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One Potato Makes Many Potatoes

goodfood — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:42:54 +0000

I had 3 potatoes that started to sprout so I left them in the wicker basket where I keep my potatoes, onions and garlic. These were red potatoes and they started developing leaves instead of the regular root sprouts that I am accustom to seeing in regular potatoes. So I let the new growth develop for a coupe of weeks. Finally I could wait no longer and put them into soil in a container from a shrub I purchased last year. I guess I get a brownie point for recycling that container. After 2 weeks my potato plant looks like this.

Healthy Potatoe Sprout

Whole Baby Carrot Recipe

goodfood — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:15:15 +0000

If you are in a hurry and you want a side dish for dinner that is quick, healthy and tasty try this recipe using whole baby carrots http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/whole-baby-carrot-recipe.html

The nice thing about this recipe is it can be modified with some cooked pasta to make it a whole meal in still under 20 minutes. Carrots are a rich in vitamin A, dietary fiber, antioxidants and minerals. The ingredients for this recipe cost under $4.00 so it is a great way to save money on food and still eat gourmet meals.

Plastic Bag Lifetime Cycle VS Mesh Bags

goodfood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:39:42 +0000

Realizing the lifetime of a product and it’s environment footprint can make you aware of the greatest impact you can have on the world. The term “Lifetime of a product” means how many times it is used before it is tossed out in the landfill or dump. The shortest lifecycle of the top contender s for waste product is plastic bags from the grocery store. Say we go shopping and put our produce like lettuce, tomatoes and onions in plastic bags, then that is 3 plastic bags that we throw away. The usefulness of a plastic produce bag is about one hour, the time it takes you to get home.

The best bag to place your vegetables and fruit in is a fine mesh bag that can be reused over and over then laundered when dirty. Mesh bags have a lifetime of a couple of years as opposed to the plastic bags which clutter our landfills. Local health food stores, Co-ops and farmers markets may have mesh bags for produce in your area. If you are having a hard time finding fine mesh bags you can try making them or there are a couple of places online that sell them. Fine mesh bags for produce are expensive but when you add up the savings to the environment think of all of the plastic you’ll keep out of the landfill.

The only trick to using mesh bags is to remember to put them back in your car and use them whenever you go shopping.

Tap Water Safety

goodfood — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:37:12 +0000

People that need to drink tap water should to be aware of basic tap water safety precautions.

Alway let water run for at least a minute in the morning before you drink it or use it for cooking. Water will absorb ingredients from the pipes when water sits in the pipes for a few hours.
Always use cold water from the tap to drink or to cook with. Hot water comes from the hot water heater and can include sediment, rust and other materials that gather at the bottom of the tank. You can periodically bleed the bottom of the boiler tank to make it safer for washing dishes.
Put an open container of cold water into the refrigerator so the chlorine can evaporate before you drink it.

Crushed Herbs Bottle

goodfood — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:38:03 +0000

Say your cooking white bean chili and your recipe calls for crushed cloves what do you do? You can use a mortar and pestal, but what if you don’t have one? I had an empty sea salt bottle around with the grinder top. I figured I would save it for a spice jar and it really came in handy. I made a nice clove powder by twisting the top. Whenever I see sea salt in those jars that are on sale I buy it because they can be reused for other spices when they are empty. The best part about reusing these jars is each spice can have its own grinder so the flavor stays true and you don’t need to worry about using one grinder for everything and having your cilantro taste like cloves. The only down side is you need to soak the sea salt label off the outside of the jar with hot water. I do not recommend you use pepper grinders unless they have never been filled with pepper. The pepper is such a strong odor you can’t get the pepper smell out and anything you put into a pepper grinder will still taste like pepper.

Sprouting Seeds at Home

goodfood — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:13:30 +0000

Growing Sprouts at Home

The cost of sprouting your own seeds cost substantially less than buying them fully grown from a store. Prices on fully grown alfalfa sprouts at a supermarket can cost anywhere from $1.69 to $2.99 for a plastic pint container. Alfalfa seeds are lightweight and an 8 oz bag of organic alfalfa seeds only costs $5. Non organic alfalfa seeds cost $5 for about 16 oz.

Read more on how to sprout seeds for less at www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/sprout-seeds-for-less.html

Seed Sprouter