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Nothing wakes me up so unjumpily as a cup of chai tea. My current favorite is Chocolate Enchantment Chai. To make it I put 1 teabag in a cup of boiling water and let steep for 5 minutes. then I add 2 Tablespoons of homemade soymilk and 1 tsp. of sugar. Stir and enjoy a burst of energy that is not frantic.
If I drink coffee I can’t sleep even 12 hours later.
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Today was a sad day in my garden
The brussel sprouts were infested . I could have picked them earlier but aphids have not bothered them in the past.
I hereby declare this the Year of the Aphid. forget about the Year of the Ox. imho
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This is a simple cole slaw John who has a sweet tooth likes.
- 6 cups shredded green cabbage
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1/4 cups raisins
- Use food processor to make the above
- Mix in large bowl
- Add following dressing.
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup soymilk unsweetened
- Put first5 ingredinets in ball jar with lid and shake until all sugar is dissolve
- Add soy milk and shake again
- Put dressing on veggies and let sit for an hour to absorb juices.
- Enjoy. Refrigerate.
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My onions red, white and yellow Granex are in the ground since mid January and now I am planting my white and red Kennebec potatoes for harvest in late May. President’s Day is too late to plant in Austin and Valentine’s day is the last best day to plant. Some people put them in in late January.
I am harvesting my leeks right now and really enjoying frying them up with potatoes .
We are still eating brocolli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, red and green cabbage, spinach, collards, kale, lettuce, beets, carrots, rutabaga , spinach, turnips and herbs-cilantro, parsley and dill- from the Fall garden. However the rutabaga and cauliflower are now all harvested.
I went to Carol Ann Sayle’s Boggy Creek Farm talk last Friday and learned that water can split the cabbages. As we got rain I guess that did it. I thought it was rats and was happy to know that it wasn’t.
Eat Veggies, save the planet 