Seeds of Nutrition

Scrumptious Gluten Free Brownies, plus a bonus recipe!

Seeds of Nutrition — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Gluten Free Brownies: A truly scrumptious brownie! 1 – 9×13 pan

Melt in sauce pan – cool / set aside: 4 – 1 oz. squares of unsweetened chocolate. [ I used Ghirardelli 100% Cacao unsweetened baking bar 4 oz. size, can be found in grocery & natural food . . . → Read More: Scrumptious Gluten Free Brownies, plus a bonus recipe!

Whole Grain Cinnamon / Raisin Gluten Free Bread:

Seeds of Nutrition — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Gluten Free Bread: Let’s face it, most gluten free breads that you can purchase at your Natural Food stores and many of the recipes out there leave much to be desired. Store bought are very expensive for tiny little loaves and most don’t really taste that great. Homemade ones, well there’s a real gamut . . . → Read More: Whole Grain Cinnamon / Raisin Gluten Free Bread:

Rug Weaving on a Union 36!

Seeds of Nutrition — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:41:05 +0000

Weaving on a Union 36 Rug Loom

I am so looking forward to having my own loom up and running. I acquired a Union 36 Rug Loom off of Craig’s List. It’s currently in full restoration mode, wood and all metal parts. It will be one beautiful loom once I finish it. . . . → Read More: Rug Weaving on a Union 36!

Musical Monday! a day late…..

Seeds of Nutrition — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:04:27 +0000

A day late, a dollar short as the saying goes. And, so I’m a day late with Musical Monday’s since today is Tuesday. Not only a day late, but more like a year later since I started this on my blog and let it go by the wayside. Time to resurrect it and . . . → Read More: Musical Monday! a day late…..

Cranberry Sauce: Homemade and HFCS Free.

Seeds of Nutrition — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:32:37 +0000

Having stopped purchasing anything that contains HFCS / high fructose corn syrup in the stores it leaves one with very little to choose from that does not have it listed in the ingredients. It’s in everything these days and is causing health issues that should never be happening. So enters the world of . . . → Read More: Cranberry Sauce: Homemade and HFCS Free.

Lacto Fermentation in New Zealand:

Seeds of Nutrition — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:16:07 +0000

LACTO FERMENTATION / PROBIOTICS The art of preserving foods, mainly vegetables and fruits that our ancestors practiced. I would say for most of us today our grandparents didn’t practice lacto fermentation, probably a rare few did. But I would wager our great grandparents and those before them did. Which over the years, especially . . . → Read More: Lacto Fermentation in New Zealand:

MIA Apologies!

Seeds of Nutrition — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:57:23 +0000

I have not given much time to my blog for the past 4-5 months. My apologies to those that come here frequently and not find much of anything new.

We’ve had a lot of family medical to deal with and blogging had to go by the wayside. It not only left . . . → Read More: MIA Apologies!

Tales from the Green Valley – Life 400 yrs. ago.

Seeds of Nutrition — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:17:25 +0000

Twelve-part series in which five experts, archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm for a year as it would have been in the reign of King James I. Working without modern conveniences they try and turn theory into practice, rediscovering how things were done in the year 1620, with . . . → Read More: Tales from the Green Valley – Life 400 yrs. ago.

For the Love of Garlic!

Seeds of Nutrition — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:03:55 +0000

Garlic Bulbs

IT IS EARLY IN THE SEASON, BUT THE FLU AND COLD BUGS ARE IN FULL FORCE. And with it comes fevers, common colds, strep, bronchitis, pneumonia and many a stomach hurling.

GARLIC: Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus of flowering plants. Allium . . . → Read More: For the Love of Garlic!

Fish Stock: Locally caught, prepared at home.

Seeds of Nutrition — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:47:46 +0000

Local Caught Large Mouth Bass

Recently around 1/2 dozen or so large mouth bass were caught in the large pond up and over the hill on the property just south of us. We’ve had permission to fish there for years from former owners ( dairy farmers across the road ) and for . . . → Read More: Fish Stock: Locally caught, prepared at home.