Photo By: L. Nauman As we walked around the market on Friday the aroma of Michigan Strawberries was absolutely intoxicating. It was hanging in the air sweet and sultry. I bought a biggie box and we ate them, shared them and talked endlessly about their unrivaled beauty and flavor. I forget what a real strawberry […]
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To be completely honest, I never really knew what a CSA was. It wasn’t until I became vegan, became a regular at my own local farmers market and befriended an organic farmer that I found out what it meant. So, I would like to share what I know with you, so you never have to […]
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About a month ago I found a local program called the Heirloom Seed Trial. It was created by the Slow Food Huron Valley Group “to promote seed saving and genetic diversity in foods adapted to our region.” The group signed up participants and gave away 30 different varieties of heirloom seeds from the Great Lakes […]
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Every week at the farmers market I am more and more amazed by the beauty and depth of available produce. The mountains of fresh corn and the overflowing heaps of beans and tomatoes. The colors and smells are like no other. It is like a gift for your eyes and your belly. I love everything […]
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One of my most beloved foods of Summer is melon. I love them all…. cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew. Each one has their own distinct and succulent flavor. Cantaloupe is musky and sensual while watermelon is playful and bright. They are unbelievably juicy and sweet right now so they have become full time residents in our fridge […]
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A wonderful friend of ours gave us a bottle of Kombucha Tea to experience so I brought it out at Movie Night. When you bill an evening at your home as “Mind Expanding,” I feel like you should deliver. I opened the bottle and immediately smelled the sediment filled liquid. It is my thing…I am […]
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The funniest thing happened over the weekend at the party we went to. As I explained on Saturday, we were bringing our best vegan dishes to share at our friends 50th birthday party/pig roast. We wanted to make sure we had enough to eat because we were partying all day at a meaty affair and […]
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Sandy and I were travelling with a friend of ours over the weekend to the lovely west coast of Michigan and stayed at a B&B. Last week (6/10) I posted about how happy I was because I had worked out the vegan thing with the B&B ahead of time. They would provide a vegan breakfast […]
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Fun and interesting news! Vegan entrees are the 13th hottest food trend for 2010 says the National Restaurant Association. In the main dish category, meatless courses ranked #11 while vegan main dishes were #13. The number one overall trend was locally grown produce. If we are buying as much local produce as we can get […]
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We went to our local farmers market Saturday with our friend Amy. It was alive with energy, families and veggie possibilities. I love going there. Every time we go, I wonder to myself…why don’t we do this every weekend? The produce is beautiful, inexpensive and a lot of it is locally grown. It is the […]
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