Category: Food Stamp Challenge Recipes
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 […]
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 […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 22: A Nifty Book
Now, those of you who travel in organic food circles will roll your eyes and point out this is soooo two years ago. Please, feel free. I’ll wait. Regardless of how this heretofore slipped past me, during my exploration of ways to eat well and cheaply this month, I finally stumbled over Linda Watson’s wonderful […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 9: Leftovers Frittata
With the lovely gift of a dozen eggs from a chicken-raising friend Rachel to supplement our diet this week, I wanted to make something with it! One thing I’ve subjected my husband to for years is a frittata made with whatever’s in the veggie drawer. Why? It’s cheap. Even store-bought eggs of top quality can […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 7: One of the Best Soups Ever, or Making Up with Lentils
I have issues with most lentil soup recipes. I like the thought of lentils — inexpensive, fast-cooking, take on the sumptuous flavors of whatever you cook them with, and super-high in protein for active human bodies like ours. But no matter what I’ve ever done to them, the result has always been something…I don’t know….lentil-y. […]
Food Stamp Challenge Day 6: Gallo Pinto – and Gifts!
Today I was able to make one of my favorite dishes, a holdover from the time I spent in Costa Rica. The informal national dish of Costa Rica is gallo pinto – spotted rooster – which is a jazzed-up dish of black beans and rice. There are as many variants in Costa Rica as there […]
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