Happy National Pizza Day National Pizza Day is celebrated on February 9th every year and is all about celebrating one of America’s favorite foods. From cheese–only to topped with veggies and meats, there are so many different ways to enjoy a slice of pizza. Whether you’re enjoying a slice with family and friends or just snacking on one while binge–watching … Read More
Effortless Sweet Potato Growing
This past year I decided to try growing sweet potatoes. I bought an organic sweet potato from Lucky’s Market. Cut off the tips grow slips and eat the remaining. Two slips later I had four buckets of sweet potato vines. After six months I had sweet potatoes. The leaves and flowers are beautiful. I cut off slips off from the … Read More
Make Your Own Sushi Rolls
I took a sushi roll class at the House of Leaf and Bean in Jacksonville, FL. A truly wonderful experience, that is so wonderful I took what I learned and tried making veggie and shrimp sushi rolls. Thank you, Wen! The House of Leaf and Bean is a must go to if you love healthy centric dishes & drinks in … Read More
Perfecting the Art of Omelet Creating
Long overdue on posting! I’m finally free to continue exploring Daily Eats. The past 4 years were not wasted on working alone, I had time to work through the bad, poor, better and best of creating an omelet. My philosophy about eating an omelet is anytime. My favorite version is thin, yellow with lots of veggies served with 7-grain gluten-free … Read More
Avocado Smoothie
I would never have believed that avocado would taste so good as a drink, until I created a smoothie with avocado. Thanks to some urging from Petra Kopf, I gave this recipe a try. Half avocado 1 ripe frozen banana 1 apple 1/2 cup of almond milk Small quarter inch of ginger Agave syrup [optional] Using a blender start with … Read More
3.14 It’s Pi day!
If you are really inclined you will you begin celebrating at precisely at 3.14159. If I were having pi today it would certainly be a berry pie! At Pi Day you find everything you need to celebrate this important symbol, which in mathematics is to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
Starting off the New Year by Cleaning Out the Pantry
Happy New Year! Kick off the new year by cleaning out your pantries! I spent several hours going through all the spice and herbs in the pantry and tossing out all the expired spices and spices without labels. It was a chore. I found spices that expired in 2012! When food is prepared with spices the spices should taste fresh … Read More
What to do with White Sonora Wheat Berries
I’m always getting unusual things from the Farmers Market, if you know me you know I love new experiences. On a recent visit, I brought back white Sonora White Wheat Berries. Lucky for me my farmer’s market friends advised me on what to do. Thanks Eric and Emma! I’m putting everything to good use! Cooking White Sonora Wheat Berries like … Read More
Bread and Butter Pickles
Made easy! My Agritopia Farm CSA had so many cucumbers it wasn’t possible for us to eat all of them. I thought why not turn these delicious cucumbers into pickles, not just any pickles, but bread and butter pickles! I found this recipe for Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles on Cooks.com 1.5 cups sugar (I used raw sugar) … Read More
Agritopia CSA: What do with PattyPan Squash
I never had PattyPan Squash before needless to say I was a bit befuddled when it arrived with CSA from The Farm at Agritopia the other day. I Google’d recipes for PattyPan Squash found one I really liked the sound of. This recipe for Stuffed PattyPan Squash comes from Scharko Farms with a couple of modifications. QUINOA-STUFFED PATTYPAN SQUASH 1/2 … Read More