t"> </w:sdt><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b>I had this idea</b>, since one of my favorite seasonal recipe magazines is Everyday Food, I’d do a blog for those of us who are Gluten and Casein free and need to budget. Martha's bag is usually about $250.00.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I was looking through my <b>circulars for the local whole food markets</b> (not Whole Foods – but natural markets) and thought – hey – you know what? I can make up a grocery list, menu and recipes for a family of 4. I do it every week, so why not? The other complication or factorial is that most of this stuff will be local, and part of the rotation diet. For those of you who don’t know – the rotation diet provides a list of foods to be rotated throughout the week. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Everybody should have a <b>different rotation diet based on your IgE immune response to foods</b>, I<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">gE antibodies are predominantly involved in the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span>secondary immune response<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">(the main antibody involved in primary response is</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">IgM). The presence of specific IgE generally corresponds to maturation of the antibody response.</span></span><span style="color: black;"> <span class="apple-style-span">With each such exposure to the antigen the number of different clones responding to the same antigen increases (</span></span>polyclonal response<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">), and a greater number of memory cells persist. Thus, a stronger (basically, larger number of antibody molecules) and more specific antibody-production are the hallmarks of secondary antibody response. As opposed to an IgG response which is more of a histamine response – an immediate reaction – the kind of thing that the allergy doctors like to test for and then shot you up with allergy shots, steroids and anti-histamines. (source: Wikipedia)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A few things to note –<b> we don’t eat chicken</b> – as a family we think eating our pets is weird – so that’s typically not on the menu. Obviously, we are not vegetarian, however, you’ll see we do eat vegetarian at least 3 nights a week. I make my own breads due to the GF thing, and we’ll use mixes, from scratch etc. <b>We do eat eggs </b>– and if your children can’t or won’t eat eggs there are other things you can eat. A tiny bit of soy per week isn’t going to kill you. Soy is in many packaged foods. With this list you’ll buy less packaged foods = less soy. So a tofu scramble or using a bit in lasagna isn’t going to alert the big bad tofu police. Make sure your tofu is organic, non-GMO and made in the USA – if you buy it at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">T<b>his list does not contain: household items (toilet paper and the like), personal bath items, kitchen items, vitamins, etc. I'm assuming that you have general things in your pantry like olive oil, salt, pepper, etc.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Remember – this list is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">organic prices</b> – you don’t have to go that way for all of your items.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: -0.75pt; width: 457px;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The list:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Can I grow this?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Vegetables<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Brussel Sprouts 16 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.99<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">you can grow these yourself in almost any region<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Garlic@.50lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">0.50<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow like a bulb in a pot<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">onions@1.50each<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow in pots<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">kale@1.69 lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.69<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">easily grown in pots<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">butternut squash<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.47<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow on a vine in ground<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">broccoli<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.49<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow in container<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sage<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.49<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">easily grown on windowsill<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">spring mix<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.99<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">this can even be grown on a windowsill<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Carrots<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.49<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">needs to grow in larger/deeper container <o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Beans<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Garbanzo<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.59<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Black<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.59<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fruit<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Strawberries@3.00pack<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow in pots<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Oranges@3.00lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">patio tree<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Bananas<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow in most southern states<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Kiwi<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">4.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow on vine - must have male and female<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Apples@3.00lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">patio tree<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Pears@.99lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">patio tree<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Avocado4@3.29<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.29<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can grow in ground better buy in season at store<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 22;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Meat & Eggs<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 23;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">scallops 1lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">7.99<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Pacific Sea Bass 1ln<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5.99<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 25;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Ground Sirloin 1lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CSA would be more economical<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 26;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Buffalo Roast 2lb<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CSA would be more economical<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Eggs 1 doz<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">get from farmers market<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 28;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Spreads<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 29;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">almond butter<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">7.59<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">grind up almonds instead = 1.99<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 30;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Grains<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 31;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">bob's bread mix<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">4.71<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can be ordered by the case<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 32;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">brown rice<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.14<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can be ordered by the case<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 33;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">millet<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can be ordered by the case<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 34;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Masa harina <o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can be ordered by the case<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 35;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Milks<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 36;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Almond milk<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can make with almonds, water and dates<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 37;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Whole milk<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">for the husband<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 38;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">105.50<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 39;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">8.25 sales tax<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">8.42<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 40; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="159"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">total<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">113.92<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 175.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="234"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Okay well – close to $100.00<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="" style="background: #FFEB9C; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.3pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #9c6500; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Meal<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="103"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Monday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="66"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thursday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Friday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background: #C6EFCE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #006100; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 45.