If you have a garden, you are probably already laughing. Saying “organized garden harvest” is kind of like saying “orderly retreat.” If someone claims it, they are probably rewriting history. But every year, I tweak my approach and make progress with my methods. Not only am I learning new techniques that help me, but new ideas […]
The Truth About Breast Milk Supply and Demand
I have now nursed seven babies, some of them through difficult circumstances such as oral surgery or having a broken arm. I’ve breastfed for various lengths of time, with my longest nurser going past her 2nd birthday. I have also nursed through sickness, sometimes the baby’s and sometimes my my own. I have even nursed […]
Dehydrating Garlic the Easy Way
As I buried my wet face in the towel, I became shockingly aware that it had been hanging to dry in the same room where the garlic had been processing in the Excalibur Food Dehydrator. So, Rule #1 for dehydrating garlic: don’t hang your swimming pool towel in the same room. Even the mild mix […]
Pureed Zucchini Soup Base for People with Teeth
Pureed vegetables have a dubious reputation. For many of us, they are still considered the horrible fate of those without teeth. Some of you may speak blithely of kale and spinach smoothies, but I have worked in a nursing home. I have seen, and smelled, what a blender does to meat and vegetables. Once, after […]
Dehydrate Onions for Fun and Easy Winter Eating
You haven’t smelled onions until you you have chopped enough all at once for 9 trays in the dehydrator – and lived to tell about it. That much onion smell stimulates new dimensions of olfactory confusion. And it’s not over once the chopping is done. After that, there are the hours with the dehydrator running. Onions […]