tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53081871710498222562012-01-29T12:46:39.426-08:0026 blogs and 15 websites - not counting the ones I disappeared. Time to consolidate into a one stop shopping sort of blog. Tying together the many aspects of my life into bundles.Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-65609483986721242632009-07-13T11:46:00.001-07:002009-07-13T11:46:31.046-07:00

Our weekend;   The Story.  I have a peridontist appointment about every three months, in a town about 2 + hours from where we live.  So we have turned it into a weekend getaway, and a visit with my mother who lives in a nearby town to the town where my peridontist is located. Had my peridontist appt Friday and the report was good - some small improvement actually.  Not much improvement, but far

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Well, whewww, someone put it together – activism + craft = craftivism.  That works for me!    Because it is possible to go beyond banners, email petitions and chants as ways of fighting for a cause you believe in. You could have a knit-in, papier-mache puppets, teach a crafty class for kids- all ways of turning that energy into a more positive, more useful, force. Atrocities are happening in

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Too many blogger template choices these days, and as the years keep passing, what people can now do with blogger compared to those early years…..why, I remember when you got the bare bones basics with blogger.  Then I learned enough html to be able to add to my blogger html template.  I thought I was doing pretty great, until the ‘feeds’ came along.  I couldn’t quite figure out how to make that

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I'm pleased to have found this great challenge and it is a challenge - Independence Day Challenge 2008 - at Casaubon's Book blog. The blog is full of useful information and worth a look. We (husband and I, oh and our dog and cat) are already into our efforts of trying to learn how to take care of ourselves (primarily feed ourselves) as the oil/food/economic crisis continues. And we recognize

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Excellent video encapsulating wide array of concepts in Sustainable Living. These Urban Pioneers got a jumpstart back when it was called self-sufficiency- meaningful living, abundant living, simplistic living, getting off the grid. And they go even further back ... see the video below. Big hat tip to Path To Freedom Journal blog.from the Path to Freedom Journal blog 'about us'On 1/5th of an

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'The Store Wars' May the Farm be with you. A fer fun video to offset the very serious video below.

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The video starts off looking like some lecture and I started to hit the stop button, but decided instead to hear it out for a bit, and then I was intrigued. Because she was talking about something as if I should already know what it is and I realized I hadn't even heard of it, let alone realize what it is, so I listened. Do you know what Codex Alimentarius is? And if you do, then you're ahead

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I'm not altogether sure that I agree with the slant or bent of why this was posted - as it has a somewhat anti-illegal immigrant cast to it , which I don't share. But the information pointed out about contaminated and compromised food, food recalls is pertinent. United States Food Supply in Danger? The latest in the craze of America 's food supplies being contaminated. Mini Chip Ahoy

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1,400 apple varieties in the South - only 200 still known to existThe Genius of Apples; by Linda Burnham, Oct 2004There's a hearty band of hunters ransacking the South, says Lee Calhoun, hunting for old Southern apples. They are tracking down apple trees in the front yards of old country homes that may disappear tomorrow. Time is running out for these hunters. Of the 1,400 apple

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The Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out some very detailed statistics about how much Americans spend on different parts of their budget. Part of that, obviously, focuses on food. The most recent data that they have published is from 2005. 1 person in the family, one wage earner: $68 a week 2+ persons in the family, one wage earner: $121 a week 2+ persons in the family,

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/04/1343214 Subprime loans have led to one million American families losing their homes in the past decade, a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending has found. In the last ten years, the subprime loan industry has emerged as a major, and controversial, player in the housing market. We speak with an attorney at the Center for Responsible

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I know, I know - I've neglected my blog(s). Quick update to my little adventure of learning to cook Thai (vegan Thai) and yes we are still eating pretty much strictly Thai. I won't add the latest recipes to this post, but I will be adding them to the blog shortly. It's been a month now - my - a month has passed since I began converting us to vegetarian. I've been cooking vegan Thai recipes

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Well good for him and his wife and their small child. He decided to put into action and action plan to reduce his family impact on the environment - in the urban setting of New York city. Instead of mouthing all the assortment of platitudes, he decided to make a committment, reduce their environmental footpring and is blogging about it.While I self congratulate on the efforts we have made in

