September 8th, 2010 | Hella Delicious, Shows, antipasto, container, eggplant, garden, green, healthy, homegrown, mozzarella, organic, recipe, salad, Sustainable, tomato, urban
I am fortunate to have a long and narrow balcony that gets good sun and has a fantastic view of downtown Vancouver as well as the mountains. Mishka, our hungry cat, just loves to sit on the balcony and feel as if she owns the world.
Homegrown tomatoes, eggplant, mozzarella and herbs make an easy-to-grow (and prepare), wholesome taste sensation. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and a little balsamic. Sip a glass of wine and enjoy the sunset on a lazy summer evening.
Detailed recipe here.
September 8th, 2010
Everyone will recognize this old favorite! It is so simple and delicious--especially when made with the best homegrown ingredients. Who could resist? I grew my own balcony fingerling eggplants last year! This is a recipe that you can grow at home, even in an urban apartment with only a balcony : ...
July 23rd, 2010
It is very easy to make liquid soap from soapnuts. I use it for my dishes, the floor, cleaning the bathroom and washing delicate items. Very handy to have around the house. It also can be used as a shampoo. 100g soapnuts
3 quarts (litres) water Method:
Add the soapnuts to the water. Brin ...
March 4th, 2010
I first broke ground in Vancouver BC, on June 7th, 2009. For me this was a very symbolic act. This was the day I finally got the stamp in my passport that said I was an official resident of Canada. Living in an apartment I didn't have a piece of ground of my own, but I had been scouting out th ...
December 3rd, 2009
BUY THIS: USA/Canada :: Europe The ultimate earth-friendly laundry detergent. Soapnuts have been used for everything from removing lice to silver polish. They are actually helpful for sewer systems, and can be reused for several laundry loads. The pouch is made from recycled tea towels ...
November 2nd, 2009
Published in Far West Almanac, November 2009. I recently attended a Food Justice Forum geared to generate a variety of solutions to the issues of getting nourishing food to the lowest income groups in the downtown Vancouver, BC area, while still paying the farmers a living wage. This is an issue ...
September 17th, 2009
From my favorite inspiring Little Green Book The One Straw Revolution...this book makes great bedtime reading, as you get such lovely images to dream about. It is basically a collection of some of the things he said, so some chapters are only a couple pages long--if you tend to fall right asleep whe ...
September 1st, 2009
Published in Far West Almanac, September 2009. Perhaps I have been watching too much Al Jazeera, but that, along with the film Blue Gold: World Water Wars, has got me worrying about folks down in LA. I honestly still can't believe that Arnold Schwarzenegger is really the governor of California— ...
August 26th, 2009
On the evening of August 20th 2009, I took my 20 minute walk, laden with water for my garden. It was the night of the black moon but I was happy loping down the hill the my little bit of greenspace. When I arrived and realized the garden had been mowed to the ground I was in such a state of shock, I ...
August 4th, 2009
I stumbled across this really practical and well done video on how to make water kefir. Although I have been reading about kefir for years, I hadn't had an opportunity to make it myself until this year when my sister brought some up to me from a friend who had given her some. This stuff is fantastic ...
