Spring Challenge!

Tomorrow I will be starting my spring cooking challenge.  If you don’t own Aveline Kushi’s book(The Complete Guide To macrobiotic Cooking) don’t fret, I will be posting all the recipes as well as photos and you can follow along. Or, pick your favorite cookbook  or Chef to follow. The point is adding new recipes to […]

Coming soon…Spring Challenge !

I watched the movie “Julia and Julia” the other night and was inspired! What a great way to learn how to cook. I would like to propose the same kind of challenge. But I have a few twists. For starters my “Julia” is Aveline Kushi and I’m thinking 30 recipes not 500 and over the […]

Sprouting Beans

Sprouting beans is a fun, yummy way of enjoying beans. I always start sprouting in the spring. Here are a few tips on how to get started. Lentil sprouts !/2 cup dried Lentils Spring or filtered water Cover and soak lentils in water overnight, drain, keep on your counter out of direct sunlight, rinse and […]

Peachicks…

Step 1 Sort chickpeas and remove any debris. Step 2 Rinse Chickpeas. Step 3 Cover chickpeas with water and soak overnight. Next day: Cooking Step 4 Soak a 3-4 inch pice of Kombu for about 10 min. Step 5 Put kombu in a large pot and place the soaked chickpeas and soaking water on top. […]

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                                                Have a wonderful New Year! 

Thankful

We hope you all had a wonderfull thanksgiving!

Fall Creations

 The Fruits of fall We spent many afternoons so far this fall at U-pick farms,where we picked berries, apples, pears, peaches and more. Such a great outdoor activity!  A day in the sun,fresh air and delicious fruit.   Raspberries  Raspberry kanten 1 1/2 Cups water 1 1/2 Cups apple juice 4 tbsp agar-agar flakes 1 […]

Autumn

What a busy summer! Here we are back in New Haven and it’s fall again. My family and I traveled home to beautiful Prince Edward Island for the summer.I had so much fun catching up with friends and spending time with family. I also had the pleasure of working at my mother’sflower farm , at the […]