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Upcoming Events: King County Farm Tours, Eat Local Now, Local Food Hero Award by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There’s more coming in the Autism, Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 MK-4 series, but I’ve been traveling and busy. Stay tuned for the rest, as well as some new recipes. ... Read on »
Autism, Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 MK-4 Part II: Introduction to Autism Trends and Diet by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Part 2 in the series based on a paper I wrote this past spring. Previously: Autism, Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 MK-4 Part I: Does nutrition play a role in environmental health? ... Read on »
The Seattle Times Covers Our Vehicular Cookery! (and more pictures) by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating After Wednesday’s success cooking eggs in my friend Amanda’s car, a group of us decided yesterday to make a full brunch using only car dashboards for our cooking. ... Read on »
Fennel Cherry Tomato Salad, Eggs Cooked in a Hot Car, Cucumbers with Smoked Salmon and Ricotta,... by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It’s HOT. For those of you outside the Pacific Northwest, those of us here are bragging that yesterday, July 29th 2009, set new records for hottest temperature recorded ... Read on »
Seattle Fruit Mapping/Sharing, a Natural-Powered CSA Delivery, and Other Resources by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The Seattle area is full of great local-foods-related resources, and two more just came to my attention. The first is an entirely human/nature powered CSA (community supporte ... Read on »
Tonight! Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner & Fair by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating If you’re in Seattle, don’t miss tonight’s Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner & Fair, put on by Community Alliance for Global Justice! The e ... Read on »
Cream Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake (Gluten-Free) by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I seem to be in a desserts-with-berries mood lately, arguably a side effect of berry season, or of being on vacation with friends who like food. I’m not going to compla ... Read on »
Saskatoon Berry Vanilla Cake (Gluten-Free) by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It’s hard to resist simply eating all the berries you pick in the wild at the moment you pull them off the bush. Sometimes I don’t resist, and just revel in finge ... Read on »
Inch by Inch: Moving the garden (how far would you go?) by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the things that’s been keeping me busy lately, aside from finishing up a remarkably busy quarter of grad school (first year now done!), is the process of finding ... Read on »
Morels! by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating My roommate Liz and I took a break two weekends ago to go hunt for morels. I’d never successfully found one, although I’d gone morel hunting with someone who fou ... Read on »
Sourdough Waffles: First Attempt by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I’ve been experimenting with sourdough starter. A few months ago (as I wrote about here and here ) I looked at some research that suggests sourdough fermentation, coupl ... Read on »
Quick Thought on Passover and Meaningful Food by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Passover starts tonight. It’s the holiday where Jews and their families and friends share food to celebrate being rescued from oppression. While that description prett ... Read on »
USDA Approves New Low-Fat Cow for Meat and Dairy by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating News reports released today indicate a that we’re facing another significant setback in the uphill battle to ensure Americans, particularly children, are getting enough ... Read on »
Mâche Salad with Mutton, Walnuts, and Parmesan by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Mâche, also known as corn salad or lamb’s lettuce, is a wild green native to Europe. You may have seen it; it’s grown increasingly popular among salad enthu ... Read on »
This Weekend: Seattle Green Festival & Film: Food Fight. With Alice Waters! by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There are some fantastic events happening this weekend! First, there’s Seattle’s Green Festival, an event full of workshops, information, innovation, and demonstr ... Read on »
Arroz con Pollo: a classic comfort food by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It’s such comfort food. Rice and chicken allowed to cook together with broth and spices and flavors until everything seeps into everything else. Many cultures have a v ... Read on »
Viper Soup - Don’t Try This at Home. by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I used to think I was a fairly adventurous cook. I’m willing to try new things, especially if they’re nutritious and wholesome... you know, the kinds of things pe ... Read on »
CSAs, Cascade Harvest Coalition’s 2009 CSA Brochure, and Happy Spring! by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Spring starts in two days! Now is the time for many new beginnings in the world of growing and eating. Wild greens are starting to grow, animals are giving birth, pasture is ... Read on »
Eggs and Vitamin K2 MK-4 (menaquinone-4) by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating We’ve talked before about vitamin K2 MK-4 (also called menaquinone-4), an important vitamin for bone strength, brain development, and a whole host of measures of health ... Read on »
My grandmother’s perfect hamantaschen recipe on Bitten! by debs Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating My grandmother’s hamantaschen recipe gets the attention it deserves in today’s New York Times food blog, Bitten. The recipe isn’t exactly in keeping with my ... Read on »