Pear and Raspberry Bread – A Delicious Alternative to Banana Bread

I have fallen in love with pear and raspberry bread which is a favourite in Australia at coffee shops for morning and afternoon coffee. It is one of my fond memories of visits with my Mum. I have been thinking about making this with some pears I have that are a little beyond fresh use. [...]

What Do You Do With All Those Tomatillos?

This post is by special request from my good friend Andy Wade who obviously has more jalapenos in his garden than he knows what to do with.  And as we look as though we will be getting a bumper crop of both tomatillos and apples too this year I thought that it was a good [...]

My Favourite Apple/Blackberry Crisp

We have 3 apple trees in our parking strip that usually produce far more apples than we can possibly eat fresh.  We also love to harvest wild blackberries which grow in great profusion in the Pacific NW.  This last weekend we headed up to Camano Island for that purpose and because the apples on our [...]

Using Homegrown Stevia

Last year I posted an article about how our food choices are manipulated by the global mall.  I talked about Stevia: which is 10 times sweeter than sugar, easy to grow  and with virtually no calories.  However it was banned from the American market about the same time that Monsanto introduced its artificial sweetener aspartame [...]

Good Natured Earthling Recommends Nettles for Allergies

Spring has sprung rather early here in the Pacific NW.  With a week of sunny cold mornings and warm days this last week the trees have all burst into spectacular bloom…. which is wonderful except for the fact that it has brought out every allergy anyone in this area ever suffered from.  Being among the [...]

Flu Therapy

Another day at World View Institute in Launceston.  I love the rhythm here – lectures Monday and Tuesday and then a day off (at least for me) which is just as well because I am still fighting a cold and have not felt well since I first caught the flu back in Los Angeles about [...]

First Apple Cake for the Season

I just made my first apple cake for the season for our MSA Board meeting tomorrow.  It is a great way for me to relax once I have all my materials ready for the Board members. Our apple crop is not as big as usual but there are still plenty to enjoy.  This recipe was [...]

Its Basil Time

The posts in the last couple of days about cooking as a spiritual discipline have turned my thoughts towards the garden and what to do with the wonderful produce that is pouring out of it.  My mouth is watering at the wonder of the delicious dishes that will emerge in the next few weeks.  This [...]

Zucchini Anyone?

About this time of the year here in Seattle people start to look askance any time that you mention zucchini – it seems to proliferate wherever you look.  This year it is a little late but it is still there.  For most people it is a little overwhelming but as far as I am concerned [...]

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

When I said on twitter this afternoon that I was making chocolate zucchini bread a number of you were interested in the recipe.  So here it is.  I highly recommend it.  I usually make mini muffins rather than 2 loaves of bread. Title: Chocolate Zucchini Bread Categories: Bread Yield: 48 Servings 2    Eggs 1 c  [...]