November 12, 2009

Greener School Lunches

Filed under: Cultural Rants, Food & Recipes, Married to a Miser, Parenting — Tags: Add new tag, children, cook, Cultural Rants, eat, eating, Food & Recipes, health, home, house — serena @ 1:12 pm

Mason Jars Replace Boxes, Bottles and Smelly Thermoses

So we’re all trying to live greener and healthier. Then there’s the school lunch. It offers a green-living, food-purist some serious issue.

Even before I endeavored to be green, I had a problem with the school lunch what with the difference between a 100% natural fruit drink, 100% juice and 100% fruit juice and natural flavor versus no artificial flavor. Then there was the question of high fructose corn syrup… and finally, landfills. (more…)

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November 5, 2009

The Perfect Dish for a Cold Autumn Day

Filed under: Food & Recipes — Tags: cook, eat, eating, Food & Recipes, health, home, house, recipe — serena @ 10:04 am

Cannellini Beans

Today I decided to make cannellini beans.

“What?” you might ask. “Don’t you just buy those in a can?”

Well, you can do that, or you can buy them dried and spend a couple hours immersed in the fragrant aroma of simmering beans, garlic and herbs. Two hours of simmering is perfect for cold days like (more…)