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="" style="background: #FFEB9C; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.3pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #9c6500; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="103"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Millet porridge<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="66"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Eggs in a basket<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fruit smoothie<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">toast with banana and almond butter<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">rice pudding<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">omelets<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 45.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">French toast<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 75.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td nowrap="" style="background: #FFEB9C; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.3pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #9c6500; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="103"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">pear & almond butter on *toast<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="66"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">leftover stir fry or fruit salad<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">apples and carrots with almond butter<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">egg salad sandwich or almond butter and jam sandwich<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">onion soup with garlic toasts<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">leftover onion soup<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 75.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">rice with sautéed veggies<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 1.25in; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td nowrap="" style="background: #FFEB9C; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.3pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #9c6500; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Dinner<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="103"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">stir fry with broccoli and shrimp<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="66"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">black beans and rice<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sautéed scallops, braised Brussel sprouts with garlic<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">burgers on rice with sautéed carrots and braised kale<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sautéed greens with chickpeas<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sea bass with mashed butternut squash with sage and light salad<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 1.25in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Buffalo tacos with guacamole<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 60.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td nowrap="" style="background: #FFEB9C; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.3pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #9c6500; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Snacks/Dessert<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="103"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">oranges<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="66"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">fried bananas<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">kiwi salad with orange almond cream<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Strawberries<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">poached pears<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">baked apples<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; height: 60.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">strawberry, banana smoothie with almond milk<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td colspan="3" nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 198.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="265"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">*Make your bread midday Sunday!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"></td> <td style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="67"></td> <td style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 52.95pt;" valign="bottom" width="71"></td> <td style="height: 15.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="78"></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some Recipes (others are pretty self explanatory):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bob’s Red Mill GF Bread – uses 3 of your eggs!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Millet Porridge</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
Soak 1 cup millet overnight with<br />
2 cups of water<br />
zest of 1 orange<br />
Juice of one orange<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cook on medium low covered for 30 minutes in the morning. I like to add a little almond milk and drizzle maple syrup on it!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stir fry with broccoli and shrimp (you can serve this with rice – just use 2:1 ratio when making rice – if you buy short grain brown – rinse it 3 times before cooking)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bit of olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cloves garlic smashed and chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">¼ cup water<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 tablespoons Tamari<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pinch teaspoon crushed red pepper<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp (rinsed patted dry)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1/4 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4 cups small broccoli florets<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 cup vertically sliced onion<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mix together water, tamari, crushed red pepper. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic to pan; stir-fry 30 seconds. Sprinkle shrimp with salt. Add shrimp to pan, and stir-fry 3 minutes or until done. Remove shrimp mixture from the pan. Add a little more oil to pan. Add broccoli and onion to pan; stir-fry 4 minutes or until broccoli is crisp-tender. Add shrimp mixture and liquid mixture to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. If you want it ticker you can use cornstarch. If you want more flavor – use chicken broth instead of water and add more spices like ginger or 5 spice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eggs in a basket<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 egg for each person eating<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Same number of bread slices <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pat of butter<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Biscuit cutter<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heat butter in pan on medium – high heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Use biscuit cutter to make a hole in the middle of a slice of bread. Keep cut out circle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Place bread in melted butter. Allow to brown for about 30 seconds. At the same time, place cut out bread in pan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Next, crack egg in center. Allow to cook until you can’t see the bottom of the pan through the egg anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flip both the bread and cut out portion. Allow to cook for another minute or so.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plate and eat. Season with salt & pepper. Yolk should be a little runny when cut in to. Use bread and cut out portion to soak it up.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Good Fruit Salad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cut up ½ cup fruit per person eating – squeeze a little orange over the top and let it sit for about 15 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Black beans and rice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2tb olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1/2 onion, finely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 garlic cloves, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 bay leaf<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp ground cumin<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 cup rice <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1(14-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cups water<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">½ apple - chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Directions<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add the oil. Stir in the onions, garlic, bay leaves and cumin. Stir and cook for 8 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stir in the rice, black beans, water, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for about 40 minutes or until the rice is tender. Serve hot.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fried Bananas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bananas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 ounce of virgin olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4 tablespoons of brown sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">½ teaspoon of real vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heat the oil in non-stick pan. Sprinkle sugar on bananas. Put in pan. Sprinkle more brown sugar and add vanilla. Cook for 2-3minutes on each side.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Onion Soup with garlic toasts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1TB olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1TSP sesame oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 large onion halved, thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pinch salt<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp tamari<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4 cups water<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Put oils in large pot over medium heat. Add onion. Cook until caramelized (45-60 minutes) – stirring frequently. Add water and tamari – cook for 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While that’s going – brush toast with olive oil and rub with one clove of smashed garlic – grill in a pan until brown and fragrant. Cut on diagonal – serve with soup.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Scallops with braised Brussels and garlic<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cups brussel sprouts<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 garlic cloves<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1lb large scallops (if you have puny ones – I recommend you stir-fry them)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preheat oven to 350F. Smash 2 cloves of garlic and chop. Put in bowl. Brussels – rinse, trim and cut in half. Put in same bowl as garlic. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour contents into 8x8 pan cover with foil. After 15 minutes remove foil and bake 5 more minutes. Take out and toss again. Ready to serve.