Butterscotch Pumpkin Cookies

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The leaves have fallen along with the temperatures and now is the time to think about some holiday baking. Here’s a great seasonal cookie that will use up any leftover pumpkin you may still have hanging out in your refrigerator. Simply mash your cooked leftover pumpkin, you only need one cup for this recipe. It [...]

The Ubiquitous Lentil and a Great Winter Recipe

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Although the modern vegetarian diet can take advantage of many processed “meat substitutes” with the texture and taste of meat, I find it much more rewarding to utilize earth’s natural bounty of vegetable protein, which is plentiful and diverse. Vegetarian diets in most every culture rely on legumes, particularly lentils, as a mainstay protein source. [...]

Top 10 Reasons to Label and Avoid GMOs

 Vote Yes on Prop 37 T-shirt by EmanateVitality on Etsy Proposition 37, a Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Initiative, is on the November 6, 2012 ballot in California.  The EcoEtsy team is in favor of GMO labeling and we hope you will support this initiative.  Before I tell you why, do you know what GMOs [...]

{Guest Post} How to Make Kombucha – A Fermented Tea Recipe

Desiree Fleck of ReGrowRoots

  Kombucha is a delicious effervescent fermented sweetened tea beverage. It has been used for thousands of years to detoxify the body, cleanse the liver, for arthritis pain, and even treat cancer. The Chinese called it an “immortal health elixir”!! To brew kombucha, you will need a SCOBY – symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast. [...]

{Food & Gardening} The Great Pumpkin

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It finally feels like autumn here in the Pacific Northwest. The leaves are changing colors, pumpkins are appearing on my neighbors’ front porches and my family is planning our annual trip to a local pumpkin patch. I’d like to take a minute to think about the humble pumpkin. To many, it’s just a yard decoration. [...]