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Catching up on the new recipes I made this week. See what happens when I miss one day of blogging the progression? It turns into two missed days, then three, then an entire week goes by and I find myself needing to write a 'super' sized blog entry. The order of the days we had the new eats isn't too relevant, but the grades and rating we gave the new recipes determines if we will have that

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I have long believed the WWll concept of everyone having a 'Victory Garden' of their own has more meaning for us now in these times in a quite different way. In the time of WWll, individuals grew Victory Gardens as a response to war-time rationing and as a united gesture of patriotic support. As 'living off the grid', becoming consumer-less, corporate farming, global warming, terminator

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I'll leave a 'bread crumb trail' for how I came about finding the 'No Knead Bread' recipe that apparantly has caught fire and is making the rounds. I'm either oblivious, or it is still new enough that it hasn't reached my attention. But it has my attention now! Beginning with my bloglines morning reads, from not martha today is a list of fun recipes (I already added the kettle corn and sweet

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I haven't fixed this 'snack' yet, but I feel pretty confident having made roasted, seasoned potatos, and recently having made Eggplant Chips. So, putting the recipe here for reference and when I get more sweet potatoes, I'll be sure to make this one. I bought sweet potatoes at our last grocery outing, but they were intended for the Thai and vegetarian recipes I collected. I can recommend the

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Just a little not so healthy Kettle Corn recipe I came across today at Seattlest. Yes, from time to time, I give into my craving for kettle corn. I first tasted it when we lived in Mount Vernon, in Skagit County, Washington. I really liked the 'quaint' downtown and the annual street fair which included many vendors who brought along homecrafts. While I like where we live, I often find myself

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Found this morning at Path to Freedom Journal and I just have to share this here....I so agree, I so agree. BOTTLED WATER IS LIKE DRIVING A HUMMERBe Part of the SolutionENDING BOTTLED WATER ADDICTION WILL SAVE MONEY & ENVIRONMENT {from Organic Consumer Association}BOTTLED WATER ISN'T NECESSARILY CLEANER: According to the San Francisco Chronicle and lawsuits from the Environmental Law Foundation,

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Three Soups Tonight!New batch of Granola.Eggplant Chips. I got busy and made three different soups tonight to go with the big batch of rice I made yesterday. I also wanted to be sure that Sweetie would have 'leftovers' for the rest of the weekend and to take to work on Monday.If we had a bigger refridgerator, I'd do the weekend making up meals ahead, but there is no way with the two of us we

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I watched Bonus Army on PBS, and then Ghosts of Abu Ghraib on HBO. It remains on my mind today, and I will likely blog on it at my Dying to Preserve the Lies blog and at Washblog. I mention it at this blog, because it is named Bundelz, an effort to have one place that is not a compartment of the many aspects of being me.Sweetie came home from work yesterday raving about the granola. It's time

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Last night it was Flexible Thai Soup. I am not sure how it is named 'flexible', likely because there is flexibility of vegetables used in the soup. We liked it, flavorful, great zing, good taste and I would make frequently. I didn't make the rice to go with the soup, so by itself, while filling, it was not a meal to hold us through the evening as we found ourselves in search of something to

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Lesser Galangal (Alpinia officinarum)Wikipedia says otherwise and describes it this way; However, it tastes little like ginger; in its raw form, it has a soapy, earthy aroma and a pine-like flavor with a faint hint of citrus. .......A mixture of galangal and lime juice is used as a tonic in parts of Southeast Asia. Medicinally, it has the effect of an aphodisiac, and acts as a stimulant.More at

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Tonight it was Thai Peanut Linguine and I wasn't disappointed. I was eager to try one of the recipes using Thai Coconut Milk. However, it was too soon after the Vegan Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles that I made earlier this week. Now we have peanut noodle leftovers to last out the rest of the week. Good in as much as Sweetie has guaranteed lunches but more noodles than we are used to having in a

