Category: Gardening Search for: the raw food diet and swine flu I hope you’re undertaking a raw food diet while it’s in season?This is the time of year your body wants to cleanse.If you do, you have much lower risk of… the raw food diet I’m going to be talking for a while about the raw food diet.That’s the only “diet” I approve of (the very word is annoying, isn’t it?).Why?First, because it’s the biggest… I’m having this overpowering craving It’s late at night and I am having this huge craving . . . for arugula. Yeah. Arugula. It’s one of my favorite foods. If I type the… are you gardening? I hope you’re planting a garden, since it’s May 14 and prime planting season! I am enjoying the sunshine and getting my hands in the dirt (that’s “grounding” that… National Study on Grocery Budgeting How much does the average family spend on groceries? Nationwide, according to the USDA, here it is: Two adults: $361 thrifty / $459 low-cost / $569 moderate /… benefits of drying food . . . part 2 of 3 So what are the benefits of drying food? Pressure cooking preserves food, too, but kills all the enzymes at 240 degrees. Canning also destroys water soluble vitamins. … Fall and Winter Planting: Get Heirloom Garden Seeds If you garden, you should use nonhybridized, untreated, non-genetically modified seeds, known as “heirloom.” Much of what you get at the local nursery has been chemically treated or mildly… Gardening Does So Much More Than Provide Food Is there anything better than garden tomatoes? Twenty years ago, we used to make my sister-in-law, when she was a college student, sing a John Denver song before we… blooming garden in the dead of winter After DH built me some winter garden boxes (removable, on top of my square foot boxes), I planted them with onions and chard and spinach last fall. I meant… tips for eating right inexpensively Q: Dear GreenSmoothieGirl, I can’t afford to eat the way you suggest. Any ideas? A: Most people base their purchasing decisions on taste, convenience, price, appearance, and shelf…