Celosia: Ornamental Flower or Vegetable?

Celosia

You probably know Celosia as that lovely ornamental flower that shows up in fall landscapes, but did you know it’s also a vegetable?

Tofu Recipe and Soysage Recipe (Fresh, Homemade Delights)

Fresh, homemade tofu

Although we usually use store-bought tofu (when we eat tofu, which is not that often these days), it does not seem like the same food as freshly made tofu. The taste of fresh tofu cannot be represented by a store-bought product, unless it is coming directly to the store by a local tofu maker that [...]

Foodie Friday

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.

Replate Your Leftovers

Replate

How many times have you carefully wrapped up leftovers when eating out, taken them home, and discovered them weeks later breeding new life forms in the back of the fridge? The folks at Replate are encouraging people to rethink their leftovers and do some good at the same time.

Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge

Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge

Create a healthy recipe in one of three categories and you could win up to $3000. The Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge aims to find new healthy, delicious recipes for use in the National School Lunch Program.

Canning Eye Candy: 60 Pounds of Canned Tomatoes

sixty pounds of canned tomatoes

What do you do when you have 100 pounds of tomatoes? Cook some, give some away, and get canning!

Make Your Own Chai Tea Latte

latte_Dru Bloomfield

Fall is coming, and whether you enjoy the season changes or not, you can start making delicious warm fall drinks, like Chai Tea, now.