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Made the Tomato Zucchini Frittada last night. Okay, so-so, not exciting and not quite boring. Primary ingredients are tofu for bulk, zucchini for crust. I could tell while I was making it that it was not going to have any flavor snap, so I did add mozzerella cheese on top which is not in the recipe. I liken the taste to those Bisquick Impossible Pie dinner recipes.Kind of a disappointment

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This crosses over to 'gardening' somewhat, but it is more in the kitchen, so I'll put it on this blog. It will be time now to think vegetable garden, yard, gardening and time to make my garden blog, Wonderwander go to work. For now though, it seems to make sense to me to put Growing Sprouts on this blog. Now I need to do a tad bit more research for the how to steps and start growing sprouts

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I found a couple of sites today where it looks like people are taking consuming less, conserving more, being environmentally conscientious to the next levels - trying to find alternatives to being purchasing consumers.I love it, because quietly that is what my husband and I have been doing for several years now, rather contrary to the mainstream of buy, buy, buy. Guess I've been a bit self

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We are converting to vegetarian lifestyle. And I've done this a couple of times before, so have a bit of an idea where we are headed. I am old enough to remember the health food of the Seventies and pleased to see that in 2000 there are more choices. I converted us strictly to Dr Ornish diet before, and that was great, and I will borrow again from those recipes. But to really kick us off I

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This recipe doesn't sound healthy but it sounds good for a chilly winter day, and it sounds like a recipe I would use. So it goes into the blog. Oh yeah, I did say this wasn't going to be a recipe blog, didn't I...well it's not, but right now I'm catching up with my own saved backlog and so high density on posting recipes. German Chowder(crockpot)1 lb. fully cooked sausage (Polish, kielbasa)

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Chow Mein*Ingredients*2 whole skinless, boneless chicken breast (cut into bite-size pieces)1/4 med. head bok choy, chopped1 med. zucchini, chopped1 c. fresh mushrooms, chopped1 stalk celery, thinly sliced6 green onions, bias sliced1 tbsp. grated fresh gingerroot1 c. chicken broth2 tbsp. cornstarch1/4 c. dry white wine2 tbsp. soy sauce2 tbsp. cooking oilChow mein noodles*Procedure*Stir chicken

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MUSTARD-ROASTED POTATOESINGREDIENTS:-- 3 medium-large baking potatoes (slightly less than 2 pounds)-- 3 tablespoons mustard-- 2 tablespoons olive oil-- 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional)-- Freshly ground pepperINSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 425 degrees.Wash and scrub the potatoes. Dry well and cut lengthwise into halves, then intoquarters. Cut the quarters lengthwise into

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Found this on one of my subscribe lists, but it does not give credit to where the poster found it. So, if you know and there is a link, let me know...thanks.STEALTH HEALTH: PANTRY STIR-INSYou don't have to choke down alfalfa sprouts or knock back jiggers of carrotjuice to get your nutrients. These eight foods taste good (think cocoa, notquinoa), and they're good for you. Here's how to stir,

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Mediterranean Grilled Chicken SaladSALAD:2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimedWhite wine marinade (recipe to follow)1 lb. small red potatoes1/2 lb. slender green beans, trimmedvegetable oil cooking spray12 to 14 cherry tomatoes, halved or left whole, depending on size2 tsp. chopped fresh tarragon, for garnishVINIAGRETTE:3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil1/4 cup white wine vinegar2 tsp.

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TOMATO ZUCCHINI "FRITTATA"Tofu replaces eggs in this interpretation of a frittata, the classic Italian flat omelet. Vary the filling ingredients according to personal preference: cooked asparagus or mushrooms are good choices.1 tablespoon olive oil1 small Vidalia or other sweet yellow onion, minced1 small zucchini, shredded and well drained1 firm ripe tomato, chopped1/2 teaspoon dried basilSalt

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How courteous, a thank you from a 'new friend' - Lighter Footstep. I added as a link and Chris Baskind from Lighter Footstep took the time to comment at this blog and give a thank you for the link. I appreciate the net courtesy.Well, so far this blog is shaping up to be predominantly recipes. I don't intend for it to remain as such, and will be getting around to 'rounding it out', otherwise

