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TheVeggieQueen

Rooting Around For Mushrooms and More

Veggie Queen Adventures | November 21st 2009 by Veggie

Last night I went to a SOMA meeting and listened to David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified (which is still a big mystery to me) and All that the Rain Promises and More..., and William Rubel, friends and myco-cohorts discuss the Aminita Muscaria read more

Dvtown

November in the Vegetable Garden

The Home Garden | November 21st 2009 by Dave

As strange as it may sound there are things still growing in the vegetable garden in November and it's not because of our unusually warm weather. Unfortunately there is only one vegetable growing but there are several kinds of herbs that are doing gr read more

newindian

Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cys…

Zamp BioTopics | November 21st 2009 by Zamp

Scientists have discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body’s inflammatory response to infection and injury. The finding has read more

newindian

Cover crop basics for winter

Zamp BioTopics | November 21st 2009 by Zamp

Cover crops are a great option for late fall and early winter. Sometimes called green manures, cover crops help to protect your soil from issues like erosion and becoming too compact during times when it would normally just be sitting around fallow ( read more

leslee

10 Reasons To Grow Hydroponic Fruit

Organic Vegetable Gardening | November 20th 2009 by Lee Power

Here are some of the major reasons why you must produce your own Hydroponic Fruit as opposite to using customary soil based techniques! read more

bumblebeeblog

A Deposit into the Seed Vault

A Bumblebee Garden | November 20th 2009 by Robin W.

I recently ordered a copy of Ken Druse’s Making More Plants. I wasn’t 10 pages into reading this beautiful book when I experienced serious pains. It was gardener’s guilt. How many years have I gardened and failed to over-winter pl read more

TheAlchemistChef

Brussels Sprouts with Spicy Chorizo and Caramelized Onions

The Alchemist Chef | November 20th 2009 by Caitlin

Lately I have been trying to eat more fruits and vegetables. I suspect that my methods may be considered a bit, well, unorthodox by some. I have been sneaking produce into my meals...a big bowl of pasta+some frozen spinach or diced zucchini...ice c read more

pnemechek

Root Vegetables: How Do They Rate?

Thoughts on Nutrition, health and Wellness | November 20th 2009 by Patrick Nemechek

Root Vegetables: How Do They Rate? is a post from: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer All vegetables are carbohydrates, but you’d be amazed to hear how much lower they are in carbohydrates than grain products.  Root vegetables are excellent sou read more

resetasdepostres

Thanksgiving Sausage and Vegetables Casserole

Free recipes blog | November 20th 2009 by Natalia Soto

Ingredients: 1 lb. sausage 24 oz. refrigerated mashed potatoes (or homemade) 14.5 oz. beef stock 10 oz. frozen mixed vegetables, thawed 200 g. grated parmesan cheese ¼ cup flour 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce Preparing: Preheat oven to 200ºC (400ºF). read more

maggiem

Is Your Butternut and Acorn Squash Puree for Baby Stringy?

Healthy Baby Food Recipes - New Baby Food Recipes & Solid Fo… | November 20th 2009 by WholesomeBabyFood

From Wholesomebabyfood.com - Last year we wrote a post about stringy winter squash and pumpkin purees. This year, I am copying the post below and I am adding some images as well. I took the pictures last night after baking 4 butternut squashes, squ read more

emilysimmons

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Prosper and Be In Health | November 20th 2009 by Emily Simmons

I got the idea for this recipe from a friend and modified it to be a little more healthy. I’m sorry I don’t have exact measurements since it’s something I sort of made up! The name is misleading, since you actually end up baking the read more

MomwithahookonEtsy

5 Tips to Get Children to Eat their Vegetables

Momwithahook Crochet | November 20th 2009 by Sara

Edited by Momwithahook , Photos © The Raw Food Family You have prepared some nice vegetables, knowing that this is something really healthy. Research shows that vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables or wild edibles are  important to read more

tambokekoy

I wanted to become a vegetarian

tambokekoy | November 20th 2009 by george

Chewing on muscle suddenly grossed me out—this had been alive only days ago, walking around. I had been working on this already for several weeks. I was at a point where i was eating meat only once every few days, while i built up more veggie dishe read more

thegrowingedge

Edible Walls Add To The Urban Garden Landscape

The Growing Edge | November 20th 2009

Large scale rooftop gardens are expensive propositions and usually require a lot of technology. Vertical edible plant walls on the other hand, are a fraction of the cost, don’t need much technology and require less maintenance once they are ins read more

markmcnulty

Dubai

Mark McNulty Photography | November 20th 2009 by Mark McNulty

As soon as we got off the plane, after an overnight flight via Amsterdam, and having checked into our hotel at 7am we decided to have a wander into town and our first port of call was the fish and veg markets which are always good for an early mornin read more

thegrowingedge

How Ag Impacts Global Climate Change

The Growing Edge | November 20th 2009

Collin Dunn writes on Treehugger.com, Sure, agriculture provides us with the food we all eat every day. But do you know how those agricultural practices impact global warming? Turns out there’s some pretty big impacts, on both the sustainable a read more

