Bananas are as popular in American kitchens as apples, grapes, or oranges. These oddly-shaped yellow herbacious plan origened fruits are common in kitchens, and we rarely think twice about eating them. I love bananas for their versatility in cooking–banana bread, banana smoothies, banana oatmeal, fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, banana splits, bananas foster, [...]
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Tell it to Me Tuesday: Bananas
Posted in Grassroot Causes, Tell it To Me Tuesday, tagged bananas, caribbean, central america, chiquita, costa rica, dole, problems with bananas, stop eating bananas, where do bananas come from on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Own Your Own Grocery Store for $25
Posted in Grassroot Causes, tagged co-op, how to eat local in knoxville, I hate wal-mart, own your own grocery store, three rivers market on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our grocery system is dominated by large corporate grocery stores. I’m sure if you live in small town USA, you’re grocery options include Wal-Mart, Kroger, and maybe Food City of Publix. Larger towns have more options including elite grocery stores that carry hard-to-get ingredients like Whole Foods, Earth Fare, or Fresh Market. These large grocery [...]
Free Kitchen Makeover
Posted in Grassroot Causes on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, sadly I will not be giving away a free kitchen ( this only happens in my dreams of having thousands of readers.) However, sprucing up your kitchen doesn’t have to be a financial burden, it can be virtually free. A clean kitchen is a peaceful, spiritual place where meals are prepared [...]