Month: December 2011
holiday delight chocolate truffles
Dec 2011

Why was I struggling to find something that uses whole sesame tahini?  Whole sesame tahini is a nut butter made from the entire brown seed.  This is important. 

Dec
2011
fresh purple figs
Dec 2011

We use use dried figs, because they’re available year-round, and they keep just about forever. You can always use fresh figs, though… Just make sure to eat them within a day or two of dipping.

Dec
2011
umeboshi plums drying
Dec 2011

“When I was a child and had an upset stomach, my mother used to make me a hot drink that helped tremendously.”

Dec
2011
sun in a blue sky
Dec 2011

We make vitamin D when our skins are exposed to sunlight. The health effects of this “sunshine vitamin” are far-reaching and profound.

Dec
2011