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Posted on April 19, 2020by The Zero-Waste Chef
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This is my third loaf of sourdough potato bread. I This is my third loaf of sourdough potato bread. I had hoped to test it more this week but it’s been way too hot and humid for the last few days. We’ll have some relief over the weekend so I fed my starter this morning in anticipation of the cooler weather. . Once again, I have none of my tools here for baking sourdough but I’m making it work. My daughter does have a Dutch oven (yay!) that I bought her when she started university. This has a 5-quart capacity. Mine at home is 6 3/4, which is larger then you need for sourdough but great for cooking just about everything. . Today at 4pm EDT on IG Live, a follower will join me to show me her ferments that are giving her trouble—including a sluggish sourdough starter. Link in profile for getting in the queue for a one-on-one live diagnosis.
This echinacea comes from my sister's yard. If you This echinacea comes from my sister's yard. If you're looking for something easy to plant, how about some common medicinal herbs? . Studies show that echinacea: 🌱 Boosts immune function 🌱 Has hormonal, antiviral and antioxidant effects 🌱 Reduces inflammation 🌱 Relieves allergies 🌱 Relieves pain . Link in profile for a list of the benefits of various herbs. Please keep in mind that my blog post does not dispense medical advice, just information on some of the potential benefits of various common herbs.
I planted our cherry tree in 2003. It took four ye I planted our cherry tree in 2003. It took four years to bear fruit but since then has produced sweet, juicy cherries summer after summer. I’m pretty sure I spent only $17 on the tree. In today’s dollars, that works out to 2 pounds of fresh cherries. . We usually freeze lots of these cherries after pitting them. Swipe to see my homemade cherry pitting tool that I made out of an inexpensive fork. I’m possibly irrationally proud it this little tool. Several years ago, my daughter had bought a flimsy cherry pitter at the store, and while she returned that at my request, I made an indestructible tool that cost me nothing. . Link in profile for pitting and freezing cherries. It’s a short season so enjoy it while you can!
I'm very excited about the recipe I've been workin I'm very excited about the recipe I've been working on this weekend: sourdough potato bread. I'm about to bake this boule and work on another iteration. I've been using the water I boiled the potatoes in as the liquid to bake a no-waste loaf. The flavor of the first loaf was amazing (so no food waste because we eat every crumb 😋). I'll post the recipe once I have tested it thoroughly. . I also have compiled my most popular and useful sourdough recipes and posts into one page on my blog so people don’t have to search around for stuff. Link in profile for that. . I hope you’re all doing well 🤗
Bulk bins in action. . I’m now hunkered down in Bulk bins in action. . I’m now hunkered down in a different city during my extended stay up here in Canada. Earlier this week, I stumbled upon some gravity bulk bins that are open for business at @goodnessme_naturalfoodmarket in Guelph, Ontario (the scoop bins are closed for now). Customers cannot use their own jars or bags for the gravity bins but the store does provide brown paper bags (at this location at least...I don’t know about other locations). . What is the bulk situation in your city? Please let others know where they can still shop for bulk these days. Some stores have closed all their bulk bins and others are doing curbside pickup in returnable jars. . Link in profile for ideas on reducing pandemic plastic. . Wishing you all a happy, healthy weekend 😊😘
Well before the pandemic, Big Oil had pumped billi Well before the pandemic, Big Oil had pumped billions of dollars into plastics manufacturing. Faced with more competition from renewable energy sources and dwindling demand for its products, the industry hopes to make up for these losses by pushing more plastic (which is made from fossil fuels). And now, even lower demand for fossil fuels due to the pandemic—travel has ground to a halt, for example—will make plastics appear more attractive to Chevron et al. . Meanwhile, the plastics industry has been busily trying to convince the public that plastic is safer than disposables and has lobbied governments to overturn plastic bag bans. In reality, Covid-19 lives longer on plastic (up to 72 hours) than other materials, such as cardboard (up to 24 hours). . Although we may not be able to shop exactly as we used to, we can still reduce our plastic footprint in many ways. Also, keep in mind that zero-waste living goes beyond the plastic packaging. It’s a whole lifestyle—a package deal. Do your best and don’t feel guilty about things you can’t control. . Link in profile for my latest blog post “12 Ways to Fight the Pandemic Plastic Push.”
“Bookshop.org hopes to play Rebel Alliance to Am “Bookshop.org hopes to play Rebel Alliance to Amazon’s Empire.” — The Chicago Tribune . Like other American small businesses, independent bookstores are struggling to survive during the pandemic. As of the time of this posting, @bookshop_org has raised $1,601,655.72 for indies through online sales. . When you order a book through the site and pick an indie store to support, 30 percent of the sale will go to that shop. If you choose from a list like the one I created this morning, 10 percent of the sale goes into a fund that will be distributed among Bookshop.org's participating independent bookstores. Another 10 percent goes to the list creator (me in this case and thank you). Books are distributed by Ingram, one of the largest book wholesalers in the world. . Link in profile for my book list (so far). And please tell me what you are reading!
Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Danone hope to package pr Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Danone hope to package products in plastics made from plant-based sugars. . "The path-finder project will initially make a modest 5,000 tonnes of plastic every year using sugars from corn, wheat or beets [...] In time, Avantium plans to use plant sugars from sustainable sourced biowaste so that the rise of plant plastic does not affect the global food supply chain." . People want their Coke. But it seems like a waste to grow food crops that people could eat in order to create packaging for food-like products we don't need. Biowaste sounds better (not sure what that is). . Plastic food packaging isn't the only problem. Food that makes us sick is also a problem. . Source: @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/16/the-end-of-plastic-new-plant-based-bottles-will-degrade-in-a-year
. 80 percent hydration 80 percent whole wheat 20 p . 80 percent hydration 80 percent whole wheat 20 percent all-purpose 0 percent specialty equipment . I have none of my stuff here at my mom’s but I’m still able to bake a delicious loaf. It may not look as pretty on the outside as the loaves I usually bake, but as with people, it’s what’s inside that counts. . I hope the pandemic’s blow to our obsession with unattainable cosmetic standards—be it for women, our homes, food or anything else—lasts well beyond the pandemic itself. We’re seeing more real life now online and on TV and it’s refreshing as hell. Everything about our society has to change, including our ridiculous definitions of beauty, designed to make us feel inadequate so we’ll keep shopping. . I wrote a blog post on sourdough starter FAQs and am now working on one for sourdough bread. Please post a question if you have one and I’ll try to answer it in the post. . Link in profile for baking sourdough without the expensive tools.
This is one of my favorite places in Northern Cali This is one of my favorite places in Northern California—Point Lobos. My daughter Charlotte and I made the short trip for her birthday at the beginning of March. Days later, I headed to Canada to see my mom, my daughter MK and my sister. I’ve been here for over two months now. I brought only a carry on bag, a SCOBY and my sourdough starter. So let’s just say I’m embracing my long-time dream of uber minimalism, if not exactly planned! . Today, my sister will drop off jars, books and some spare kitchen equipment. I can’t visit with her—she’s a doctor in a small town that had one of the first and worst outbreaks in Ontario—so we’ll just chat a little bit while physical distancing. I can’t tell you how grateful I will be to get more jars and more books. And while I miss my people and Northern California terribly, I am also grateful to be healthy and in a safe place. . What small things do you appreciate more now?
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