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After you remove foil from Brussels wash and pat scallops dry. Get out a nice pan or grill plate – add drizzle of olive oil – medium high heat. Salt and pepper your scallops. Add them to the moderate hot pan – cook for 3 minutes each side. They should have a nice sear and come up easily when flipping (not stick). Put the Brussels and scallops in a shallow soup bowl or on a plate. S&P to taste. If you want squeeze some orange or lemon over – soooo good. You could also make a sauce out of the scallop pan with ½ cup wine and a pat of butter – if you have it handy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kiwi salad with almond cream<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Trim and cut your kiwi into bite sized pieces. Put a TBS of almond butter, juice of 1 orange and 4 TBS almond milk in a blender – blend it up – if too thin add more almond butter – pour over kiwi. Serve n bowls – some mint goes nice with this.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sautéed greens with chickpeas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 can chickpeas – drained and rinsed<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cloves garlic<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">½ onion sliced thin<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 bunches kale – washed and chopped fine (could use any hearty greens)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">S&P<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tamari to taste<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pour about 2 TBS olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion, cook for 2 minutes, and add the garlic. Then add your greens and ¼ cup water. Cook until greens are wilted. Add chickpeas and add more water if you want more sauce. When the chickpeas are heated through (3-5 minutes) add salt and pepper to taste. (If you had some chicken or vegetable stock handy you could use it instead of water – you can also use chopped tomatoes to dress it up if they are in season and fresh.) Put in a shallow soup bowl – serve with some toast.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sea Bass with mashed butternut and salad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 lb sea bass rinsed and cut into servings for each diner (kids will eat smaller portions)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 Butternut squash<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 TBS sage leaves – chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 clove of garlic – smashed and chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cups of salad mix – rinsed and chopped into bite-sized pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Juice of half an orange<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp mustard<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Salt and pepper to taste<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preheat oven to 400F. Peel and chop butternut squash into 1 inch pieces. Toss in olive oil and salt and pepper. Pour onto a rimmed baking sheet (I line mine with recyclable parchment). Place in oven – allow to bake for about 20 minutes – when it starts to brown – take it out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Meanwhile in the last 10 minutes of the butternut cooking – add some olive oil to a large sauté pan over medium heat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salt and pepper the fish – put in pan – cook for 3-5 minutes each side – you want this slightly underdone – it will continue cooking. Remove and keep warm (you can wrap it in some parchment or foil you will recycle)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wipe out that pan and put in some more olive oil – put in the sage and garlic – sauté until sage has wilted a little – remove from heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Get the butternut out – toss the sage and garlic and butternut into a mixer or get out your masher and go to town – mash it up. Season with S&P and some tamari if you like.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Put the fish and mash on a plate. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make salad dressing – 1TB olive oil, juice ½ orange, 1tsp mustard, little S&P – stir like crazy until it is emulsified (comes together) – toss with salad greens then serve with fish and mash – drizzle any of the leftover dressing on the fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Buffalo Tacos (a good Sunday dinner – do the rub Saturday) YOU NEED 4 HOURS TO COOK THE ROAST!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Spices that can make a nice rub for your roast (I use an organic taco seasoning – but it is really just ground chilies, cumin, onion, garlic, oregano, paprika, sea salt and black pepper)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 - 2lb chuck buffalo roast<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 onion split into 4 (can leave skin on)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 garlic heads with tops removed (leave it in tact)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 cup masa harina<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">½ cup water<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 avocado<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">½ orange (lime works too)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Salt and Pepper<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rinse and pat your roast dry – season with your rub all over – put in the fridge overnight<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mix the Masa and the water and let soak overnight.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preheat oven to 325F. In an enameled cast iron pot add 4 TBSP oil. Sear your roast on all sides (about 4 minutes each side). Turn off heat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Add onions and garlic to pot. Put in oven with tight fitting lid. Cook undisturbed for 4 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the last 30 minutes make tortillas out of your masa – just form little balls with your hands – use a tortilla press covered in plastic wrap or roll/mash out between two pieces of oiled parchment – put on a griddle or in a large pan and cook for about a minute on each side – keep in a towel for warmth. (You can add more water or more masa if it isn’t working)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take out the roast and let rest for 15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the last 5 minutes chop up the avocado – add a little orange juice and salt and pepper – makes a really easy sauce/guacamole<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Shred roast – put on platter – you can squeeze a little orange juice over it – yummy. Bring it, tortillas and avo sauce to the table. Make your tacos. If you have any salad mix left over or other fixings – bring those too – put a little in a tortilla and eat it up – messy but yummy!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-20101893750434977842010-03-29T17:11:00.000-07:002010-03-30T09:03:44.646-07:00the Pure Experience Continues<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You may be asking - <b>why isn't Allison making her own RAW dishes?</b> It is HARD (I have tried it), it takes time, my family doesn't eat RAW - only me - so I'd rather have somebody else make it, instead of making 2 meals. And, quite frankly it is expensive when you are the only one eating it - typically you make enough for 8-10 people at once and have to eat it all week if you are the only one eating RAW. Boring. This way I get to support the movement, have somebody else cook for me, try it, write about it and make my family one thing each morning, midday and dinner.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well - I jumped in and spent quite a bit to get a month of paid for meals and then 2 more months free. Cynthia wants to open another restaurant due to the volume of her "togo" business.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5CveNt8lGBbeELOn-HOWJVHRsv1z6PF4rZxqctoiQPNF89fZFeGrh91IJp93GXzIzVxW5usfazKZVVG0YlUmG107rxtVyl543aYGMRPPSV6yVWCt5_2eOfOmwWnRVfKuAwsE8kUJbgSK/s1600/IMG_0529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5CveNt8lGBbeELOn-HOWJVHRsv1z6PF4rZxqctoiQPNF89fZFeGrh91IJp93GXzIzVxW5usfazKZVVG0YlUmG107rxtVyl543aYGMRPPSV6yVWCt5_2eOfOmwWnRVfKuAwsE8kUJbgSK/s320/IMG_0529.JPG" /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I received another box yesterday. Unfortunately the "eat these dishes in this order" paper wasn't in the box - so I had to guess. There is also an extraordinary amount of cling wrap used - not sure how to correct this environmentally. I'll be researching suggestions. I love the compost-able and recyclable packaging. if you are going to use packaging then this is a good way to go. I have a nice compost pile so why not?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In this week's box was:</span></span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8JW8aBZ4jP6VMAMQnrvlekOY79epGynUTe9MJdOoLp0S3XnkwpOrVppzxD4Sml4wWXaBeHQYUo2bm6d5sxjrIcFPR6VQHwiAw00unBH6JXml3Kmr9vKrddBANgH0cqZsZQ7a4O47_74a/s1600/IMG_0531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8JW8aBZ4jP6VMAMQnrvlekOY79epGynUTe9MJdOoLp0S3XnkwpOrVppzxD4Sml4wWXaBeHQYUo2bm6d5sxjrIcFPR6VQHwiAw00unBH6JXml3Kmr9vKrddBANgH0cqZsZQ7a4O47_74a/s320/IMG_0531.JPG" /></a></span></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bean and Cheese Enchiladas</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - two soft corn tortillas filled with spicy un-fried beans topped with avocado cream queso cheese and chunky red salsa </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thai Coconut Wraps</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - coconut wrapper with veggies bean sprouts herbs and crunchy spicy sweet cashews and almond chili sauce<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Crispy Fish Fillets</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - veggies and nuts breaded and dehydrated until crispy served with creamy tartar sauce and our garlic mashed potatoes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Little Italy Pizza</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - herb and almond pizza crust with macadamia cheese with lemon and garlic topped with sundried tomato sauce and veggies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Strawberry Nirvana Soup</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> -coconut milk blended with strawberry and orange for a bowl of heaven <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Strawberry cheesecake<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Crispy Strawberry Cereal </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with vanilla almond milk</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cranberry Oranges Scones</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - our English scones layered with fresh vanilla </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">cranberries and orange with orange cream sauce</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Blueberry Banana Oatmeal</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - our homemade oatmeal layered with strawberries and bananas oats and almonds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mexican Garden Scramble Breakfast</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - 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They still had that wonky taste I can't figure out - but I actually ate them - all of them - enough for two people. And the orange cream sauce? WOW. So yummy. Really. It was fantastic. You could taste the orange and Cranberry - that made them refreshing. I'm going to have to try and make these myself.