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Herb Alert

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Use herbs to bring flavor to your table all summer long. Every time you stroll past a colorful table of herb seedlings, grand ideas abound. Complex yet delicate herbal flavors frame the perfect summer meal al fresco. Sweet herbs hit…

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When Life Gives You Lemons…

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Make gluten-free lemon bars! This oh-so-sweet lemon bar: seems like the perfect afternoon treat – it is National Lemon month, after all. But if you’re feeling a bit tired and achy and you have a carb-filled diet (think lots of…

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A Veggie Adventure: Part III

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Great ideas to feast on. Now that you’re feeling the might of Your Daily Thread’s Meatless in May campaign, let’s talk specifics to make your new meat-free diet successful. As a new vegetarian, you’ll find yourself at a critical juncture;…

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A Celebration For Mom

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Four gorgeous recipes to show mom your love this year! Looking to show mom you care in a homemade and unique way? Impress her with your earth savvy this year and prepare her a gorgeous picnic full of seasonal, healthy…

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Eco-Eats For Earth Day

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Four delicious recipes to celebrate Earth Day this year! Today is Earth Day and it’s the perfect time to gather your friends and have a seasonal celebration in honor of our lovely planet. We’ve collected four stellar recipes to prepare…

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Organic Cookbook Roundup

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Our team’s curated selection of organic cookbooks. We know it can be a jungle out there—a jungle of healthy and organic cookbooks, that is. With some saying to eat local and shop organic and others telling you to give up…

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A Treat For The Sweet

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Give us some sugar. Whip up a batch of these babies and share with friends, enjoy them with your sweetie, or savor them all to yourself. Here’s to a sweet one! Recipe adapted from Blisstree. Lemony Valentine’s Day Cupcakes INGREDIENTS:…

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Green Football Grub

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Make this year’s big game a winner for your health. Sure, it’s easy to stack up the chips and dip, make a mess with chicken wings and generally stuff yourself silly on Super Bowl Sunday (we’ll probably do the same)….

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Start Your Own Cooking Co-Op

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Swap dinner with friends to save money and time. Despite your foodie and planning skills, it takes commitment to cook from scratch every night. Between the grocery shopping, the prep, stove time, and cleanup, it’s enough to make you put…

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Weekly Cravings

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We’ve got a hankering for these five green things: Here’s winking at you! If only the weather would stay this warm, we would totally rock this black and pink bamboo cropped top with a pair of our tightest black skinny…

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Warm Things Up

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Winter cocktails have never been so hot! Nothing quite warms you up during the wintertime like a nice warm drink.  Add some booze to the mix and you’re really in for a good time. If you’ve tried mulled wine before,…

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Give thanks, sustainably + Recipes! Ahh, it’s the time of year we gather and express gratitude for the joys of life. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving by watching football, tuning into the Macy’s Day Parade or simply spending quality time with…

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Have a Home Brew

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Home Brewer Brent Fedor tells us how to BIY. Why not?  I love beer and I love cooking.  It seemed like a no-brainer the day I flipped through SkyMall magazine and saw the Mr. Beer Home Brewing Kit.  My eyes…

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Yes We Can Fruit Butters!

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Find the frugal grandma within…can that seasonal fruit for winter! A month ago, a friend and I wandered up to Palmdale’s U-Pick farms for apples, plums and peaches. The fruit was seasonal, ripe for the picking and dirt cheap! Since…

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Raw Recipe: Tom GYI Soup

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Recipe via Juliano Brotman of Planet Raw in Santa Monica, CA. Ingredients: 3 c fresh coconut water 2 c pine nuts or cashews 1 ½ Tbsp curry ½ c tamari 1 tsp Celtic Sea Salt (Hawaiian) ½ c lime juice…

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Make Natural Ginger Ale

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For some reason ginger ale seems like the red headed step child of the soda pop family.  It’s barely available at soft drink machines or your favorite restaurant and it can even be hard to find at your local grocer….

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Panzanella Salad

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Panzanella Salad Ingredients Rustic country loaf, exterior removed then cut into 1/2 inch dice 3 heirloom tomatoes cut into 1/2 inch dice 2 cups fresh ripe watermelon, cut into 1/2 inch dice 1/2 red onion, julienne 1/2 bunch basil, torn…

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Organic Dark and Stormy

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Summer breeze makes me feel fine, but a summer cocktail with organic ingredients pulls me through the roof.  This recipe if from mixologist Paul Abercrombie, the author of Organic, Shaken and Stirred. Serves Four 8 oz organic spiced or dark…

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What to Do with Stale Bread

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The old adage, “waste not want not” was instilled in me as a child growing up.  As I have gotten older that saying has come to  mean more to me, especially when it come to wasting food. One of my…

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Barbeque Tempeh Burgers Ingredients • 1 cup barbeque sauce, your choice (smoky is preferable) • 1 (8 oz) package tempeh, crumbled • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped (optional) • 1 green bell pepper,…

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Breakfast in Bed

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Still haven’t gotten anything for Mom yet?  That’s okay, you can always skip the prix fixe brunch menu and make her breakfast in bed instead with these delicious mom-friendly and meat-free recipes courtesy of the Healthy Voyager. Mom-osas 2  cups…

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Cinco de Mayo: Green Pina Colada

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May is full of exciting culinary inspiration. It’s meatless month here at YDT.  There’s cinco de mayo. And it’s officially warming up. In my mind, all of the adds up to a delicious, all natural smoothie that’s both nutritious and…

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Most of us are not born to be the next Top Chef.  However, there is no arguing with the benefits and value you and the planet get from cooking and eating at home.  So if you’ve got some knife skills,…

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It’s spring. And in addition to thoughts of sunshine, summer, and enjoying the outdoors, that also brings with it a natural desire to eat a bit healthier and lighter.  Spring produce will soon be popping up everywhere, which will inspire…

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