Korean-style steamed eggs. As in, salty custard-smooth eggs with some garnish on top... also known as 'gyeran jjim'... let's see how it goes!
Alright. I don't usually do this. But I stumbled across this recipe, magically happened to have all the ingredients on hand (how often does that happen?!), so I gave this exotic recipe a shot.
Korean-style steamed eggs. As in, salty custard-smooth eggs with some garnish on top... also known as 'gyeran jjim'... let's see how it goes!
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Today, night and day are in perfect balance.
Here in the Rocky Mountain foothills, the ground is bursting with bright yellow forsythia, spiky poppy leaves, bold dandelions, shy succulents, hardy arugula and kale, downy mullein, and small tender shoots that I do not recognize. Spring is finally here! The spring equinox is a time for flowers, for celebration of fertility and renewal: the Earth's and our own. Eat and paint eggs (Easter traditions stemmed from the pagan Ostara, the spring celebration), decorate with fresh flowers, take a walk outside & welcome the new life. One principle of permaculture design is to cultivate a balanced ecosystem - including as an approach to pest control. As permaculture founder Bill Mollison said, "You haven't got an excess of slugs, you've got a duck deficiency." Now, my windowsill arugula is a far cry from a permaculture design, but I did use natural predators to control the aphid infestation. I didn't have an excess of aphids, I had a ladybug deficiency!
For the last few months I've continually relocated 'ladybugs' (actually, West Asian Beetles) from our south-facing windows onto my arugula, and happily watched them get fat on the little green buggers. Lately, though, a couple of the ladybugs mated and left these eggs on an arugula leaf! Call me over-analytical, but I'm pretty conflicted over St. Patty's Day. I can't bring myself to just shoot Irish Carbombs and call it an excuse to party... there's so much more to St. Patrick's Day's history than that. My St. Patty's Day conflict:
Squash is a winter staple around these parts, but I never quite know what to do with it. Spaghetti squash, on the other hand, never fails to deliver! Introducing spaghetti squash as... what else? Spaghetti! Vegan, gluten-free, seasonal spaghetti, that is. I used all local and gifted ingredients for this squash-ilicious spaghetti. Ingredients: ~ spaghetti squash, local and organic ~ garlic, local and organic ~ yellow onion, local and organic ~ green onion, dehydrated, gifted ~ green onion, fresh, gifted* ~ garlic-infused olive oil, gifted ~ RealSalt, sourced near my home state ~ black pepper, from bulk into a reusable shaker * You can keep green onions growing for a long time in a jar. Keep them in sunlight and replace the water frequently. Trim off the tops and they'll grow back!
My roommates are comedians. Yogurt is incredibly easy to make. There's really no reason to buy yogurt in those plastic cartons - especially when you have a source of free milk! I know most folks aren't as lucky as I am in the free-milk arena, but free milk happens. First, Morgan worked at a local community organization which had a surplus of free food - much of this food came to me, including gallons of milk! Lately, my roommates have been in and out of town, leaving me with soon-to-expire milk. My thoughts on this? 1. Excellent. 2. Yogurt! 3. Most excellent. And the best part is, you can make yogurt too! Red Wagon Organic Farm I just got offered (and accepted) a full-time job as a farm hand at Red Wagon Organic Farm. Who knew? When I was a kid, I never liked helping my mom in her veggie garden (I blame the Michigan mosquitoes for that), though I did always love to eat peas fresh from the vine. Then, when I was 20, I was a guest at an off-grid organic (& bio-dynamic) farm. When I ate freshly picked herbs from that land, I could feel their life force radiate into my veins. I know that sounds strange, but there's an incredible difference between fresh, local, lovingly-grown food and trucked-in, several-week-old produce from the grocery store. Since then, I've become passionate about local food. Well... I'm going to be a farmer.
Why all this fuss about home and homemaking? Because home is (yes, I'm gonna say it) where the heart is. So let's take a moment away from all the DIY projects and appreciate what makes home so important: family. This is my dog Brutus. He's a yellow lab, and like all Labradors, loves his ball. One moment, he waits handsomely for Morgan or me to throw the ball. The next moment? Well... see for yourself. Laughter and love keep the family together.
It's time you knew: I'm a tree hugging dirt worshipper.
To me, Nature is divinity, and I'm in love with the Earth. But I don't spend as much time in nature as I'd like. Sometimes, I go on technology overdose, and I start to feel really spaced out and irritable, or just plain depressed. Too much time indoors can really make a person nuts. Nature Deficit Disorder isn't just for kids - adults need nature too. It's in our blood. Nature-based religions honor this through connection to the elements. No, not the periodic table! Many paths recognize the natural elements as Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. When we're tweaked out on silicon, electric lighting, and too much caffeine, we can reconnect with Nature and the elements to find balance. Get ready for some 'woo-hoo' theory that actually works! |
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