This whole wheat pita bread is a great recipe that only has a few ingredients and no oil or sugar. Nevertheless, it is a very delicious bread that can be used in so many ways. For the whole-food plant-based diet pita bread is a must-have. Slice the bread in half and fill it with a ...
Growing Microgreens and Baby Salad Greens
Growing microgreens and baby salad greens at home is easy and adds instant homegrown freshness to your meals. Microgreens and baby salad greens are great for growing indoors during the long winter months. What is the difference between sprouts, microgreens, and baby greens An emerging shoot from a ...
GARDEN UPDATE – Winter 2019 ON VIDEO
Winter 2019 has been good to us and now it is time for a garden update - winter 2019 on video. We do these updates to encourage you and us to keep growing. To see what has worked well and what needs improvement and to learn from it. You can see last years' winter garden update here. During the ...
Homemade Vegetable Broth Recipe
Homemade vegetable broth is so easy to make that one might think that no recipe is needed. And it is true, I have made it by just using what's in my fridge that needs to go and be great for a vegetable broth. However, after trying this recipe I never went back to throwing together whatever is ...
Gardening Where it is Cold (Zone 3)
We are in Alberta, Canada, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains - plant hardiness zone 3A, elevation 1,037 m (3,402 ft). Yep, it's cold here! While the southerlies plant their garden, we pile up more snow, while they harvest their first crops, we plant ours, and while they still complain about ...
Green Smoothie for Breakfast
To enjoy a green smoothie for breakfast is a great healthy choice. It's delicious, easy and quick to make and fills you up for hours. It's our go-to recipe whenever an instant breakfast is needed, or for a breakfast to go on a busy day and even to take with us on the road. What is a green smoothie ...
Oatmeal Porridge Recipe
This oatmeal porridge recipe is my favorite breakfast recipe at the moment. It is yummy and healthy at the same time. You get whole grain, high on omega 3 seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries all in one meal. I tend to find a recipe that I like and stick to it for months, sometimes years till I'm done ...
Chickpea Flour Pancakes Recipe
Chickpea Flour Pancakes recipe is the fastest, easiest, most filling and most versatile recipe you will come across. It is gluten free, nut free and dairy free. Vegan, whole-food plant-based, protein-rich and kids approved. Other versions and names are Farinata, it is backed in a hot skillet in ...
Our Plant-Based Pantry
For some reason, homesteaders enjoy reading about each other's pantries. It gives us ideas on what and how to store food and provides inspiration. Here's a glimpse into our plant-based pantry, showcasing the foods we can and can't grow ourselves, all of which we're grateful to enjoy ...
How to Build a Geodesic Dome Greenhouse Using Pipe Connectors
We built our second geodesic dome slightly different from our first one several years ago. In this article, we share how to build a geodesic dome greenhouse using pipe connectors. It is our version 2; you can read all about version 1 in How to Build a GeoDome Greenhouse. Why did we use pipe ...
