I love spring. The sweet smells, the baby birds, the tulips, and all the green! And of course, the promise of summer to come. I also love that spring is a time for newness. So in celebration of spring newness (the flowers, the animals—the wardrobes!), I’ve picked my five new favorites to wear this spring: […]
By Maria
10 Things to Do with “Rotten” Bananas
Unless you loathe bananas (like my oldest), you are bound to, at some point, have a few rotten ones on your counter (you should never store them in the fridge). I was reminded about how versatile a product a rotten banana is the other week when I was in the Florida Keys and ordered a […]
Oyster Crackers from Scratch…So Simple!
I’ve realized that I learned to cook so that I could eat food that’s guaranteed organic, and one of the last remaining items I can’t find in the store is organic oyster crackers—those hard-as-nails ones that it takes grown-up hands to crack into your oyster stew or clam chowder. It’s really all about the oyster […]
A Window into My World
Dear Reader, This past Monday was, I believe, the first time ever I simply said, “Nope I don’t have a blog in me.” And so we ran someone else’s blog. Now Wednesday is coming up, and I’m thinking of blogs, and it’s all still sort of jumbled up in my head. I’m trying to think […]
Maria’s Five Favorites: Let’s Get Spring-Cleaning!
Yeah, yeah, I know. Winter’s not quite over yet. But maybe if we all start spring-cleaning now, the weather will get the point? And of course, being stuck inside thanks to snow, frigid temps, and freezing rain has left my house a bit, well, in need of some cleaning. So grab your dustpans, put on […]
Save the Date: Earth Gratitude Wave, April 22, 2015
I was sitting outside this past Thanksgiving, surrounded by beautiful trees and rolling hills and feeling grateful for the crisp, clean air, when it occurred to me that we should have a similar holiday of thanksgiving for the earth. However, we don’t need a whole new holiday for Earth; we have Earth Day. We also […]
Quick and Yummy Quinoa Salad
I first discovered this recipe in Laurie David’s book The Family Cooks, which is a great cookbook! (And published by Rodale, by the way.) As Laurie predicts in her book, my whole family loved it. This recipe is to me the epitome of “clean food,” in that you just feel really healthy and light after […]
How to Make an Aussie Meat Pie from Scratch, Part III: Organic Puff Pastry
Part III of my three-part Aussie Meat recipe series For years I’ve wanted to make puff pastry from scratch. Why? Because that’s the only way I would know for sure it was organic. Here’s what you need puff pastry for: piggies in a blanket, Australian Meat Pies, and Aussie Sausage Rolls (recipe to come one […]
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Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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