michelle 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
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Recipes, Sustainable Agriculture
This Sunday is the Santa Fe Farmers Market 15th annual Farm Tour. Four farms that are members of the Santa Fe Farmers Market will open their gates for all of us to come for a visit. For most of the day you can drive through beautiful Northern New Mexico, between Santa Fe and Taos, visit
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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
michelle victoria 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
michelle victoria No Comment Farmers Markets, Recipes
Once again inspired by what I found at the farmers market, here is a great, cool summer salad-a side dish or a meal in itself. It seems each week when I come home from the farmers market some new idea comes to mind based on the fruits and vegies that I have found. I must
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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
michelle victoria 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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With all of my talk about toxic chemicals lately I decided that I should also provide some solutions…not just warnings. This also came, I must admit, out of my own search for a natural solution to a clogged drain. In my quest I came upon a number of web sites that show ways to clean
michelle victoria 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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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