Sunday, January 18, 2009

two recipes + books


well, i will end my food week on a less ranty note.
above is the granola i made yesterday from this recipe:

granola
mix:

4 c organic rolled oats
1/4 c melted coconut oil
1/4 c honey
plus whatever other ingredients you want!
spread over oven sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 325 degrees

(i added in walnuts, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and orange juice for this batch
.)

yesterday i also made the carrot-dill soup i make around this time of year using the carrots from our produce box. the carrots aren't quite as sweet and flavorful this year; maybe this is because of the warmer weather here in california this winter. but the soup was delicious nonetheless.

carrot-dill soup recipe
saute 1 onion and some cloves of garlic in oil for 5 min
add 7–9 or so diced carrots
and 1 diced potato
and 4–5 c of broth
simmer for 15 min
puree most of the above
add dill, pepper, lemon (2 tbsp)
serve with sour cream dollop


(the above are all rough amounts. hard to go wrong making soup.)


good books about food/alternatives to industrial agriculture
(in order of most–least accessible)

slow food: come to the table
plenty
the omnivore's dilemma
animal, vegetable, miracle
fatal harvest
manifestos on the future of food and seed
stolen harvest


related books i want to read
in defense of food
alice waters and chez panisse
more by wendell berry

silent spring

any other suggestions?

and finally, the art/design projects of futurefarmers

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yum, yum, yu-um!
Jag ska genast introducera de där recepten här hemma i köket.

Och vad fiiiin din bloggsida har blivit! Love the headers (de två olika som har varit)!

Kerstin Svendsen said...

tack karin! skulle reply pa FB, men FB funkar inte just nu. jag kommer ihag en gang nar jag var liten din mamma holl pa gora granola i ugnen o ugnen var hogt upp. det var spannande med ugn hogt upp o bakad granola. :-)

jenifer lake said...

look at your spiffy new logo! i need you to teach me how to get a custom logo on my blog too. and i totally am going to try that carrot dill soup! yum!