It’s that time of year when the world is waking up from sleepy winter and the plants are poking their heads out of their soil beds. Including nettle! Now is the best time to harvest it, when it is young. You can even make pesto with it! I consider nettle…

This is the basic recipe for making an essential oil spray. I did not make up this recipe, however I don’t remember where I found it. The epsom salt is supposed to be an emulsifier to help blend the oil and water but you still should shake before using. See…

Tonight I made potato chips. Lots and lots of them. Like, the whole bag of potatoes. Here’s a tip. A whole bag of potatoes makes way more chips than you can eat in a couple of days. If you do this yourself, you may want to bring it down a…

One of my favorite summer things to do is to make sun tea. Sure, you can heat up water in a tea kettle, add some tea bags, brew then chill, but ho hum! I’d much rather do it this way. It feels like a nod to a simpler time. A…

The recipe I use for pesto is from The Moosewood Cookbook. Here’s my copy of that cookbook. Can you tell it’s well-used? Here is the recipe, with notes on substitutions to make it vegan. It says it makes enough for six servings, but I think it makes more than that.…

I’ve been a muesli fan until recently, really, because granola is usually too sugary for me.  But at the same time, muesli could use a good toasting. Enter homemade granola, where you can control the ingredients! I had a granola recipe from a friend. It had lots of ingredients that…

I’m not sure where I got this recipe—so I apologize in advance for the plagiarism—but I wanted to share it because regular oatmeal is so blah for me, now. This is my favorite cold-weather breakfast! And it makes enough for at least 3 breakfasts (3-4 cups). FRUITED OATMEAL 1 3/4…

The basics Choose your combination of fruit.Add some nuts and/or seeds.Add some cinnamon (nutmeg words, too) Other add-ins/ons: Unsweetened coconutDried fruitUnsweetened yogurtGranola or muesli Sample Recipes Apple Strudel 1 applea handful of raisinschopped walnutsa dash of cinnamon Tropical Treat 1 orange1 kiwi1 datechopped pecansunsweetened dried coconutground flax seeds Banana Bowl…

This recipe is my version of a recipe given to me by a woman named Julie Loveless. Julie was a vegan chef. She had a way with food and I learned from her, including adding a pinch of cayenne to recipes to bring out flavors. Which, now that I’m an…