Posts Tagged ‘sustainable’

Not Your Mother’s Tabbouleh

On summer nights, the mere thought of firing up the oven or standing over the stove with a stir-fry can make you start sweating. But how do you eat raw vegetables for months without dying of boredom? By incorporating a couple of pantry items and remembering that “salads” aren’t just the great-looking leafy greens and colorful vegetables you picked up at the farmers’ market. Varying your meals with …

Today’s consumer has a wide variety of personal care products to choose from. Soaps, shampoos, creams and lotions come in an extensive range of prices and all promise some sort of improvement to your appearance.

However the potential risks are often overlooked or dismissed.  Choosing a safe product that is also eco-friendly is particularly difficult because there is no common regulation that would help a consumer …

You Say Tomato

When I was growing up, a “cherry tomato” was red, about an inch in diameter, and was OK. A mild-mannered little sibling of what I knew as a “tomato.” At some point, I learned about plum, beefsteak and grape tomatoes. But it wasn’t until recent years, as I made more and more trips to farmers’ markets, that I discovered the amazingly varied world of tomatoes—a world that …

Five years ago, I went to a yoga class at a neighborhood gym with my mom. I thought was going to be very slow and boring because everyone in the class was a lot older than me. However, after the first hour, I was already out of breath. My legs were sore, and I had a hardly balance myself.

My point …

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 …