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[aprilstarchild]

I made the greatest food tonight. New Seasons has baby greens for braising--kale and swiss chard and all sorts of tasty things. I sauteed some shallots in canola oil (garlic would be a tad strong for baby greens) and then put some water in the cast-iron pan with the greens and then put the heavy lid on. Stirred it here and there, then put a drained can of seasoned tomatoes in there and served it over couscous with salt and pepper. Died and went to heaven, food-wise. Not to mention all the iron and calcium and all the other wonderful nutritious stuff. Yay!! Finished the meal off with a handful of Ginger'Os (like Newman'Os but ginger cookies).


Then came up here and started my lettuce in a cardboard tray. Had to be careful not to put too many seeds in there...I don't need thirty heads of lettuce maturing at the same time!!

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[sagcat.livejournal.com]

heheh... you said "chard." [/buttheadvoice]

[5minutelimit.livejournal.com]

I bought NeumanO's and GingerOs for the party, but OMG the gingerOs might not last!
Lettuce seeda are cheap so plant all you want, and thin them out as they grow and eat the baby greens. I just toss them all around my yard whereever theres a spot. FYI you don't have to start them indoors, and they love cool weather--I tossed mine around a month ago.

[sagcat.livejournal.com]

heheh... you said "tossed." [/buttheadvoice]

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes*

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

The cardboard tray is on my porch. So it's outside. We just had the ground rototilled so I can't sow them yet. Nana's gonna wanna mark them with string and whatnot.

a random online friend, you now have o_0

[apuent.livejournal.com]

Yes, well hello aprilstarchild! I hope you don't mind me adding you as a friend. You're a Hitchhiker's fan! And you seem like a very cool person. Maybe you could help me out. I'm aspiring to become vegan, but its not the easiest thing to do. The morals and philosophy is there, and I've been about 2 months now without meat or dairy, but I'm not at 100% because I'm not the best when it comes to making healthy, life altering choices. Do you have any tips or recipes?

Yes, my health is so much better now thanks to my dietary changes, but its not easy to go all the way with this, and the head tilting, odd looks I get from my misinformed friends/family don't help either. ::sigh::

P.S. Is that a GIR wristband I detect? ^_^