Category Archives: Recipes & Cooking / Baking

Alternatives to alternatives, soy sauce and the industrial machines.

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Greg

We use soy sauce, or in this case a soy sauce alternative, a lot as vegans. This is because we need something to round out the pastey taste of rice or the strangely de-bitterized taste of tofu. As a result … Continue reading →

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Fermenting Cabbage, I hope

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Greg

I found this cabbage at the store for pretty cheap. We have been eating it some but we like salty fermented vegetables like most folks like cheeseburgers or whatever they serve at those place you can pick up food without … Continue reading →

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How I make our bread

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Greg

Some folks want to know how I make bread. Most people think it is hard and you can only do it if you have some old world baker knowledge in your family or you’ve read a lot of books. The … Continue reading →

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Go, Grow, Glow, Main Foods

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Greg

Image is full size, click on it to see / read it larger. This is from the book that has saved thousands of lives in the last 70 years since it was written. It is “Where There is No Doctor”. … Continue reading →

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Why it’s so hard to find a good Christmas Tree

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Greg

There are times when you wander the forest, axe in hand, for hours and you can’t find a single one. You wonder where they have went, where they are, and when you might find one. Snow is falling.  Little mittens … Continue reading →

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Vegan not-eggs not-bacon

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Greg

Not-eggs is firm undrained tofu with turmeric added (cancer sucks!) and fried. Not-bacon is sliced tempeh fried. While we don’t condone bacon and eggs the texture is interesting and it’s worth doing somewhat similar things at times in our kitchen.

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Homemade Peanut Butter

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Greg

I made some lovely homemade (well with a little help from our Vitamix) peanut butter. I started with organic shelled and slightly roasted peanuts. Lauren bought 15 ish lbs at work, these are the same nuts that their on demand … Continue reading →

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