Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
You can buy a gallon of unrefined organic coconut oil from Mountain Rose Herbs for $39!
With all the baking I've been doing, not to mention slathering the baby belly with coconut oil morning and night, I have been going through a lot of coconut oil. A 54-oz tub from Nutiva, ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
BLUuuuuuuuuurgh. cough. cough. hack. bluuuuuuuuurgh.
I came down with the wicked wickedest of colds this week. Like a hum-dinger of a cold. The kind where you hack all night long and wake up more tired than you were when you went to bed. More specifically, I think this would be called ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Concerned about his ongoing arterial blockages, Bill Clinton took charge of his own health, did some research, and learned that PLANT BASED DIETS CAN REVERSE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. So he went veg. Here's a link to his CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer.
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Oh, pumpkin, you inspire me. The weather is basically the same here in San Francisco - apparently it's always this way - but I still feel fall when I go to the grocery and see a pile of pumpkins and squashes in the produce aisle. I have been waiting for ...
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
I just finished (well, I'm almost finished) reading a book called Your Money or Your Life, by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, and have been pretty inspired by it. I don't think I'm at a point where going through all the (fairly exhaustive) steps makes sense, but I do think ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
I was awakened from a dead sleep this morning at 5 a.m. by a monstrous charley horse in my calf. Oh, it was so painful! I awoke with a whimper, which alarmed Hubs, who sat straight up too. Somehow my mind was functioning well enough to actually tell him what ...
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
Bulk Bins!
What are you looking at?
navy beans
garbanzo beans
black beans
lentils
split peas
hemp protein powder
raisins
baking powder
demerara sugar
evaporated can sugar
panko bread crumbs
vital wheat gluten
instant refried beans
rolled oats
tapioca pearls
whole wheat pastry flour
cornmeal
thyme
rosemary
coriander
cumin
chipotle chile powder
oregano
tarragon
mama-to-be tea
shredded coconut
chocolate chips
...Just a sampling of what you can get in a well-stocked bulk section...
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
This week I was in the mood to make bread. Plain old hearty wheat bread. But alas, I had no yeast. And I'm trying to limit trips to the store. So, what did I do? Improvise! I made yeast-free bread from a recipe I found online.
The great thing about yeast-free ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I am loving this new online tool I discovered for helping determine which commercial products are safe, non-toxic, environmentally sound, and socially responsible. Good Guide has developed a rating system for products based on their ingredients (whether or not the product contains known carcinogens or irritants), environmental impact, and the ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I hope everyone's Labor Day weekend was as lovely as mine! We had the most lovely weather here in San Francisco. I didn't do any cooking the whole weekend - just enjoyed some great SF restaurants. But my sister-in-law did make up a batch of oatmeal cookies from a recipe ...
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