These healthy, moist raspberry chocolate banana muffins are made from oat flour that you make yourself! Easy and quick recipe. Bake them up for breakfast or a quick snack on the run. They can be made in a large batch and freeze some to eat later. It is amazingly easy to […]
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Planting Peppers and Eggplant
It’s May, and here in Central California it’s summer planting season! Yesterday I got 3 pepper plants and 2 eggplant plants planted. Here’s what I did: 1) Prepare your soil. I amend mine with the following. Spread the amendments evenly across the soil and dig under 6-8 inches. For each […]
Community Garden Plot
I have a new organic community garden plot that I will be using to teach gardening and cooking classes. I have 3 teen volunteers who’ve been helping me get the plot ready for planting. Check out this short video about the teens and the community garden in Scotts Valley, California.
Bread in a Tin Can—Backpacking!
It’s spring break, so my daughter went backpacking with a friend and her dad. She wanted to bring bread, but didn’t want it to get squished in her backpack, so we made bread in tin cans! Here’s the recipe. Allow 2½ hours from start to finish.
Hummus
Here’s a recipe for making homemade hummus in a food processor. Use organic ingredients whenever possible. If cooking in a pot, soak beans the night before, adding water about 2 inches above the top of the beans. Rinse and drain the beans. Here’s a link with step-by-step instructions on how […]
Vegetarian Lasagne
This step by step video teaches you how to make a vegetarian lasagne.