Can you believe it’s almost November? Now is the perfect time to take stock of your pantry and make sure you have the basics on hand for your big Thanksgiving meal, all of that holiday entertaining and baking, and for everyday cooking in between. Here are some of our favorite tips to get your pantry [...]
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Support Microlending with Calendar Purchase
Hot off the presses, our Whole Planet Foundation calendar is on sale now at Whole Foods Market stores throughout the US and Canada! At just each, these calendars are perfect for home, office, stocking stuffers, gifts and more. Thanks to funding from our vendor partners, 100% of calendar sales goes to provide microlending support to [...]
Gluten-Free Outdoor Bars
In this episode of Gluten Morgan, Karen Morgan, the author of the acclaimed cookbook, Blackbird Bakery Gluten Free, and founder of Blackbird Bakery, says “take a hike” to gluten with these homemade snack bars featuring tangy orange juice and dried cherries that you can easily substitute with other dried fruits or add nuts. Make them [...]
Pumpkin Tarts
To prepare the filling, soak agar flakes in Edensoy for 20 minutes. Pour into a medium size pot, add the maple syrup and bring almost to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until the agar melts, about 20 minutes. Turn off the flame, pour Edensoy mixture into a blender and pulse several seconds [...]
A Bird for Every Budget
Choosing a turkey used to be pretty simple. All you’d have to do is get a head count of dinner guests and find the biggest bird possible to feed the crowd. Now it can be pretty daunting. Here’s some advice to help you make the right turkey choice for you. The biggest difference for almost [...]
Stahlbush Island Farms
We love our producers, suppliers and vendors and we think most of them have some pretty interesting stories behind their products too. We’ll be sharing some of our favorites here in an ongoing series. In the heart of Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley, Bill and Karla Chambers founded Stahlbush Island Farms as newlyweds with just two [...]
Gene Logsdon: Pretend Jobs
From GENE LOGSDON It says here in the paper that it takes 125,000 new jobs every month just to keep up with population growth. No wonder we have so many people holding down unnecessary jobs. There aren’t enough real jobs to go around and besides, we are replacing people with machines as fast as we [...]
Learn to Cook: Beef Pot Roast
Great-tasting food really can be easy. And with recipes, tips and coupons from The Whole Deal value guide, you’ll eat well and have time and money to spare (you know, for all that other stuff you want in life). One of the secrets to top-notch eating and sure-thing saving is learning to cook. Beef Pot [...]
Pumpkin Carving and The Annual Fall Harvest Scramble
If ever there was a pumpkin harvest destined to fail, it would be the fall 2011 crop. We had challenges everywhere —Southwest droughts, New England hurricane-spawned flooding, and a cool, wet summer out west. The midwest states were, for the most part, spared the wild weather ravages but high demand from adjacent regions of the [...]
Quinoa Blueberry Salad
Place the quinoa and water in a sauce pan, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove, place in a bowl, fluff with a spoon and allow to cool for a several minutes. Add all remaining ingredients, toss and serve. Eden Foods – Newest Recipes