So a story came out of a simple request from Walker. A certain little 6-year-old, this Spring, saw us transferring 25 pound bags of Soft White Wheat berries and wanted to know....could he plant them in his garden bed, and would they grow? Well, I had no clue. So we told him he could have… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: Growing Wheat
Month: August 2016
Bittersweet Double Chocolate Pudding
This pudding is both simple to make, but also is a pantry-ready recipe. I've been playing with the cocoa powder from Nu Naturals. It is gorgeous cocoa - a dark red in color, silky, and blends in with a deep chocolate smell. Bittersweet Double Chocolate Pudding Ingredients: •1/3 cup granulated sugar •¼ cup cocoa powder… Continue reading Bittersweet Double Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate Chip and Hemp Heart Mini Oatmeal
Chocolate Chip and Hemp Heart Mini Oatmeal Ingredients: 2½ cups old fashioned oats 1 1/3 cups milk (dairy or non-dairy) 1¼ cups unsweetened applesauce ¼ cup packed brown sugar or coconut sugar 1 Tbsp melted coconut oil 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp fine sea salt ¼ cup mini chocolate… Continue reading Chocolate Chip and Hemp Heart Mini Oatmeal
Pasta Primavera
Summer is here when I can walk out back and harvest most of dinner out of our gardens. The zucchini, 2 colors of beans, 2 colors of tomatoes, basil, and the garlic came from the garden. Picked 30 minutes before we ate, it was so fresh. Days like this make all the work worth it.… Continue reading Pasta Primavera