Book Review: The Homesteader’s Kitchen by Robin Burnside (plus vegan recipes!)

The Homesteader's Kitchen_book

Check out this vegan recipe from The Homesteader’s Kitchen by Robin Burnside: Indonesian Tempeh Sticks with Gado-Gado. Yum!

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Leftovers: 8 Tips for Safe Reheating

Leftover Rice Pilaf

The summer season provides us with bountiful farmer’s markets and overflowing gardens. An easy way to save food dollars is to cook in batches. You can pre-portion meal servings and refrigerate/freeze them for later. Leftovers make for easy lunch planning and are a life saver when you have no time to make dinner. Remember these eight tips when enjoying your leftovers.

Judge Bans Monsanto Sugar Beets

Field of sugar beets

Friday marked a win for opponents to Monsanto’s genetically modified sugar beets.

In Season Now: Pattypan Squash

Pattypan squash in hand

Pattypan squash are perfect for a playful summer pasta.

Best Fruits! Top 10 According to Readers

strawberries

Top 10 Fruits, as chosen by our readers.

Foodie Friday: Food News Roundup

Foodie Friday

We do our very best to touch on as much of the health- and environment-related news that we can from across the web, but there are always stories we don’t get to. Here’s a quick roundup of food news from the last week or so that we didn’t manage to hit on:

Harmful Hand Soap Ingredient Contaminates Soil

Washing Hands

Triclosan, a hazardous ingredient in antibacterial hand soap, is now showing up in our food supply.

So how is hand soap finding its way into the food web?