Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
Guest Post by Dusti Arab of Minimalist Adventures “We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.” —-Adelle Davis You may not give too much thought to what you eat today. It is easy to go to the grocery [...]
Buy Local Food–Support Your Farmer’s Market
We enjoy the chance to buy local food, so we walked down to the farmer’s market this morning, which is just a couple of blocks from our house. It’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when the local harvest is at its peak. Just about everything our gardens can provide in the way [...]
Happy Autumn: Cinnamon Honey Crisp Apple Pie
I live for the apples of autumn, they are one of the constants of my life, the taste of fresh apples and of fresh apple pie. Apple pie is one of the safest memories I have. I do not think I have a single negative memory connected to eating either my mother’s or my own [...]
How to Separate Egg Whites and Yolks
There’s been a lot of stuff in the news about the Great Egg Recall thanks to a salmonella outbreak, but there are good eggs out there and there are eggs in recipes everywhere. For all you cooks who haven’t seen egg whites and yolks separated before, I’ve got a short little video for you.
Fish Baked in Parchment: Minimalist Gourmet
Baking parchment is one of those kitchen extras that can be used in many ways, such as lining cookie sheets when baking cookies or scones. I really like it for wrapping up little packets of raw food, sealing the packets, then baking them, sealing in all the flavors and juices. It’s a method which works [...]