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tried to get the husband to drink the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chocolate Mocha Smoothie</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. He said it was too sweet. WHAT? The dude with the major sweet tooth who tells me all of my desserts aren't sweet enough thought the smoothie was too sweet? Well I tried it. I love it. But I think he's got issue with RAW chocolate. It has this beautiful fruity sweetness, and coupled with other things that make something sweet it might not come across right. I guess i'll have to drink that one too - bummer. ;-)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now. I don't want to give a poor review, I'd rather give a constructive one, but I really didn't care for the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thai Coconut Wraps. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The assembly was next to impossible (and I rarely use the word impossible).Taco shape was about all I could muster, and it eventually ended up in a bowl all chopped up - eaten with a fork. And I couldn't finish them - sauce was too sweet.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There was far more filling than I could handle...it was also loaded with cashews - tons. I'm not a huge sprouts fan either, but I love greens and there were some, but I would have gone heavier on the greens and lighter on the other stuff. The wraps had a very sweet taste as did the sauce. The sauce seemed almost mis-matched. It was like a sweet sauce - not unlike the sauce I was just dipping my scones in this morning. I would really love to try the <b>Summer Wraps</b> - I think those may be more up my alley.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here's the constructive bit:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think I would have done a collard wrap with coconut noodles, greens (kale, pea sprouts, cilantro), jalapeño, sesame seeds, a few sunflower sprouts (instead of bean), mango, and coconut/cashew/lime/cilantro sauce. Now, kids, doesn't that sound amazing? </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Would you be willing to try it Cynthia?</span></span></b><br />
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<b><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next -</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Crispy Fish Fillets</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - These were good. Better than actual fish fillets - no fishy taste! I couldn't tell the difference between the tartar sauce and the mashed potatoes. Not exactly crispy either - but that's probably because they were in my fridge for a few days. I really did like them.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Then - of course -</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Little Italy Pizza</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - the children wanted pizza - so I made them a GF pizza and the husband had leftover spaghetti - but I had the amazing pizza. I described it last time and still love it. This is one of the best things Pure has.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It has taken me 4 days to eat the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I didn't really care for the</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Mexican Garden Scramble Breakfast</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- but I had a feeling when I smelled it I would be a little apprehensive. I ate it all - of course - but it was too strong on the onions - I'm sure - fresh from the cafe it would be wonderful. It reminded me of mock tuna or mock chicken salad - too many onions and too many nuts - but a RAW foodie's dream I'm sure.</span></span></span></div></div></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3711+south+harvard+avenue%2C+Tulsa%2C+OK+74135" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3711 south harvard avenue</span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tulsa, OK, 74135</span></span></div></b></span></div></b></div></div>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-7025451627378459702010-03-22T12:07:00.000-07:002010-04-18T11:21:08.001-07:00a self centered post: Last night's dinner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Yesterday was my birthday.</b> I am now 36 - feel wonderful about it and am happy to be ageing. My morning was spent re-cleaning the floors that were left waxy due to a mistake on my housekeeper's part of making up the wrong amount of Murphy's floor cleaner. Then we went to the <b>Botanical Garden</b> - where husband played with the children and I went to a lecture on sustainable urban farming - LOVED it. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.sandiegoroots.org/index.html">http://www.sandiegoroots.org/index.html</a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.sandiegoroots.org/index.html"></a></span>Thank you husband, thank you husband, thank you husband. And thank you little children for behaving for him.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The night was starting with drama - the sitter - bless her heart - couldn't start her car - so her husband had to come and get her - she took his car to our house. Then husband's car would not start...yet he had it running not 2 hours before. It did finally start and we were 30 minutes late for our reservation. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought a new gown for a wedding I'm going to in May and decided to test it out - I love it - not sure what the husband thinks:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWBekqkIwF_wOoPLS9Qc9kGJeHSe5AJNsR9Rwe0o2D7ybGmOAXCorEsJgdGgn2MlQbMhMoNnvjjMOhAzSuL804G_-scJ2hy_l_LmJFwjzvC7gFuTGmWtbMp_qLZGX4NVVhI4vaY46pYOH/s1600-h/prodImage.ms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWBekqkIwF_wOoPLS9Qc9kGJeHSe5AJNsR9Rwe0o2D7ybGmOAXCorEsJgdGgn2MlQbMhMoNnvjjMOhAzSuL804G_-scJ2hy_l_LmJFwjzvC7gFuTGmWtbMp_qLZGX4NVVhI4vaY46pYOH/s200/prodImage.ms.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For dinner - We went to Tapenade in La Jolla. It was quite good. The atmosphere is simple yet romantic - very French, which is not over the top as some may expect in a romantic restaurant, romantic to me is about closeness, ability to have personal service and carry on a <b>conversation</b>.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmXc0FnSgP3u0IrSQU5qQKJcnH1r5Z_Onftp9XWGlzMBQMiyn-T1UaGt7lqXykq4JxzxjIKlvGAKEUL1QYGHMGOH3WsKyXCD6bitobrPqJLXbbW_Y3sG8RsLCH3LsBhYLIZIOgU_f4u0_/s1600-h/r-croft-champ-flute.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmXc0FnSgP3u0IrSQU5qQKJcnH1r5Z_Onftp9XWGlzMBQMiyn-T1UaGt7lqXykq4JxzxjIKlvGAKEUL1QYGHMGOH3WsKyXCD6bitobrPqJLXbbW_Y3sG8RsLCH3LsBhYLIZIOgU_f4u0_/s200/r-croft-champ-flute.jpg" width="200" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started the night off with a glass of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Champagne</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - which was refreshing - something I needed after a long day. I'm pretty sure it was </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Veuve Clicquot </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(that's what I typically drink anyways when drinking Champagne). The nose was like fresh dough - bubbles were small and did not tickle, yet rather danced on your palate - as it should. It was like a crisp apple, dash of lemon and a little bit of fresh picked haricot verts, with a hint of vanilla and the perfect amount of dryness for a gentle finish.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had the tasting menu - because of course I wanted to eat everything I saw and just couldn't order the whole menu. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They served baguette with tapenade - I ate a bite of the tapenade - it was good...not too olive - not too garlic - just right. Too bad I can't eat bread.</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what we had:</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The night started with </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canapes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - they were some sort of seafood ravioli with tomato compote - unfortunately I'm going to slack horribly on reporting this one - since I didn't eat it - I cannot eat ravioli, but the husband gobbled them up and said they were "really good".</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next was a dreamy, creamy, smooth </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">house made pate</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I love pate - correction - I love good pate. I'm a bit like Anton Ego (Ratatouille 2007) when it comes to pate - since now I cannot eat bread - if I don't love it - I don't swallow. This was served with a lovely apple-raisin compote, lettuce sprouts (less than a teaspoon - the greenish purple really set off the tans/browns of the pate and accompaniments). A drizzle of red fruity vinaigrette, homemade walnut crisp bread, and a teaspoon of wonderful, smooth warm apple sauce that complimented the pate perfectly. Presentation was immaculate - I didn't think it right to take out the iPhone and start snapping - how gauche. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wine Pairing:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> a </span><a class="bodylinkbold" href="http://www.wine.com/V6/Chateau-dYquem-Sauternes-2004/wine/95142/detail.aspx" id="ctl00_BodyContent_ctrList_ctrResults_rptResultsList_ctl02_ctrProduct_mProductName_mAction" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" title="Château d'Yquem Sauternes 2004"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sauternes </span></span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It went well with the dish - bright, bold, sweet - a little too sweet for my personal taste - however, it was well matched.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next course was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maine Jonah Crab Salad, and Mango Salad, Lime and Coconut Emulsion</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. This had a very Thai flavor. The crab was firm in texture yet had a deep soft flavor, the other flavors were not over-powering and the whole dish was rather subtle and refreshing. The mango was a little tasteless under the lime. (Perhaps the wine from the first pairing was playing tricks on my tongue.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wine Paring</b>: a - well - here's when it gets funny - I cannot remember for the life of me what this was - see - I'm not quite the drinker I once was and well - I fall down on the job. Needless to say it was white - citrus - and another wine that was a bit too sweet for my palate but paired well.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And we move on - </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fish du Jour, Celeriac Mousseline, Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprout, Squash and Ginger Broth - </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this was Pacific Sea Bass - aka Corvina or California Sea bass. Bravo on the sustainability factor. Unfortunately I think it was a little bit over done. The vegetable accompaniment was <b>spectacular</b>. The baby brussels were absolutely amazing. Cooked to perfection - everything was just on the verge of sweet - which really compliments fish quite well - however - if the fish was left a little tiny bit underdone (therefore preserving the buttery flavor of this white fish) I would have really melted over this one.