A Loaf of Bread,

A Jug of Wine...

And Thou!

Bethel Suburban Ecovillagers share
their favorite tips and recipes

 

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Bread!  It's basic to survival and sociability!  Have some food-related wisdom to share?  Send it in!

Food...  it's one of our most basic needs.

How to grow it, store it, prepare it and share it are the topics we discuss here.

If you have something to share, please send it to Denise for posting!

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RECIPES

See what's cookin' in ecovillage kitchens:  visit our Recipe Page for easy recipes, favorite recipes and recipes based on local/seasonal ingredients, many of which you can grow in your own backyard!

 

KITCHEN AND COOKING TIPS

Reduce Energy Used in Cooking Beans, Grains and Soups!  Whether your stove is gas or electric, you're using more energy cooking beans, grains, soups and stews than you need to.  Last year, Pat built what is (euphemistically, these days) called a "hay box."  This is a super-insulated box, the inside of which is specially designed to hold your favorite stock pot snugly.  In olden days, the box would be filled with hay, as insulation.  These days, any number of materials can be used--from sleeping bags and styrofoam!  For a pretty comprehensive article on hay boxes and other reduced-energy cooking options, read this article on the Lost Valley Educational Center website.

 

FOOD STORAGE AND PRESERVATION

Need a good book on Emergency Preparedness?  Check out Diane Layton's Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis

I love this inexpensive little book!  Diane is a Mormon mother of a horde of children.  Her solution to emergency preparedness is to stock your own in-home "store" that with all the things you and your household actually eat.  When you need something in the kitchen, you go to your "store" and get it.  You also add it to your shopping list for next time you go to the store.  With this method, you are always rotating your stock of the foods you eat all the time.  She discusses long-term storage of grains (and includes recipes for basics like bread) and also has charts showing how much of specific items you should plan on stocking up on (per person), along with reminders to ensure that your pets' needs are also covered, and that you have enough toilet paper, tampons, diapers, toothpaste, etc., on hand to get by.  **Denise**