Health is more than simply not being sick. My old, and slightly dusty, print dictionary defines it thusly: “Health is the condition of being sound in body, in mind, and in spirit. It includes this as well: “freedom from physical disease and pain.” Food is […]
Making chicken soup is a basic cooking skill that everyone should know. It’s not hard, and yet it does take some practice to get good at. Indeed, every human endeavor takes practice to get good at, from walking, to reading, to driving a car. Men […]
Garbanzo beans are popular in parts of Mexico. They grow very well in the Sierra Madre Occidental (Western Sierra Madre mountains) because the climate is much like that of Asia Minor, in what is now Eastern Turkey, where the plant originated. This climate is called […]
Onion for a cold. Did you ever hear of eating onion when you have a cold? I have heard that since I was a kid. But the onion was part of the comfort food for being sick. My favorite is a grilled cheese “sammich” with […]
January is also called “Canuary” by some of us homesteaders. There are two ways to look at this celebration. You can either can something every day in January. Or, you could try to eat something out or your pantry or “cantry” every day. Or both […]
Nope. Not all “sage” is truly sage. Apologies to my English teachers, but I hope I caught your attention with the title. I wish to call attention to the fact that many plants are called “sage,” but only some of them are the sage […]
Flavor is important in our meals. We all need to eat so that our bodies can function. The difference between simply fueling our bodies and savoring a meal comes down to flavor. Flavor for Savor My New Years resolution was to try to eat something […]
Arugula is Called a Superfood The nutritional value of arugula is a long bit of information, so we have posted it here on it’s own page. We don’t want you to have to wade through tons of text to get to the recipes. Ways to […]
First, note that Dia de Muertos is not some sort of Mexican Halloween. In fact, Day of the Dead is about as opposite to Halloween as you can get. It’s not about creepy spooky scary things – it is a celebration of life! Dia de […]
Feel hungry? Hunger is a physiological mechanism designed to tell us when we need to have sustenance. It is an important survival mechanism and is primarily governed by hormones secreted by our body. This article was researched in response to a discussion I had at […]