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wine paring</b>: I think this one was a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sauvignon Blanc </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- it was crisp, light citrus, springy and green, clean finish - complimented the sweetness of the vegetables and the broth, perfect match - and not too sweet - Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris are really two of my favorite whites with or without food.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next course was a duck - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Roasted Duck Breast, and Swiss Chard Cannelloni, Shitake Mushrooms, Valencia Orange Sauce. </b>Canard - j'ai t'aime. It was cooked to perfection (rare yet a little bit of crisp texture on the outside), the orange sauce was not overpowering but complimented well and it was just as expected. The one piece that did <b>overly excite me</b> was the Swiss Chard Cannelloni - now - I'm NOT supposed to be eating any wheat - at all - and I could tell by looking at it that it was fresh made pasta - the kind that melts when you eat it - gives perfectly against your teeth and is what pasta should taste like. I asked the husband and he said it was "really good" - this means awesome. So I did - and this is why I probably feel like I weigh 500lbs today. It was something I'm going to have to try to make myself with no gluten - I wonder if it can be done with rice flour...I'll have to try it - just magnificent. This veggie lover thought it was simply more-ish. Perfectly cooked chard with soft cheese in a cannelloni roll about the size of a nice Robusto cigar. You see what was so good about this was that the sauce complimented the cannelloni and the mushrooms as well. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wine paring: <b>Bordeaux Blend - of course - it went perfectly. </b>Smooth and supple, fruits of the forest - go well with duck does not overpower - matched well with the orange sauce - which can be tricky.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And - of course - their signature dessert - <b>blueberry creme brulee with red berries coulis. They lovingly wrote Happy Birthday and gave me a little candle. I must admit - the whole dish was sexy. </b>The creme brulee itself was a little round mound of <b>perfect</b> custard with a <b>delicate</b> sugary crust (look - this is a 3-4 ingredient dish - not something that should cost a fortune or that should be served if it is screwed up - don't you hate when you order it at a restaurant and it tastes old or is curdled? or when the crust if too thick?) - so when I get one that is worth it - I love it. I don't want it swimming in berry sauce. It was. I could have liked it better with a drizzle of the sauce. It was also served with fruit - just enough to off-set the creme...but I must say - this creme wasn't heavy and didn't need too much dressing up. The blueberries added a subtle flavor and texture - but I think it would be perfect if they toned back the coulis. <b>Let me stress here that the creme brulee itself was immaculate.</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wine paring:<b> Muscat - I'm okay with these - it was actually less sweet than the Sauternes. It went quite well with the dessert.</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>the night was finished with some Minardises. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Fudge Brownie with a strawberry - which was nice and light yet had a little chocolate punch and an almond cookie that I didn't get to try (I have a whole gluten free chocolate cake with ganache and strawberries waiting for me). Husband said they were good. </span>I trust him.</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5488799/the-common-sense-guide-to-organic-and-other-food-labels" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "f5dd6e64abea097941c8f3c2dd4c357b", event)" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lifehacker.com/5488<wbr></wbr></a></span><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5488799/the-common-sense-guide-to-organic-and-other-food-labels" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "f5dd6e64abea097941c8f3c2dd4c357b", event)" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">799/the-common-sense-guide<wbr></wbr></a></span><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5488799/the-common-sense-guide-to-organic-and-other-food-labels" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "f5dd6e64abea097941c8f3c2dd4c357b", event)" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">-to-organic-and-other-food<wbr></wbr></a></span><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5488799/the-common-sense-guide-to-organic-and-other-food-labels" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "f5dd6e64abea097941c8f3c2dd4c357b", event)" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">-labels</a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't have to be cash flush to eat healthy. The biggest excuse I have ever heard is - "<b>It is too expensive</b>". Yes. You are right. That's what I say back. Especially to those who shop at the large local chain or Costco/Sams. They'll never get it. What is "it" that they'll never get? Anything that might be different than what they are used to, or off the beaten path they won't do.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DKujTl4ATEE8FebltQZqxAMEln2MUIQgB3fsQimWKQsh_mKHihDKByj14A7Sw6bUKhQavf8Em45_DropP3za6IimLW4JO3cjIv6hQsw27DpRU-brMx_nDzqX2zHswlN7KJCPzmNhNCZE/s1600-h/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DKujTl4ATEE8FebltQZqxAMEln2MUIQgB3fsQimWKQsh_mKHihDKByj14A7Sw6bUKhQavf8Em45_DropP3za6IimLW4JO3cjIv6hQsw27DpRU-brMx_nDzqX2zHswlN7KJCPzmNhNCZE/s320/images.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For instance - I was at the<b> Farmer's Market</b> last year in the height of tomato season and two elderly women were remarking how ugly the heirloom tomatoes were. I wheeled around and said, "Have you ever tried one?" No. "Okay, here - try this conventionally grown perfect red tomato." they tried it - and said it tasted like a tomato. "Now, try this Cherokee Purple." Wow. "Now try this Amana Orange". Whoa. "And try the Yellow Pear." Wow. <b>I never knew</b>. "So will you take a few home to try?" They did. But I had to be there to sell it to them - one person at a time. The ladies later remarked to the vendor that he should hire me, I smiled, took my tomatoes and bid adieu.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQK1r4hPV66qxZdj19HFUMKtV_c6p723nrSELEb2snJKPE33tm7YeHiCAz1CIu0LTi6ke_sZObO3nWWmcrKwH-GyZRcC9VdJOg_QNX8coAAO2-ywdH-SCGCNR0yJHP8_a8u_-bC18tq4c/s1600-h/img_5156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQK1r4hPV66qxZdj19HFUMKtV_c6p723nrSELEb2snJKPE33tm7YeHiCAz1CIu0LTi6ke_sZObO3nWWmcrKwH-GyZRcC9VdJOg_QNX8coAAO2-ywdH-SCGCNR0yJHP8_a8u_-bC18tq4c/s320/img_5156.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEn4zcwA7l_TjSOe0qiWkOjjYjL7MCephWYIs83gtF5pX2GSRsS_cj8FZaauTN3OTQBwkGfq4cxKqSCut1aQAglXKm3A-TexfJ9VTRITDsSvtJ6DKJCASLIIshQwNo3M-4ZdUx_QlZecrF/s1600-h/shelled_pine_nuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEn4zcwA7l_TjSOe0qiWkOjjYjL7MCephWYIs83gtF5pX2GSRsS_cj8FZaauTN3OTQBwkGfq4cxKqSCut1aQAglXKm3A-TexfJ9VTRITDsSvtJ6DKJCASLIIshQwNo3M-4ZdUx_QlZecrF/s320/shelled_pine_nuts.jpg" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend we were discussing the price of <b>Pine Nuts</b> - well - my little bag of Pine Nuts grown in North America was $11.00 at my local green store. The other bag of Pine Nuts was from Costco, it was also $11.00 but it was 4x the size of mine. I opened the freezer, took out the offending bag and read - Product of China. THAT's why yours are cheaper...wait a minute...why were they cheaper if it traveled so far to get here and probably went through the same manufacturing process? It shouldn't matter. We should not be able to buy nuts from Asia when they can and are grown here. Those are for the Asians.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would not have had to go through that if the people of this country who own the stores understood how important it is to eat locally.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another lovely quote from recent escapades: "<b>I'd love to eat local but it is almost impossible</b>." In what way? This particular person lives within spitting distance of 3 Farmers Markets that sell fruit, veggies, milk, meats etc all produced within a 180 mile radius of their town. None of the items for sale there have labels - except the name of the farm.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you do decide that Farmer's Market shopping or CSA is the way you want to go. First, Congratulations. Second - there are still items that you'll purchase at the store - but those are quite clear and you shouldn't be confused at all wondering if it is safe.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most humanely treated beef is allowed to <b>pasture, eat grass, have a happy little life,</b> take the 5 years that it takes to get large enough to be harvested for its flesh. When it is harvested - it should also be in a humane and sanitary manner. That's it. It is the massive commercialization of the "meat" industries that has lead to the low prices you see at the supermarket. yes, they are low. The cost should be something akin to what you pay for the grass finished organic beef. Wouldn't we all be more reverent of the animal if its value was truer? Pork and beef are much the same. In a nutshell - commercially processed beef has eaten grass for 6-12 months, is then moved to a feed lot, given sustenance it would not normally eat, has to be given supplements/hormones because they aren't eating what they are supposed to, and aren't exercising enough - they are forced to gain over 1200 lbs in 9 months. Then they become your hamburger.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Chickens love to roam, scratch, peck, eat and play. </b>My chickens, and I only have 5, just enough for our family, are free range. Really free range - and the best darn pest control I've ever seen. They poop and mess up the yard, but it is worth it. Chickens ARE NOT VEGETARIAN. Healthy chickens are allowed to roam, eat bugs, etc. They are not kept in lighted barns - lights keep them laying eggs when they shouldn't be - in the darker winter months. Maybe we shouldn't be eating eggs in the dark winter months as often as we do in the summer? Almost all of the eggs at the store are completely bogus, not to mention old. Very old.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard a story one day from a chicken farmer who kept his chickens in a barn with lights - he said - yeah - they are free range - there is a little door at the end of the barn that they are allowed to exit if they want - but they don't. Chickens are skittish - they don't know what's out there - could be a predator - so lets stay together in here where it is safe. Yes, but now that there are hundreds of us in here and the conditions are unnatural interventions are necessary...see where this is going?