What do you do with the middle part of a broccoli stalk? It’s devoid of attractive florets, too complicated to peel, and a bit too tough to chew. This week, I found the perfect answer: put it in your smoothie! Just chop it up into pieces that are up to two inches across, so your […]
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Make a Travel Dining Kit
Learn how to make a thrifty travel dining kit using items you probably already have or can get at a thrift store. My Taster and I used ours dozens of times last year. This kept pounds of plastic and paper out of the landfill and helped us keep our toward zero waste resolution. It also […]
Don’t Do This with Your Vitamix
I made a stupid and painful mistake this week. It could have been very expensive too. I tried to nudge a bit of buoyant kale down into a running blender using the spatula in my hand. The Vitamix sucked it in, blew off the lid, and broke the container. The spatula bashed my hand several […]
What Does a Slice of Pie Cost?
How much are you paying for pie? That depends on how many slices you cut. (See the chart below.) Yesterday I noticed that my Sneaky Wheat Pie Crust recipe and the recipes in Wildly Affordable Organic say twelve, this week’s Blueberry Pie recipe serves eight, and my Apple Pie used to feed just six — […]
Updating a Classic Recipe
In the twelve years that I’ve been running the Cook for Good project, my ingredient palette has changed. My recipes started as vegetarian and shifted to vegan. Now I’m cooking with very little oil and lots of superfoods like mushrooms, blueberries, and turmeric. Many recipes survive with some fine-tuning, like this week’s nomelets (which are […]
