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Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’
Notes on a Plastic-Free, Shopping-Free Holiday
Have you ever had so much fun that you completely forgot to take pictures? That’s what happens when the day is all about great food, friends, and silly games. Our friends Red & Jen (that’s them on the left) hosted a Thanksgiving potluck, and you know what? I didn’t see a lick [...]
Read the entire post.Thanksgiving, Buy Nothing Day, & My Travel Mug
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. This post is not really about today but tomorrow: the day the media insists on calling “Black Friday.” I’m choosing instead to honor “Buy Nothing Day.” And to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, I am not going to replace my lost travel mug. And I’m not just going to [...]
Read the entire post.Say No to Fake Plastic Wishbones & Other Thanksgiving Waste
Fake plastic wishbones? Around Thanksgiving time last year, I read a post by blogger Rejin from Urban Botany blasting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for promoting plastic Lucky Break Wishbones . She wrote:
Hasn’t PETA ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? They claim these wishbones and their packages are recyclable, but [...]
Plastic-free Thanksgiving: Pumpkin Pecan Risotto, Brussels Sprouts, Winter Salad
I hope you all had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. We spent Thursday at a Thanksgiving potluck with friends and made sure that our three dishes were as plastic-free as possible. Below are links to the recipes, with info on ingredients. I wish I had thought to take pictures of the brussels [...]
Read the entire post.Fake Plastic Wishbones?
Turns out the cold I thought I had is actually a mild case of pneumonia. Thanks very much to blogger Rejin Leys from Urban Botany who filled in for me tonight with a post about a crazy new plastic product being promoted by, of all organizations, PETA.
This week, PETA (People for the Ethical [...]
Weekly Recipe(s): Dinner in a Pumpkin –> Therapeutic Cat Food
The nice thing about pumpkins is that they last a really, really long time. We’ve had this one since Thanksgiving and finally got around to doing something with it. We also had some cabbage that was getting old, so I Googled “pumpkin cabbage recipe,” not really expecting to find much, and ended up [...]
Read the entire post.Weekly Recipe: Curried Lentils with Yams & Swiss Chard
Mmmmmmm… Happy Valentine’s Day. Here’s a nearly plastic-free recipe that Michael first made for Thanksgiving and then I recreated this weekend. Enjoy.
Curried Lentils with Yams & Swiss ChardBased on this recipe from the NY Times.
Ingredients:2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 medium onion, chopped4 garlic cloves, minced1-1/2 teaspoons ginger powder (Recipe calls for [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! Buy local; buy handmade; or buy nothing!
Yes, I can criticize Safeway, but I’m still sucked in by their advertising. This billboard has been all over town in the past couple of weeks, so I decided I just had to try making pumpkin soup in a pumpkin shell to bring for Thanksgiving this year.
I waited until the last minute, and then [...]
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