EatBoutique

Pumpkin-Spice Muffins

Eat Boutique | November 19th 2009

About three years ago, as I was watching an episode of the Martha Stewart Show, I had my own mini-epiphany. I was watching a young, self-taught baker school Martha in the ways of organic, all-natural, vegan baking. Martha, the expert at basically e read more

revarius

Bizarre and Unique Duck Pumpkins

World Must Be Crazy | November 19th 2009 by muhammad rezaldy

At a glance, it could easily be a duck, ruffling its feathers as it sits in a nest. But this incredible image actually shows a marrow grown by Marilyn and Lionel Partridge in their vegetable patch. The remarkable vegetable even features an eye, after read more

thegrowingedge

Seminole County Jail Hydroponic Garden

The Growing Edge | November 19th 2009

The old Growing Edge printed magazine ran an article on the Seminole County (Florida) Jail hydroponic garden way back in 1996. The jail’s hydro garden is still going strong providing the inmates with educational skills on growing plants and sup read more

Diet, Cognitive Ability May Play Role in Heart Disease

Code Craft | November 19th 2009

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and who have good cognitive responsibility are much less likely to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function and eat fewer read more

abcd123

Scone (whole wheat and oat bran) with jam, Edmame and string bean…

Kids lunch box | November 19th 2009 by abcd123

Scotish Scones : 1 cup whole wheat flour, 3/4 cup oat bran, 4 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/8th teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon olive oil, 2 tablespoon butter, 3/4 cup yogurt, 1 egg. Mix all the dry ingredients. Mix butter and oil in it, kin read more

DinnerDiary

Lancashire Hot Pot

Dinner Diary | November 19th 2009

We used to watch Coronation Street when I was growing up. If you watched it too then I’m sure you’ll remember Betty’s hotpot, the only dish they ever seemed to serve in the Rover’s Return. It was always very grey looking an read more

geekgardener

So you want to start a kitchen garden? – Part I – Where to ge…

Geekgardener's weblog | November 19th 2009 by Manikandan

Like I have been postponing on writing a post on how to start a kitchen garden, I am sure few of you who are reading this have already postponed starting a garden of your own. Oh and I am sure you have plenty of valid reasons for postponing. Few peop read more

mlc

Ampalaya con Carne

Yummy-as-can-be | November 19th 2009 by maria

My mom always sees to it that we have this dish at least once a week. It’s actually for my dad who is a diabetic. Apparently, ampalaya or bitter gourd is good at lowering blood sugar levels. I used to hate this veggie when I was young becaus read more

ZucchiniBreath

Roasted Eggplant and Garlic Soup

Big Raw Vegan Blog | November 19th 2009 by Judith

I hear many of you saying "Zucchini Breath, now that I know how to roast an eggplant what do I do with all that delicious roasted eggplant that I have and don't know with which what to do?" (or something like that) to which I have but one reply"Make read more

maggiem

Orange Veggies make for Orange Babies!

Healthy Baby Food Recipes - New Baby Food Recipes & Solid Fo… | November 19th 2009 by WholesomeBabyFood

From Wholesomebabyfood.com - One of the joys of the Fall and Thanksgiving season is the abundance of our favorite veggies like pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes. This season may also be the season of the orange baby! Your family may b read more

bmh43

Yum Yum Avocado

The Fight for Fitness | November 19th 2009

Had some turkey burgers for dinner last night topped with some avocado slices.  So good with avocado.  I love those things.  I should’ve taken a picture but I inhaled the food so fast I couldn’t.  Some info about avocados: “Av read more

bryboy

Tips for the gardener’s

Eco-Friendly Tips Today | November 19th 2009 by Brian Yalung

Living Green is the only way to be now, everybody should do their part and gardener’s are no exception there are millions of ways to make your garden Eco, for the casual or the serious gardener, its all a matter of doing your research and follo read more

anniebakes

Butternut Squash Soup w/ Sweet & Spicy Pecans

anniebakes | November 19th 2009

One thing that I have never made is squash soup, so when I found this recipe in Everyday With Rachael Ray, I thought, "If she can do it, I can do it, too". It was really easy and tasted pretty good after adding the pecans on top, another alternative read more

jynxypanda

Eloquent Lumbricus Terrestris

JynxedPanda-Sphere | November 19th 2009 by Tiff K

I’ve moved my updates page to the bottom of each post so that you guys wouldn’t be bored of seeing the same thing! haha well not it’s at the bottom of the post so you’ll still get to read the announcements later on. Prepare f read more