Stop Making Waves

Stop Making Waves

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The following post is about POPCORN.

The last decade the Ballmer house has been without the appliance that is most commonly referred to as the microwave.  I am sure that most of you reading this right now both own, and continue to use, this handy appliance and so the following paragraphs are in no way an attempt to persuade you to do otherwise.  HOWEVER, in an attempt to be funny and relay some otherwise boring information, I will probably come across as an advocate for not exposing yourselves or your food to electromagnetic radiation (the “micro” waves that the Microwave Oven uses to heat and cook whatever you happen to shove into that little death chamber).

On Change

On Change

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Most stories that connect with us as humans at the deepest level involves a group or individual on the margins or underside of power, rising up and defeating the giant that is holding them down.

Systems exist to perpetuate themselves…In the Matrix trilogy, our minds are melted by not only the special effects but also how the story played out after the first installment.  We see that the agents who ran the Matrix wanted…needed…the Zion/Neo movement and the “Tho One” to exist in order to give the marginalized something to believe in so that they would continue to think that they were making a change.

Produce Storage Printable

Produce Storage Printable

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Freebies

It’s finally summer here at the shed, and with the new season comes new varieties. We’re getting into more tomatoes, summer squash, shelling peas, and even some unique varieties like red kale and garlic scapes. We’re looking forward to berries, peppers, sweet potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe and more!

To make sure you’re well-equipped to get the most out of the best growing season in Ohio, we’d like to share the free Produce Storage printable that we’ve created with Sally at Real Mom Nutrition.

We hope you have wonderful summer!

Simplify Your Grocery Shopping and Food Prep

Simplify Your Grocery Shopping and Food Prep

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Benji's Blogging

Food On-The-Go is the name of the game. Here are our tips for creating the easiest and healthiest food week for you and your family:

–Meal Prep on the weekends for the upcoming week.
Set aside a couple hours on a Sunday afternoon to get 4 or 5 things going at once. Throw potatoes in the oven, rice in the cooker, chop and wash lettuce, brown onions, and garlic.

Thinking in the Kitchen

Thinking in the Kitchen

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Guest Posts

By Kathy Neal, Farmer, Hand Hewn Farm and part-time Yellowbird Employee

Why cook? Because it requires you to slow down, to work for your food at a time and place in history when a tiny percentage of the population raises 99 percent of the food for everyone else.Because it’s fun. Because it’s cheaper than eating out. Because it’s easier to be healthy. If you are buying a Yellowbird box with all of its delicious contents . . . that means you are cooking. Whether they are elaborate meals or simple ones, you are chopping, slicing, dicing, braising, frying, and EATING. And that is spectacular!

Tofu Nugget Recipe

Tofu Nugget Recipe

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Recipes

Tofu Nuggets

Author: Jennifer Suchland, Yellowbird Foodshed Member

Ingredients:
One block of tofu (12 ounces)
1 Tablespoon healthy oil
1 (generous) Tablespoon of Braggs Amino Acids
1 Tablespoon Nutritional Yeast
Fresh Crushed Black Pepper to taste