Fermentation Fun
Fermented vegetables are more than food—they manifest the intelligence of nature and the symbiotic dance between microbes and humans.
Food
“Chile Verde de Colorado con Cerdo y Frijoles”
The big three ingredients (pork, peppers, and beans) were all from the Centennial State, so we decided to name the dish “Chile Verde de Colorado con Cerdo y Frijoles.”
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Zen Shrimp
We love to eat shrimp. When it’s cooked just right over hot coals, it melts in your mouth- succulent, rich, and buttery. Ordering shrimp out can be a bit risky; sometimes it arrives perfectly cooked and delicious, but just as often, it comes to the table rubbery with a vein of shrimp shit running through
Two For Tuesday – November 12th, 2024
Road Pie We have owned “The Bus” for over a decade, and while we still have not used it for the reason it was intended (an awesome Western States loop tour through every state west of the Mississippi), we have spent a fair amount of time living in her, mostly in Texas. In all that
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Got Milk?
The federal government banned the sale of raw milk across state lines about three decades ago. There are presently about a dozen states where you can purchase raw milk at a retail store, and there are another dozen where all unpasteurized dairy products are illegal. A significant number now allow direct-to-consumer sales of raw milk,
It’s What’s for Dinner
We’ve been focused on health, nutrition, and fitness at 3mph.org since the beginning (six years ago). We were interested before; we just didn’t take it as seriously. Once we graduated into our sixties, however, it became apparent that we couldn’t afford only to be interested, we needed to be fully invested and hyper-focused. For the
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Smoky Hill Chili
The wind is howling again today, ugh. It’s been blowing for days and everyone in town is grinding their teeth; angry and edgy, hoping for a bit of calm before they go stark raving mad. I thought seasonal affective disorder (SAD) was just a wintertime thing, but it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard when the
Carrot, Apple & Ginger Juice
We’ve been juicing for a dozen years, and love the antioxidant buzz we get from downing a big glass of fresh-blended roots, fruits, and veggies. Numerous studies have proven that the consumption of vegetables and fruits is correlated to a lower incidence of chronic disease. Drinking vegetable and fruit juice is an efficient way to
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Garden Fresh Breakfast
One of the things I truly love about this time of year is walking out the back door of the cottage into the cool morning sunshine and harvesting breakfast from the garden. We backed off on the garden this year. It’s a lot of work and we didn’t want to get as tied down as
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Mmm… Cookies
“People have got to learn: if they don’t have cookies in the cookie jar, they can’t eat cookies.” ~ Suze Orman I have a love / hate relationship with cookies. I love to create them and I love to eat them but I hate that I can’t seem to control myself around them. The cookie
Blue Goose Sourdough Streusel Muffins
It’s the middle of summer and too warm for long, high temperature bread baking sessions, so we need to find other opportunities for creating baked goods from our sourdough culture at feeding time. We keep it in the fridge and pretty thick but it still needs to eat every month or so. We just got
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Whole Wheat Tortillas
I’m not sure what it is about the simple act of making tortillas that brings me so much joy. If I valued my time relative to dollars, the way I was trained, DIY tortillas wouldn’t make much sense. But I don’t relate my time to money anymore – I value creativity over convenience now. Making
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Hemp Encrusted Multi-Grain Muffins
One of my passions over the last half dozen years has been sourdough bread. I’ve been fascinated by fermentation for even longer however. It all began with beer making a decade or so ago and I love creating my own beers. In fact we’re prepping to do some brewing in the very near future, just
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