Category: Recipes
One Simple Thing: Homemade Mayonnaise in Less Than Two Minutes
Following on last week’s mustard revelation, one of the best things I started to do this year was to make my own mayonnaise. We don’t use a lot of it, mostly tuna sandwiches, sandwich spread, and cold salads, but one look at the ingredients panel of most mayonnaise containers makes me shudder. And to add insult […]
Five Unorthodox Reasons Why You Should Grow Some Your Own Food (A Little…or a Lot)
In no particular order: When you grow your own stuff, you can tell Monsanto to shove it. In September of 2014, GMO giant Syngenta Crop Protection LLC asked the US Environmental Protection Agency to increase the legal tolerance for neonicotinoid pesticides on crops. Neonicotinoids, as you may have read, are now widely regarded as the […]
One Simple Thing: No-Brainer Organic Bread (even gluten free!) for Less Than a Buck
Time: A trip to the thrift store. Cost: $7.00 – 10.00 investment maximum. Benefits: Health, Money, Deliciousness This is the first in what I hope is a lifelong series on small, super-quick, easy things you can do to live better, eat better, have fun, and green up your life…all at the same time. I […]
Recipe: Black Bean Chili with Alaskan Smoked Porter
Well, yesterday I worked myself into a serious jones for chili while writing about Alaskan Brewing Company. Enjoy this standard recipe from our house for a smoky-spicy vegetarian-or-not chili. (Can be doubled, and you’ll thank yourself if you freeze a batch for later) 2 T olive oil 1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped 1 […]
Looking Forward to 2014: Five Things to Do Differently Next Year (to have more fun, live even better, and do more good)
I don’t generally make New Years resolutions, and fear not, I am not going to start today. But the end of the year usually finds me gnawing on a straw in a coffee shop somewhere, staring off into space and mulling over what I may want to change up in the coming year. (Yep, it’s […]
The Hedonist Hill O’Beans: Why and How to Cook Yourself a Big Ol’ Pot of Beans
During the Whole Foods Food Stamp Challenge month, Mr. GH and I were able to eat very, very well on the maximum monthly SNAP allocation of $367/month, even while shopping exclusively at Whole Foods Market. There is almost no chance we could’ve pulled this off without beans. Many people see beans as really pedestrian fare, […]
Food Stamp Challenge Recipes: Tunisian Couscous
Late in the Food Stamp month I found and adapted this terrific recipe from an old-old gem of a book called Bean Banquets, from Boston to Bombay: 200 International, High-Fiber, Vegetarian Recipes. Really delicious, and it’s a recipe that makes a huge amount, good for several lunches and dinners. NOTE that you have to cook […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 26: What Can Be Hard
Yesterday was a busy work day, and when I finished up at the end of the day, I found myself in front of the fridge with this deep sense of deja vu: What can we eat that’s already made, or so easy I could make it (almost) with my eyes closed? Most of us have […]
Food Stamp Challenge Recipes: Spicy Peanut Soup
This is an alarmingly delicious recipe that packs a huge protein punch. Spicy Peanut Soup 2 T olive oil 2 large onions, diced 2 large organic bell peppers, 1 red and 1 green, diced OR a big bag of frozen organic mixed peppers 2 tsp chopped ginger 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 23: Fail! Looking for a Few Good Tortillas
I’ll let you in on one of our dirty little secrets: Mr. Green Hedonist and I eat a lot of tortillas. As in, a lot. Low-carbers would shudder. We love them as quesadillas, as breakfast burritos with homemade green sauce, wrapped around hummus and crunchy veggies, PB&J with seeds & raisins, you name it. The […]
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