"Since we spend approximately a thousand hours a year eating our meals, they should be pleasant hours."
Adelle Davis

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Chopped Liver

Even though liver has enormous health benefits, and even though it’s extremely affordable, some people will just not like it.  OK.  People like different things.  Me?  I like food that’s delicious and nutritious and doesn’t cost much money.  Liver is one of those kinds of foods.

If you’re just not going to eat liver no matter [...]

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Food Bars

Protein bars, breakfast bars, high-protein cookies, energy bars, meal bars, maybe there are other names, too.  I guess “food bars” covers it all.  It’s nice to have easily-portable, no-mess hunks of food that provides good protein, minerals and vitamins.  You can take them hiking, use them as a simple lunch away from home, or keep [...]

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Quinoa Bean Burgers

Frozen veggie burgers cost way, way more than real meat in the grocery store. Some of them don’t taste very good, many of them have long and complicated lists of ingredients, and they may even contain harmful chemicals!

It’s easy to make your own high-health, great tasting veggie burgers (with complete protein!) for about one third [...]

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Bok Choy

Easy to cook, simple and quick, Bok Choy is healthy and cheap.

The other day I was with my sister, buying eggs from a farmer out in the country.  I was checking out the wild chamomile weeds growing in the farmer’s dirt driveway when I heard my sister say to the farm boy, “Does [...]

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Green Wraps

Blanched, marinated,  or raw, collard leaves make delicious, healthy wraps.

I know a lot of people aren’t as delighted with a big ol’ mess of greens as I am, but here’s a different way to enjoy the tremendous health benefits of leafy greens.  Even if you don’t particularly care for  a bowl of greens, you might [...]

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