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not even going to get into production of chicken for meat. All I can tell you is that a Tyson/Foster Farms fryer chicken might cost you $5.00 and a humanely grown and harvested one $17.00. Respect the chicken that gave its life for you, and respect life. did you know that chickens that have been through specialized breeding for eating are nearly featherless? Cold huh?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what is a <b>foodshed</b> and why should we eat within it? A foodshed is the farm to table route and everything in between. Technically we have a global foodshed now...but the best foodshed is a sustainable and local one - supporting your community and reducing travel time of food.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I was recalling earlier times with my grandmother. She had a veggie garden and nut trees. She had very little cash, very little education - grade school, and tons and tons of love. She would have unexpected guests all of the time and have beautiful spreads of food available in a moments notice. She did not eat grapes from Chile, berries from Mexico (unless somebody picked them and brought them to her), or Pine Nuts from China - yet when we sat down to eat - everything was wonderful. I remember many pies, polish sausage, many different pickles, a stack of toast, some bbq brisket, green beans, carrots, potatoes, and other items from her yard. If she had some other fruits - sometimes they were from neighbors trees down the street.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She fed her worms the compost-able waste. I remember asking her what that little pile of garbage next to the sink was - "It's for my worms". I thought that was so cool when I was a little kid. I wanted to help her in the garden - she would tell me that the plants are just growing, they don't need help right now. Her garden soil was black as midnight. Your foot sank as you walked in between the rows.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But back to my point - she was never starving.</b> The woman could make something out of nothing - a feast in 15 minutes. And she lived to be 94 - so she wasn't unhealthy either. She pretty much ate locally. She went to the butcher, she stretched a roast, a chicken, even sausages.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to say she didn't work would be absolutely wrong. She had 8 children. Enough said.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I think is lost is the ability to use local ingredients to make healthful meals. We often trade fresh fare for packaged instant fix because we're tired and over-worked...but - you'd be surprised how quickly come wholesome dinners can come together. You don't have to cook like Julia Child every night.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When I signed up with my CSA I got this book:</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://seabreezed.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Book__From_Aspar_4b31524d6aba5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://seabreezed.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Book__From_Aspar_4b31524d6aba5.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>From Asparagus to Zucchini</b> - it is full of wonderful recipes for all sorts of vegetables - you don't ever have to question it again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also support the 100 mile idea, sometimes this is a little difficult, but staying within your region is pretty good. Sometimes I'm talking to my relatives who live in another part of the country - they'll tell me that a certain fruit or veggie looks sad - or they don't have something at the market right now that they wanted - is there something else that is in season that maybe - just maybe - you can eat?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in closing - why shouldn't food have labels?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Packaging is expensive. Packaged goods are full of fillers, sodium, sugars, preservatives, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the reason packaged foods sometimes seem convenient and cheap is because they are, cheap ingredients, convenient to pop in the micro or to snack on, or to consume - but expensive in our landfills, leach unsavory things into our soils, take up fuel for manufacturing, distribution and purchasing (but he - that creates jobs? - that's another story)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not saying not to eat grains - which come in packages...or in bulk - which is the better buy anyways. Get some really nice canisters and keep your stuff in there if you go through it fast or in the freezer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh fare is meant to be eaten</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. You don't need a label on an item that comes from a local organic farm or CSA subscription. You don't need a label on a beef or chicken share. You know where it came from and how it was treated. Many times you can go to the farm and check it out if you want a little road trip.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in a "deep freeze" is the way my grandparents went. They had that thing stocked. This way they could keep their surplus frozen until later use. They can run anywhere from 200 - 1000 bucks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It is possible to eat fresher on the cheap</b> - I don't think it takes extra effort or time - for strategies on that i'll write again - who knows? You may meet some new friends or see some old ones out at your community Farmers Market? It could be a romantic date to pick out what you are going to make for dinner? Whatever you do - find some fresh fare and eat it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314775022247200740.post-25786456213197626782010-03-08T17:06:00.000-08:002010-04-18T11:13:30.805-07:00Pure Cafe 2<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5yRbA5EIYUuC5UJLft52EQi1E6GzLUC2SMugGNyo66JShg64fuC_a-3x1Bo3b18vex9mkqWm35FR_NzDXg-_4ejZ-TvN-LO-bUuNl2uY_FeT68bbBRqpVkfqaZ6edzk_zaHdOkOumHAF/s1600-h/IMG_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5yRbA5EIYUuC5UJLft52EQi1E6GzLUC2SMugGNyo66JShg64fuC_a-3x1Bo3b18vex9mkqWm35FR_NzDXg-_4ejZ-TvN-LO-bUuNl2uY_FeT68bbBRqpVkfqaZ6edzk_zaHdOkOumHAF/s320/IMG_0514.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5yRbA5EIYUuC5UJLft52EQi1E6GzLUC2SMugGNyo66JShg64fuC_a-3x1Bo3b18vex9mkqWm35FR_NzDXg-_4ejZ-TvN-LO-bUuNl2uY_FeT68bbBRqpVkfqaZ6edzk_zaHdOkOumHAF/s1600-h/IMG_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago we received a lovely box from </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pure to Go</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. For those of you who don't know - MOST RAW FOOD IS VEGAN. All of this was and it was wonderful. My photos are really about the mail-order experience and do not do her cafe justice. Please visit the site:</span><a href="http://www.purerawcafe.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.purerawcafe.com/index.html</span></a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.purerawcafe.com/index.html"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It came with a beautiful menu and each dish was presented in compost-able take-out ware. It is the loveliest presentation of raw foods I have ever seen - and I've seen quite a bit - and it was shipped from Tulsa. Not good from a petroleum stand point - but this woman Cynthia knows her stuff - she's a creative raw goddess. I had to try it.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to say upfront here that her food is excellent. Anything I mention an issue with is most-likely due to one of two factors; mail order food must be shipped with dry ice (frozen or very chilled) and I am extremely sensitive - some foods and I do not get along.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the menu - in case you can't read because it is small - it says - Strawberry Soup, Pasta Alfredo, Mexican Tamales, Sun Burger, Tuscany Pizza, Cinnamon Vanilla Granola, Blueberry Banana Scones, Chocolate you RAWK Raspberry Breakfast Pie, Strawberry Banana Oatmeal, Smoothie of Choice (which I did not get), Strawberry Cheesecake, Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (which I did not get).</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvpvk9EaqYy19zkSS1IrrHzl37AwRW8WppNK8_IU6h9q2rjnQpXrLn3Rn_qjLgzT-Kv4hSJwfzhyrFSkYE9YArr8_czVADd7KQ9AwLnMvZUp1msC1E5oMjRPCC86vixSGYHHLhWxpjuq_/s1600-h/IMG_0515.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We got right into some of it - <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First: the Strawberry Soup</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8xJWmiBgo0Pz9puRUm0Ued7WCwAjc1YRVaSBVYTJZztah63bJex0cJ-JUtNGojS6xhoTZKpEloiP8FKeE8GWj4ocxGU2ZG4DJfon2fBZFAOc6nAKkEXPssI-mY6mT4ERX-5Bx6cW90FJ/s1600-h/IMG_0520.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was the crowd pleaser. Everybody LOVED it. I mean from the husband to the little man. It was gone gone gone. Even slightly frozen it was beautiful.<u1:p></u1:p>Next we had to have a few bites of the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate you RAWK Raspberry Breakfast Pie</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1d1xZFMZzKcDbxuM5ijctN1xaUXEfBQZGKHzt2Rqy6bLS5ChxQkL5pmSITefM8gRHbbuowAgt97gZc_elY5K4-U8ZLviVm8HxYH7PGcM_6HW_0AdJfdHR6lKiPM3Sjczyb25nzMDS6Gw/s1600-h/IMG_0521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1d1xZFMZzKcDbxuM5ijctN1xaUXEfBQZGKHzt2Rqy6bLS5ChxQkL5pmSITefM8gRHbbuowAgt97gZc_elY5K4-U8ZLviVm8HxYH7PGcM_6HW_0AdJfdHR6lKiPM3Sjczyb25nzMDS6Gw/s320/IMG_0521.JPG" /></a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opening night for dinner I had the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pasta Alfredo</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with white truffle sauce and olive bread for dinner. The kids and I devoured the olive bread before we had a chance to take a photo of it, but trust me - it tasted awesome. The little man kept asking for more "pizza" - yes, that's what he thought it was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoFSNsexkL9qEP_hOak1CIBE6pZY4kJr8CTRVELScUTnGvuLhV3syUPqmxvfmXkOWOJ2ds7HOjoLqCq6NsHt-a0M0OW2IRRs03sb0C9FHqCN1060vywYNdI-CnSM33_FQ1NIYCxoITqGj/s1600-h/IMG_0521.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well - this was nice - however - there's a little issue with freezing zucchini - which is what RAW foodies use for pasta...it contains lots of water - and when it defrosts it loses lots of its integrity. It was good - but not as spectacular as I'm sure it is fresh from the cafe. The wonderful thing was the truffle sauce and how it mixed well but didn't mask the veggie flavors. Now my mouth loves truffle oil - but my tummy doesn't...I keep learning this lesson again and again.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0CqtF4Bm_KLxUL231kr78eCXKBUSfYnGXHsmdCasg9aITrXfkRg72llLcfZ0YtbMvShAiWwdVsLTs36yKSIBE8IuS_swL4V7LKuSjmltxWRJP3Hx6vF9elf0kdB0i0rYd7lXxKgTb4LY/s1600-h/IMG_0522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0CqtF4Bm_KLxUL231kr78eCXKBUSfYnGXHsmdCasg9aITrXfkRg72llLcfZ0YtbMvShAiWwdVsLTs36yKSIBE8IuS_swL4V7LKuSjmltxWRJP3Hx6vF9elf0kdB0i0rYd7lXxKgTb4LY/s320/IMG_0522.JPG" /></span></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the morning I tried the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blueberry Scones with Strawberry Dipping Sauce</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say - these did not agree with me. I think it might have been the truffle oil from the night before. They were very strong. the dipping sauce was excellent - but I just couldn't eat these. