Remember all those dried vegetables you carefully dehydrated and stored away? It's time to bring them out and use them to cook with - but do you know how to bring them back to a usable state of re-hydration so you can present them to your family? Commercially-produced dried foods today are at a … [Read more...] about Bring Dried Vegetables Back to Life
Vegetables You Can Eat Raw
I remember going to a party once: a party of gardeners, because those are the sorts of parties I go to. We had a potluck, and someone started grating all sorts of vegetables into a salad. I was shocked. You can eat those raw? If you're looking to save energy, you dislike cooking, or you just feel … [Read more...] about Vegetables You Can Eat Raw
Healthy Ways to Decorate Cakes
Sure, it’s easy to open a container of frosting and slather it on a cake, but how healthy is that? I’ve come across some ways to decorate cakes in a healthier manner. I’ve also found a few delicious recipes for frosting and ganache that you might find to be healthier alternatives to some you’ve been … [Read more...] about Healthy Ways to Decorate Cakes
Make-Ahead Mushroom Soup
We have many family recipes that we love to use in the fall and winter, but the trouble is, many of them use extremely unhealthy ingredients. In particular, many of our family recipes call for canned cream soups, such as mushroom soup. Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup contains several unhealthy … [Read more...] about Make-Ahead Mushroom Soup
Guide to Sprouting Beans, Seeds and Grains
Sprouting is the method of germinating seeds and beans in a moist environment, increasing the nutritional value when eaten raw or cooked. It is a great way to provide a nutritional powerhouse of a vegetable for your table because sprouting increases the bio-availability of … [Read more...] about Guide to Sprouting Beans, Seeds and Grains