Join the Slow Food Movement

stews, pizza dough. locally grown produce and my own, humble garden. i am actually not going to join slow food itself, because it seems very elitest, but i would say that i have adopted the key principles.

• i now make my own yogurt, and top it with honey, fruit (figs today!), granola.
• i’ve started making stone-cut oatmeal, too, in big batches, so i can freeze some and re-heat it easy peasey
• slow cooked leafy green veggies. they are good for topping soups and other dishes
• tea sometimes instead of coffee
• more visits to berkeley bowl. the variety is phenom. i am especially enamored with their asian foods.

frugal foodies night! moses just got back from west africa…i am looking forward to good food and lots of travel stories and photographs.

last night. i broke in the new roasting pan i bought. yummy, but the vegs turned out a bit soft. i didn’t realize how little time they would need, compared to the chicken. ah, a real kitchen! (i’ve lived in a place without a full kitchen for 5 years – can you believe it!!)

now that i actually have a kitchen that i can use on a regular basis, i have been cooking more. i’ve pulled out my cookbooks, and even baked banana bread last night.
today, i ordered a kneading blade for my bread maker, (i know, this is very much cheating, but it’s a start). i used to make bread, pizza dough and foccacia in it, and i look forward to doing this more.