Food for Soul Archives (total entries: 36)

Taurus 10

The Season for Lettuce

Lettuce is easy to grow and quick to harvest, providing extremely fresh and tasty salads early in the growing season. Planting a variety of lettuces with successive plantings every 1 to 3 weeks will keep you stocked in greens for months.

Aries 09 - Spring Break

Holy Mole!

Mole is often the word used for a dish, commonly chicken, in a special sauce. This sauce has as much stature in Mexico as marinara in Italy or béarnaise in France. Mole, pronounced Mo-lay, comes from the indigenous word “molli,” meaning mixture or concoction.

Aquarius 09 - The Change Issue

Yes Seitan!

This time of year, our menus lean toward the comfort food zone. Unless you live in sunny California, the typical American family is currently dining on meat, potatoes, and a perfunctory vegetable. If you feel stuck in this rut, why not give wheat gluten (seitan) a try?

Sagittarius 08 & Honest Self Expression

Paint the Cookies, Sculpt the Cookies, and Make them New

Sugar cookies emerge every year for the church bazaar, the annual neighborhood cookie swap, the office cookie tray, and the ever-full Christmas cookie jar.

Libra 08

Celebrate the Season With Winter Squash

Winter squash blesses us with a plethora of variety, in all matter of shape, size, hue, texture, and taste. There are over 40 types of well documented winter squash all with the defining characteristic of thick inedible skins, or rinds, as opposed to the tender edible skins of summer squash.

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