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then I had one of those moments that every foodie dreams of - a moment of food perfection - I consumed the most remarkable</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RAW pizza</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have ever tried. It kicks ass. It makes the pizza from euphoria loves rawvolution look like the dogs breakfast. It was so damn good. This is what it looks like when you get it at the cafe:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJvz660OC8noDNKNaiUaWFr8baVyk57byu_XoP1k_koKUeOHpM6Ha_0avxTRM_ccUhyMVub_u9HczNrVJ6Ntuh9GZ9zbPWpMlszUp6j37rQiYTwAFU6fBBl1udMobZdfcAHd9ayAhgGJ3/s1600-h/IMG_0525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJvz660OC8noDNKNaiUaWFr8baVyk57byu_XoP1k_koKUeOHpM6Ha_0avxTRM_ccUhyMVub_u9HczNrVJ6Ntuh9GZ9zbPWpMlszUp6j37rQiYTwAFU6fBBl1udMobZdfcAHd9ayAhgGJ3/s320/IMG_0525.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m9sKqi7ef2Z7UxrJROesz60RTFO4_6d33B61luj0VCoZFnSKjphhCj_Vb5BlGFNuSSYodU8ibm8RIhWU7CfbEVj6xll3cuXGOfZ_ET-DqT7Ma4sqhkQe-sa15G_1B66XgJSUNktanTUP/s1600-h/IMG_0525.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice there is only one? I ate the other while preparing this one for the husband. He wasn't hungry since he had a late lunch so I had to eat this one too. DARN. I have no idea what she put in there but it was amazing. I had sworn off tamales - but if Cynthia is preparing the recipe - I'll take two. I don't know what was in there but something savory - probably the mushrooms - was totally amazing and moorish. The sauces -</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sour dream queso cheese</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chunky red salsa</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">avo puree</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was freaking</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">over the top yummylicious</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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I borrowed a photo from her site - Cynthia - please tell your photog not to get angry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTAhYfVGPN4VtMSiF-QEEk6bZIV-oVl-YUSr9f1PdXxkvcg3s7ESBfUqNt5tV_KaMeHFKBMKMGhEDsGQzjsQiVjoEQ-rC92QX2HYYY2ic678g8RmUIDk1X-1_YBo57bFdbblGC_O37ZTr/s1600-h/15464_210510745955_210446180955_3019673_4657321_n.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was spectacular. Of course I loved it? I love veggie burgers, rice burgers, and any sort of raw burger type thing - but this one was fragrant, had a nice texture and really made me savor it. Some food you can just - well - woof down - this meal was one that you wanted to chew, take your time, let the flavors and texture mix and take time to breathe and experience - not just to satisfy your hunger.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZM5AmRWX9pbN8iFEeURDeqy6VDvv8FA5Bb5tGSRI7EesZg5IDZ2pYKPWZkWIeKpl-MIAMBjDmMB80wCvkJPaJgCytkls54Cotghz_0H3UbTpasNSriDAPSPNUlFvX3JYbBGB6HYBgRKl/s1600-h/IMG_0526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZM5AmRWX9pbN8iFEeURDeqy6VDvv8FA5Bb5tGSRI7EesZg5IDZ2pYKPWZkWIeKpl-MIAMBjDmMB80wCvkJPaJgCytkls54Cotghz_0H3UbTpasNSriDAPSPNUlFvX3JYbBGB6HYBgRKl/s320/IMG_0526.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ate the </span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strawberry Banana Oatmeal</span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for breakfast the next day. It was good - just what I expected - tasted like oatmeal - I put some amazake with it.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNYV5mlwJy1t_5zHBerM0QdZMdD-q1633jUVASRDXSBRZ4G29Ga0IEjIWSBQ7VwCENmtmtRRbSaPkmtOWosKbkLjDAfSoGwDnfxKuBEC7rcjiLKLc4vgfMNww47c6KYQsNRDYXr1OL5Zq/s1600-h/IMG_0526.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cinnamon Vanilla Granola with Nut Milk</b> was very crunchy - I like my granola this way. The nut milk was divine - heaven sent - it was sweet, nutty and thick - great alternative to yogurt. It took me 4 days to eat it all...I'm not complaining. I don't have a picture of the Strawberry Cheesecake. It was good. The Chocolate you RAWK Raspberry Breakfast Pie was better, but both had me wanting more.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u1:p></u1:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd love to subscribe to her month of meals - especially since she has a special going on - buy 1 month - get one free...alas...it would be a very selfish move on my part - while the little man and I would totally enjoy it - the husband and 5 year old would be wondering what was going on....I could probably sway the 5 year old with breakfasts and desserts - but the husband likes his food cooked and hot for the most part.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u1:p></u1:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cynthia - I'll be ordering from you again soon. Thank you. Namaste.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u1:p></u1:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bit about Pure Cafe:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.purerawcafe.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.purerawcafe.com/index.html</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1491997/restaurant/Midtown/Pure-Raw-Cafe-Tulsa"><img alt="Pure Raw Cafe on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1491997/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span>Owner:</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Cynthia Beavers</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today’s entry is about our food and how it is grown. There’s so much fuss about GMO and insistence that it is all safe (reminds me of vaccines) – I thought I’d lash out a little bit and let you decide for yourself.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First I'll discuss nature's way.</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is open pollination? Letting nature do it (with a little help from us).</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Open pollination refers to the pollination of traditional varieties by insects, wind, birds or other natural mechanisms (although I’ve been known to smooch a couple of zucchini flowers, use a Q-Tip to pollinate cucumbers or shake some corn and sprinkle on another plant). They have been selected and grown throughout history for their strong traits. They grow well in their designated climate without artificial inputs because nature has selected them to be winners!</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Typically they have better flavor, disease resistance, and less of a failure rate if climate fluctuates slightly. These seeds are more adaptable. And one can sometimes expect variations in the genetic traits. It is thought that open-pollination increases biodiversity.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Popular examples of plants produced under open pollination conditions include the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">heirloom tomato. One of the bigger challenges in maintaining a strain by open pollination is avoiding introduction of pollen from other strains. Based on how broadly the pollen for the plant tends to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">disperse, it can be controlled to varying degrees by</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">greenhouses, tall wall enclosures, or field isolation.</span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some plants are self-pollinating. These crops will grow true to their parents even under open-pollinating conditions. Some variation can occur through gene mutation. This is an important place to stop –</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">genetic recombination of plants occurs naturally without the influence of man.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So what I ponder here is the crops we grow in California and how many are really meant to be here? If you lose your entire walnut crop due to drought were those walnuts meant to be grown in California? In my mind – water should not be shipped in to grow the food we eat – this too is unfortunate.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our Native American ancestors grew corn, beans and squash (incidentally – this is how I grow my corn, beans fixing nitrogen, squash providing shade and crowding out weeds below my corn) – directly in California they had many cactuses, tubers, tree fruit and other naturally occurring food stuffs – many did not have to cultivate crops.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The way Native Americans cultivated corn was to use a large group of plants with various characteristics, corn loves to cross pollinate – so they could easily create new cultivars naturally. You can then make your cultivar selection without controlling the pollen. For your fancy science folks this is called ‘half sib’ pollination.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At the beginning of the last century scientist began to self-pollinate corn and created some very vigorous strains by "weeding" out the weaker varieties.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For instance, there’s a particular type of corn that is heartier in dryer conditions – but it is multicolored. We (citizens of the USA) prefer yellow or white sweet corn, so this multicolored corn will be cross pollinated with the sweet corn to yield a new cultivar (simply put). For what it is worth I grow and eat the multicolored corn and it is WONDERFUL. <b>Here is what Botanical Interests Seed Company says about the corn I grow:</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No two ears are alike on these colorful 8"-10" long multi-colored ears that can include beautiful shades of gold, orange, yellow, blue, green, pink, red, and brown. A new selection of an heirloom dent corn, its ears are lovely for fall ornamental displays or for grinding into cornmeal for a delicious and colorful cornbread. (Dent corn is named for dent in the tip of fully mature kernels. It is higher in starch and lower in sugar than sweet corn. </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Note:</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to avoid cross-pollination, do not plant within 250 feet of sweet corn varieties. Or, stagger plantings of varieties with similar maturity days, 15 days apart. Or, you can plant varieties with differing maturity days at the same time.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>The end note is quite serious – a hybrid sweet corn can ruin your Dent corn crop.</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 14px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is hybrid seed? (not quite the big bad GMO but still bad)</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">agriculture</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">gardening,</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hybrid seed</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is seed produced by artificially</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cross-pollinated</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">plants. Hybrids are bred to improve the characteristics of the resulting plants, such as better</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">yield, greater uniformity, Cultivars are crossed to breed improved</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">color,</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">disease</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">resistance, and so forth.