Posts Tagged ‘recipes’

Meal in a Box?

One of the delights of participating in community supported agriculture is not knowing what food you’ll get from week to week. One box from your farm may contain bok choy, broccoli, garlic scapes and other goodies. And another may hold cherry tomatoes, shallots, eggplant and more. These welcome surprises can inspire delicious experiments, and one experiment is to put everything together in one dish without a …

When Life Hands You an Eggplant

We all know the adage “When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” Well, when life—or a local farm—hands me an eggplant, I make ratatouille. A recent delivery from my CSA and a trip to a farm in Maryland just happened to yield pretty much everything I needed for this delicious dish, which can be eaten hot or cold. The only question was if I should roast the vegetables or sauté them.

City Renewed launched in February with the goal of becoming DC’s comprehensive green resource. No other site in town has a calendar of upcoming environmental events, a complete directory of local green businesses and a blog that focuses exclusively on living green in DC.

City Renewed is constantly improving to provide our fellow Washingtonians with the best, well-rounded information on everything green in the District. In that vein, we are excited to announce daily themed blog posts and 7 new contributors to the site.

When a recession hits, one of the first things to go is unnecessary pleasure like smoothies. Let’s face it, smoothies are expensive, especially good ones from places like Juice Joint and Java Green.

In addition to being expensive, smoothies are also really good for you. With crazy illnesses like swine flu flying around, building up your immune system and making sure you’re getting proper nutrition is important.

So how can you have a …