How to Grow Microgreens
In part, this method comes from Ann Wigmore’s book “Sprouting.” I have added modifications of my own.
1. For each tray of microgreens, soak 1-1/2 cups seeds (sunflower or buckwheat) overnight in a 1/2 gallon mason jar. Use seeds still in their hulls. Drain and rinse fully after soaking. Add a stainless steel sprout screen and metal ring to the top of each jar. Tip each jar on its side and…
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Cast Iron Cookware: Alternative to Teflon and Hard Anodized Aluminum
The well-known non-stick cookware surfaces — Teflon and hard anodized aluminum — should be avoided because of health concerns. Teflon, by DuPont, and other similar surfaces, “may release little bits of inert plastic into the food when cooked, as well as toxic fumes over high heat,” according to Earth Easy. The other non-stick alternative — hard…
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My GNOWFGLINS™ Pantry List
My pantry is never as full as this list would suggest. Don’t use this list as the end all authority for your own natural foods pantry. Use it as a starting place for evaluating and/or improving your own pantry. Most everything in it is good for us, but it would start working against us if we over-indulged in one particular area. The items in our pantry reflect our belief in…
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Getting There, Working Toward, GNOWFGLINS™
Those who stumble here, or purposely visit, could easily assume that we have “arrived” in terms of reaching our goals of eating GNOWFGLINS™ (God’s Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season).
We haven’t. But we’re working toward it.
Even before we bought this property in the Pacific Northwest on which we now live, we had a goal to provide most of our own food. But lately, this desire burns within us…
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