Pollan Painting #3: Sequoia National Pork
By Amanda Rose | Fun
The blast-from-the-past Pollan Painting series celebrates the release of Michael Pollan’s book
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The blast-from-the-past Pollan Painting series celebrates the release of Michael Pollan’s book
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Natural Home
If you get eaten by mosquitoes, lemon eucalyptus oil may be your best friend. Whether you are sitting on your American porch in the summer slapping your forearms and neck or traveling to a country with malaria-carrying mosquitoes, keep a small bottle of a lemon eucalyptus oil blend with you. A 2006 study found lemon […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Citrus
When it comes to assembling stunningly simple and elegant fruit desserts, you will need a stash of lemon curd. You can buy the curd in a jar…for quite a few bucks. It is much more satisfying and healthy, however, to make your own with good honey, butter, and eggs from your own chickens (or maybe […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Cilantro
We first tried this cilantro salsa last year when we enjoyed a great variant of a Columbian potato soup, Ajiaco. We loved the soup but thought the salsa we garnished it with was the real sleeper of the meal. Each time we have blended up the sauce since, I have wondered why I don’t keep […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Super Foods
Healthy seafood is becoming an increasingly complicated food item to buy. We may have lakes or rivers near our homes that experts tell us not to fish in because of the toxins in the fish. There are polluted areas around the globe with seafood and fresh water fish we are probably best to avoid. Many […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Greens
Until this spring, we never had the need to preserve garden greens in this household. We easily ate the bit of greens coming out of our garden. We typically consume store-bought greens immediately or end up composting the green slime they turn into. (I am sure we are the only household that does not finish […]
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