Hunger is not a problem. It is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank I tell my girls, when they balk at eating something, that only people with good fortune and full bellies have the luxury of … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Caramel Sauce
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? ~Satchel Paige My middle daughter turned ten and I was born near the middle of another century. Middle of life. Muddle of it, too, it seems at times. A clutter of chaos. I think people take pictures so that they can tame … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Curried Chickpeas and Sweet Potato
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living. ~Eleanor Roosevelt It does not get much simpler than this. Chick peas and sweet potatoes cooked with fragrant spices. Frugal - with huge nutritional bang for your buck. If you are used to buying canned … [Read more...]
Fast and Easy Sweet Thai Chili Cabbage
In the night the cabbages catch at the moon, the leaves drip silver, the rows of cabbages are a series of little silver waterfalls in the moon. -Carl Sandburg Cheap, packed with nutrition, and - yes - even beautiful, the virtues of cabbage are so often overlooked. There are more … [Read more...]
Kitchen Challenge for January 2014
Three. That's the number of mostly used bottles of barbecue sauce I found in the fridge yesterday when I was looking for a half-used carton of sour cream. Four. That's how bags of vegetable bits flirting with freezer burn that I discovered waiting to be made into split … [Read more...]