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How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds for a No-Waste Snack
Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? Save your pumpkin seeds and roast them in olive oil, salt and your favorite savory seasoning.
Mexican Hot Chocolate Made on Demand
Say no to plastic bottles of chocolate syrup and hot chocolate packets and yes to Mexican hot chocolate with a hint of cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
10 Easy Zero-Waste Snacks for Kids and Those Who Feed Them
Fill little bellies, not big garbage bags, with these healthy and simple zero-waste snacks for kids.
Better Than Bought: Homemade Nutella Without Palm Oil or Plastic
Once you taste this homemade hazelnut-cocoa spread, you can never go back to store-bought Nutella. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Milking Nut Milks for All Their Worth
Feeling guilty about making almond milk? Use this trick to double the amount you render. Still feel guilty? Pumpkin seed milk will assuage your guilt.
Freestyle Cooking: The Recipe for Eliminating Food Waste
According to a recent USDA study, Americans waste 1 pound of food per person per day at the household level. Now I basically live and breathe waste. I would like to insert the word figuratively into that statement but with plastic pollution in our water, our air, our soil and our food I cannot. Even with […]
Charlotte’s Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cranberry Granola Bars
Click here to jump to the recipe I’ve filed these granola bars under desserts and sweets in my recipe index. From Merriam-Webster cookie noun cook·ie \ ˈku̇-kē \ cookie : a small flat or slightly raised cake These are cookies. Bar cookies to be more precise. Unlike Big Food I will not market these as energy bars, meal replacements, […]
The Lemon Sorbet of Compromise
My daughter Charlotte started feeling sick Friday. As I left for the grocery store to fill up on supplies for my sourdough bread boot camp workshop, she asked me to bring her back sorbet, or sherbet or some other frozen dessert other than ice cream to soothe her throat. I said I would look. In […]