tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47468993754282895612011-12-15T07:48:04.151-08:00Good Food, Good ConversationTo me the dinner table has always been the hub of family life. To eat food prepared with intent, to share ones thoughts while being nourished at the same time is so sweet. Core values can be established in children so organically, it is almost invisible. When that same environment is absent in a family the result is often a society that is not social.renee gremorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716032171020905933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746899375428289561.post-37632504282559031512009-11-22T07:12:00.000-08:002009-11-22T07:19:48.325-08:002009-11-22T07:19:48.325-08:00Healthy Soupsrenee gremorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716032171020905933noreply@blogger.com0
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/31nmAhiKX7upgzFoAokfx6eN26s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/31nmAhiKX7upgzFoAokfx6eN26s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/31nmAhiKX7upgzFoAokfx6eN26s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/31nmAhiKX7upgzFoAokfx6eN26s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I must say I do love soups. They can complement a meal or be a meal! I like to get ahead of the game when I feel like being in the kitchen, and make several stocks, freeze them for future use. More about that later.
Butternut is plentiful in the Fall and stores well in the winter. It's bright color always brings joy to the dinner table. Serve it with a meal to begin, or with some <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoodFoodGoodConversation/~4/Off-JVAvAMQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://goodfoodgoodconversations.blogspot.com/2009/11/healthy-soups.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746899375428289561.post-37035059834911560742009-11-08T08:46:00.000-08:002009-11-22T07:24:20.706-08:002009-11-22T07:24:20.706-08:00Recession Good Newsrenee gremorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716032171020905933noreply@blogger.com0
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wbGu0sN775-J_3y7a909xHx4zvk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wbGu0sN775-J_3y7a909xHx4zvk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wbGu0sN775-J_3y7a909xHx4zvk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wbGu0sN775-J_3y7a909xHx4zvk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Seems like everybody loves bad news these days, especially the media and their take on the “financial crisis”. Every day the news gets worse.
I’ve had to stop listening.
However, for every back there is a front, for every yin there is a yang and so I began looking for the good news---the Silver lining.
I believe that this “recession” is an expression of America coming of age. We are <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoodFoodGoodConversation/~4/OTlnJuisQGw" height="1" width="1"/>http://goodfoodgoodconversations.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-care-brings-good-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746899375428289561.post-61444350212364717172009-08-12T10:09:00.000-07:002009-08-12T10:32:56.709-07:002009-08-12T10:32:56.709-07:00Asian Pressed Saladrenee gremorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716032171020905933noreply@blogger.com0
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l1cWQ78bxYhfXvkTIxwjz86zHQE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l1cWQ78bxYhfXvkTIxwjz86zHQE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l1cWQ78bxYhfXvkTIxwjz86zHQE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l1cWQ78bxYhfXvkTIxwjz86zHQE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An easy winter salad that is good anytime of the year and always gets comments when I take it to a pot luck. So simple, I feel I don't deserve all the complements. I have gotten so many requests for the recipe that I have reproduced it here. I hope that you will try it and enjoy.1 whole cabbage 2 Tbs. Roasted sesame seeds2 Tbs. sea salt 2 lemons juiced2 tsp. dark Sesame oil<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoodFoodGoodConversation/~4/DI5vSi_NeUk" height="1" width="1"/>http://goodfoodgoodconversations.blogspot.com/2009/08/asian-pressed-salad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746899375428289561.post-56631772890063219172009-02-27T13:30:00.000-08:002009-09-05T22:29:48.630-07:002009-09-05T22:29:48.630-07:00renee gremorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716032171020905933noreply@blogger.com1
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yHFqt4BvnfYqqNptABRuLLXJt8g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yHFqt4BvnfYqqNptABRuLLXJt8g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yHFqt4BvnfYqqNptABRuLLXJt8g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yHFqt4BvnfYqqNptABRuLLXJt8g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>As a child I remember sitting around a large table at my Grandfather's house listening to the grownups talking over dinner. Most of the vegetables had been grown in the garden behind the house not too far from the chicken coop and the railroad tracks. My Dad and family lived "on the right side of the tracks, but so close that it didn't matter to some. My Grandfather had come down from <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoodFoodGoodConversation/~4/w7cECzq_9ko" height="1" width="1"/>http://goodfoodgoodconversations.blogspot.com/2009/01/as-child-i-remember-sitting-around.html