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  • Sustainable Eating-for you and the planet…

    michelle January 3, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Recipes, Sustainable Agriculture

    One way to start the new year is by eating better. January is probably the month when more people vow to eat better, lose weight and start working out, than any other month of the year. Eating better is also one way to take a big step in living more sustainably. Conveniently, doing better for your

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  • No Impact Man and Planet Green

    michelle victoria August 26, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Films to see, Gardens and Farms

    If you have not seen the film No Impact Man and have channel Planet Green you are in luck. Saturday, August 28, at 10/9c pm No Impact Man will have its television premier. This is a great film and you can read about in another post. What I liked so much about the film is

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  • Eggplant, Zucchini and Potato

    michelle victoria August 23, 2010     No Comment     Farmers Markets, Recipes

    Once again necessity sparked my creativity and luckily something delicious came out of it. I was getting ready to head back to Santa Fe and wanted to finish off what I had in the fridge….all bought at Saturday’s Playa Vista farmers market (This was my first time there and I really liked it. It’s small

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  • Eggplant and Quinoa

    michelle victoria August 2, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Recipes

    Here is a pretty quick one and just in time as more and more eggplant shows up at farmers markets. I am going out of town in a few days so I looked to see what I had in the fridge that I needed to use. Here is what I found: spring red onions, fresh shallots,  green

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  • Deconstructing Supper-Is Your Food Safe?

    michelle victoria July 28, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Films to see, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Restaurants, Sustainable Agriculture, Video Clips

    I am once again watching movies to select what we will be showing for the Santa Fe Farmers Market Film Series, which starts back up again in January. I just saw a great one on where our food comes from called Deconstructing Supper. The film follows chef John Bishop, who owns the five star restaurant

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  • A Delicious and Healthy Pancake

    michelle victoria July 13, 2010     No Comment     Farmers Markets, Recipes

    Sunday morning I was excited to try out the griddle on a great older model gas stove-the type that has a griddle in between the burners. We had perfectly ripe bananas in the house, as well as fresh blueberries from the farmers market so I decided that it would be a pancake morning. I have

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  • The Curious Palate…your neighborhood kitchen and market

    michelle victoria July 9, 2010     2 Comments     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Recycling, Restaurants, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses

    This is my kind of neighborhood restaurant. At The Curious Palate I found a restaurant/market that really cares about quality and where ingredients come from. They shop and cook like I do at home, but they make things that I probably would never cook at home, so now I can enjoy them without being worried

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  • A New Take on Oatmeal

    michelle victoria June 20, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Recipes

    I will admit right off the bat that I like oatmeal. I eat it quite often and for some reason I have been experimenting with variations lately-cooking has been a creative outlet for me for a long time. This morning’s oatmeal version was a winner and since it is now quite hot in Santa Fe it

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  • Potatoes and Greens

    michelle victoria June 2, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, GMO-GE Information, Los Angeles, Recipes

    This was completely inspired after shopping at the Santa Monica farmers market and the amazing potatoes that I found there from the Weiser family farm. If you are lucky enough to have a local farmers market to shop at experiment with some new produce that you maybe do not usually buy or that you maybe have never

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  • Fresh Farmers Market Salad and Market Pizza/Quesadilla

    michelle April 27, 2010     No Comment     Farmers Markets, Recipes, Restaurants

    I must admit that I have been a bit remiss in posting recipes lately, too much time traveling and finding other seemingly more interesting stories to share. But I just made a lunch that had me think, I have got to share this one. I came up with the idea while driving home and being

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