This extremely delicious soup recipe is sure to warm you up on a cold day. I don’t know about you, but when it is cold outside, I can’t get enough warm soup. Comfort food Well it is cold and snowy out. It still feels like winter with the snow outside and the kids throwing snowballs!…
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Mini Challenge: Pick the Other Color
Old habits die hard It is so easy to get in the habit of eating the same foods over and over again! Here at One Thousand Foods we challenge you to change things up and try something new. This mini challenge is about taking something that you eat all the time, and picking another variety….
Cherry pie for the holiday season: Michigan cherries, tart and sweet with a few varieties to choose from
Michigan cherries Midsummer in Northern Michigan; it was the last day for cherry picking so we picked as many types of cherries that we could at a local cherry farm. We actually came home with about 200 pounds of cherries for a very good price. Yikes, what do you do with 200 pounds of cherries?You…
Updating the 1000 foods list
Wow, what a busy summer! We haven’t posted for a while, but we are hoping to start sharing soon some of the amazing foods and varieties that we have enjoyed over the summer. From the garden to the farmers market to the great outdoors, we have been pursuing health, adventure and culture in diversifying our…
Radish mini challenge – #6-8 Chinese green luobo radish, Watermelon radish, Sparkler radish
The Radish mini challenge continues! This week I added 3 new radishes to the list for a total so far of 8 different radishes. I didn’t think finding different radish varieties would be so hard. The new varieties #6 Chinese green luobo radish, #7 Watermelon radish, #8 Sparkler radish. The first two of these varieties…
The Extreme salad, inspired by Stephen Barstow: 30 ingredients or more
The Extreme Salad, inspired by Stephen Barstow, is becoming a new family meal time tradition. Stephen Barstow Stephen Barstow is the world record holder for making a salad with the most different varieties of plants. 537 different varieties of plants, all in one salad!!! That is inspiring. And, he lives in Norway near the arctic…
Radish mini challenge: #5 Rosa radish
Rosa radishes, the 5th radish in our challenge. It is getting harder to find new radishes at the store. Next stop, the farmers market! These rosa radishes are such a pretty pink color and pretty large. Not too spicy, these ones we just snacked on and chopped up in our salads. I think I need…
Radish mini challenge: #3 Cherry Belle radish
Cherry belle radishes- radish #3 in the mini challenge. I wonder how many varieties I will be able to find this summer. These cherry belle radishes are easily found at our local grocery stores. They are a nice large mild tasting radish. We served some with our dinner salad, but we also cooked them up…
Radish mini challenge: #2 Daikon radish with Culantro
Daikon radish Daikon radish is not a new radish to us. It is actually one of our favorites. It is a mild tasting radish, easy to snack on. The kids like it raw and pickled, or served in soups and salads, and with veggie dip. I think its a favorite because it is nice and…
Salmon with house leeks and lemon thyme
Salmon with house leeks and lemon thyme I had some thyme left from our csa bag, and I was brainstorming how to use it for dinner. Tomorrow is our next csa pick up, so I wanted to have last weeks vegetables used up. I like salmon with thyme, and house leeks are supposed to taste…
Planting in the Rain: Red Welsh Bunching Onions and Utah Tall Celery
Good morning spring! I love warm spring rain, so this morning I decided to plant one of my garden beds in the rain. The Red Welsh Bunching Onions that have been growing in my front window since February were begging to be planted, and my Utah Tall Celery was ready for planting too. So, while…