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today, hybrid seed is predominant in agriculture and home gardening, and is one of the main contributing factors to the dramatic rise in agricultural output during the last half of the 20th century. In the US, the commercial market was launched in the 1920s, with the first hybrid</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">maize (corn). Hybrid seed cannot be saved, as the seed from the first generation of hybrid plants does not reliably produce true copies, therefore, new seed must be purchased for each planting.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They are the first generation of two different parental lines of the same species. They are however, an experiment, sometimes the traits you wanted to pass don’t, and sometimes they don’t germinate.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One issue to bring to light is the fact that farmers were being forced to buy new seed every year because of the thought that the hybrid seed cannot be saved and used again. Unfortunately it has also been reported that certain hybrids are difficult to germinate and maintain causing the purchase of artificial chemicals and excessive irrigation.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So is hybrid seed GMO? Technically – yes. But it must be noted that you can create hybrids of different cultivars in a more natural setting.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The actual production of hybrid seed is also an expensive process. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is quite unfortunate – the hybridizing program should focus on reducing those factors, not increasing them.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is Genetically Modified Seed? (just a note – big baddy corporations that make this seed have actually tried to charge farmers when the GMO seed accidentally cross-pollinates with another crop not owned by the big bad corporation – that’s really disgusting isn’t it?)</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8314775022247200740&postID=7998244922398029059" name="geo"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8314775022247200740&postID=7998244922398029059" name="phy"></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Genetic Engineering is a subject of great controversy and debate. In the case of GMO and our food it is defined by altering the genetics of an organism to get desired traits. However, nature has been doing this for a very long time. Naturally, we should leave it up to nature and be very conscientious of what and where we are growing our own food. Nature has its own way of genetically modifying organisms through bacteria and pollination.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When we decided to try it for ourselves in a lab we got mad scientist about it and decided to build “tricky genes”. That is – taking genes from something that is not the actual plant or a relative of the plant, tricking the bio-chem, inserting it into the genetics of a plant at the right time and boom! New plant.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>A little science lesson first: </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cells – base structure of all living matter – humans have approximately 3 million cells. They are composed of membrane, organelles for digestion, storage, excretion, and a nucleus – where the genetic code is stored. Proteins are the basic building blocks of cells. DNA is the genetic material that makes up the information a cell passes on when it multiplies.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The idea behind genetic engineering is to take parts of the DNA of one organism and put it together with another. You can’t just do this willy nilly you have to alter the communication of the genes to speak to each other because you can’t cross a fish with a tomato or an insect with corn.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How do they do this? Well – they use viruses. Viruses love their hosts and really want to start multiplying given the right environment. So all the scientist has to do it figure out what works together. Very simply put - you take a plant virus, the bit of code that controls the virus and the organism that you want to eventually steal a trait from and put into the genetics of a plant and “infect” the plant organism with it. (anybody remember Jurassic Park?)</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is not precise or perfect, cannot be controlled and can be unpredictable.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What do the companies that are modifying foods say are the positives?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<ol><li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">here are too many people and more on the way – lets create food for them! AND let’s make it more nutritious!</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">There are too many insects eating crops – farmers suffer, people suffer, make plants that are insect resistant!</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It costs too much to hire people pick weeds – we can’t till the weeds – we can’t spray herbicides – or can we? Hey! If we create a plant that is RoundUp resistant – we can spray once? Right? One application of roundup is okay?</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Viruses and disease will destroy the crop I planted and spent lots of money fertilizing, watering and helping to grow in a climate it isn’t meant for.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Our CLIMATE IS CHANGING (not Global warming – but climate change – the South East USA had 4 major snow storms this year – as compared to maybe 1 per year from 1980-2000) – frost killed the seedlings – let’s put fish “antifreeze” in there!</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Let’s change rice so that it has more vitamins so that the third world countries can stay over-populated but well fed.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Vaccines require storage – let’s make edible ones that grow in the ground – just slice up a tomato and get your vaccinations.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Let’s grow some trees that can suck lots of the toxic metal tailings we’re putting in the ground out and our ground-water will be cleaner! (uh...)</span></span></span></span></b></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What are the drawbacks?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<ol><li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Insects can be affected. Toxins in the GMO plants affect the insects that depend on pollen.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The GMO plants can significantly reduce the effectiveness of pesticides and herbicides (we make resistant ones, nature makes stronger ones)</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cross pollination and cross breeding – remember the first couple of paragraphs? Well – hello?</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Allergies anyone? Some of these gene cocktails could create new allergies or make existing ones more severe.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If it is hurting insects – do you think – maybe - it might hurt us in the long run? We have no idea what the long term affects are.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is expensive, all the way around – and the poor farmer who accidentally lets nature take its course and end up with an open pollinated cross breed? Well you get to pay Monsanto for your new cultivar.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
</ol></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Are the governments of the world wary?</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Of course they are – it is very early in this process and while some people have banned them outright – others have such concern for the poverty in their nation that they may end up utilizing them.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> We need to approach this with our eyes and ears opened.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What about the good ole US of A? We’re so freaking bureaucratic that we have 3 agencies and multiple departments that deal with the regulation of these items. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture – yes – the ones who are responsible for e.coli and salmonella inspections) are in charge of deciding which foods are safe to grow. The EPA is in charge of deciding what could harm the environment and humans. Bottom line is the FDA can only deal with food additives, but in the end decides whether a food is safe to eat and because GMO foods are considered equal to their non-GMO counterparts they are not subject to FDA regulation.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Earth offers us an opportunity for symbiosis. We have seriously scarred and hurt what we have been given for our lusty desires. We are messing with evolution, we see people dying because there is not enough food, and that one of the excuses for playing Creator (did we cause some of the poverty? Yes. Are we responsibly for raping the Earth? Yes.). We were given great minds – but also morality, if we cannot see and understand that in some cases this devastation is to create balance, that the Earth was not meant to sustain our current growth, we are blind. Misplaced morality for profit is just as dangerous as ignoring those in need.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What you can do:</span></span></span></b><br />
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<ul><li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Avoid engineered foods – and even avoid foods that are not grown with an organic process. Unfortunately – this doesn’t mean that massive amounts of money weren’t spent to amend the soil, create and apply organic fertilizers and pesticides, and that essentially illegal slave labor wasn’t used to harvest. It also doesn’t mean it is within your 100 mile food shed.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Demand clear choice and non-GE products from your supermarket</span></span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Join a local environmental group and campaign against GE crops and GE food.</span></span></span></span></b></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">References:</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/pusztai.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/pusztai.html</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.psrast.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.psrast.org/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.25pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.mimi.hu/gardening/cross_pollination.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://en.mimi.hu/gardening/cross_pollination.html</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></span></span>allison burguenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777632347070082334noreply@blogger.com0