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I did go back and look at Robert's Home Recipes, and found what I plan to cook tonight. I think I will link Robert's Home Recipes at this blog, because it looks like I may want to visit those recipes again. British and uses different measures than we use here, but I think I can wing it and adapt.Both Sweetie and I like the tangy taste of curry recipes - Mediterranean style cooking, and I want

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img is from Robert's Home Recipes, and I will revisit that site as perhaps interesting to see what other recipes are there.So, I tried a couple of the granola recipes yesterday. I did not like the bisquick recipe at all. I did like the basic recipe that permitted freedom to mix and match ingredients. It was great, and then I baked it a tad too long so it was more crunchy than I wanted it to be

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Some great hints here, included in article by Marlene Parrish (recipes below)Baked Honey Granola 2 cups rolled oats, uncooked1/4 cup brown sugar1/4 teaspoon cinnamonPinch salt1/3 cup slivered almonds, chopped1/4 cup honey, warmed to liquid1/4 cup light olive oil (or 4 tablespoons butter, melted)1/2 cup golden raisins or other dried fruit Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl,

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Oriental Chicken Salad * 4 chicken breasts (cooked and cubed) * 1 cup slivered almonds * 4 tablespoons sesame seeds * 1 medium cabbage (shredded) * 2 small bunches onions chopped or 1/4-1/2 cup chopped onions * 3 packages Ramen chicken soupDirectionsTake out the flavor package from the soup. Crumble noodles in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients.Dressing Ingredients * 3

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Breakfast idea: The best breakfast ever consists of a fried wedge of polenta, tangy black beans, a slice of avocado and a poached egg.

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Leaving an impression of an imprint, an outline of a footprint, instead of Bigfoot evidence of squandering resources - sustainable living. A more respectful way of taking and giving back and leaving something for the next generation(s). Pass it forward. What has been a journey for us that started years earlier, has taken on differing identifying terms as the definitions have changed.

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I haven't tried this yet - hmmm, we'll see. Pacific Northwest and slugs are native, I think, so it has become a losing battle for me. My gardening started with no slugs or none that I could see the first couple of years. And in the last three years they have become 'progressive' slugs. So does that mean they are democratic slugs? I don't know, but I do know they can consume in one night more

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Garlic Chicken And Grapes "The potency of garlic is deftly contrasted with the coolness of grapes in this baked chicken. Sesame seeds offer nutty undertones. Serve with Dijon-soy sauce. INGREDIENTS: 3 tablespoons Dijon-style prepared mustard 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3

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Mixed Grain Casserole2 medium carrots, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (1 cup)1 cup fresh mushrooms quartered 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained (can use dry pinto beans, soaked overnight)1 8 3/4 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained1 cup veg. broth (can use water)1/2 pearl barley (can use quick cooking)1/4 cup bulgur (can substitute long grain rice)1/4 cup chopped onion1/4 tsp. garlic

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Chicken with White Wine & Pasta Recipe: 3 Tbsp. Olive Oil 1/2 C. Chopped Onions 4 Tbsp. Chopped Garlic Sautee all of the above until onions start to turn a bit brown. Add all of the following... 1/2 C. White Wine Let simmer on medium heat for about 5 mins. Add all of the following... White Wine into a wine glass, and enjoy for yourself! Add one of the following...

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My mom is so helpful. When she knows I have an interest in something, she does a bit of online googling and sends me a few links she thinks might be of interest to me. It's been that way every since she got computer savvy - and I'm pleased to say I instructed her through her first basic lessons in getting acquainted with the computer. Who knew my dear 60 something mother would become as savvy,

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We have done the Ornish diet a few years back, which is primarily vegetarian. Not vegan, though - there is a dramatic difference as I learned from my daughter - see her blog Veganville. When we did the conversion to Ornish, I had to completely rework my kitchen pantry, learn to cook in a completely different way, and I came to have an appreciation for the amount of time it can take to prepare

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I've been blogging for about 3 years now, learning some of the ins and outs as blogging has grown in popularity, along with more sophisticated formatting. For clarity, I'm a blogger user - using others' formatting and designs. I've played around with templates, learned more about html and css and so on and so on. Somehow along the way, I managed to create themed blogs that rather

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