Late last year I signed up to split a CSA share with a friend. Every other week I pick up a box of organic produce from a local farmer. It’s super cool however, I find myself struggling with ideas of what to cook.
This is what led me to my favorite site/app of the moment, SuperCook. I mark what food items I currently have at home, it scours recipe sites to show me what I can make. I’m totally digging it.
It reminds me of Make Me A Cocktail which got crazy traffic when self-quarantining first became a thing this past March.
This is such a thought provoking opinion piece from Kenan Malik in the Guardian. There are so many great quotable parts. Below are three that resonated with me the most.
At every point, the government has insisted that people must “blame themselves”.
The aim of social policy should be to restore to people that freedom to be able to make reasonable choices.
The “culture of poverty” thesis should remind us that racism and contempt for poor and working-class people have common roots. To challenge the one, we also have to challenge the other.
Knobs for doors were traditionally brass or copper. This is why push plates on doors are oftentimes brass.
US coins used to have a top layer of copper or silver. From true silver dollars to copper half-pennies, the coins finish protected people from passing germs.
These metals have an ability to kill a wide range of harmful microbes rapidly, many times in under two hours and with a high degree of efficiency.
On copper, Influenza A will be reduced by 75% in an hour. It will be 99.999% reduced after six hours. E. coli microbes are killed after 1–2 hours on copper. On stainless steel surfaces, the microbes can survive for weeks.
Is this why silverware used to be silver plated? Maybe there’s a reason your Moscow mule is in a copper mug.
Those copper pots and silver wares you have are more than just pretty. They serve a multi-functional role too.
I’ve been making this recipe multiple times a week in one form or another for several months. This is my favorite iteration after several refinements. This recipe it can be modified in many ways. I served it to a group and no one missed the dairy or sugar at all. The added fruit brings natural sweetness.
Nutritarian Vegan Fruit Oatmeal
A health filled start to your day!
DIRECTIONS
1. In a baking dish, mix the oats, vanilla, and cinnamon.
2. Add chopped walnuts, chia seeds, ground flax seed, and black seeds and mix to evenly distribute.
3. Next pour the water over the mixture and stir.
4. Stir in the blueberries, chopped apples and dried fruit.
5. Bake at 350º for about 45 minutes.
6. Serve.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups water
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup blueberries or mixed berries (fresh or frozen)
1 serving, 406 Calories, 9.4 g Protein, 73.2 g Carbohydrates, Dietary Fiber 15g, 11 g Total Fat, 9 mg Sodium, Calcium 98mg, Iron 5mgPotassium 477mg
There are lots of healthy elements to this recipe that help start your day right. Blueberries and apples provide some of the vitamins, nutrition and fiber our bodies crave. The nuts and seed provide healthy fats and sustained energy. Cinnamon has been noted to help boost metabolism as well as blood sugar regulation.
One of the things I enjoy about this recipe is it’s versatility. In the past, I’ve subbed in muesli for oats. Oftentimes I leave out the raisins to reduce the sugar content. The apples have been optional for me because they take the most time to prep. I’ve cut this recipe in half and made it on the stove in a sauce pan. This is a filling, stick with you oatmeal recipe. I tend to make the baked version on the weekend so I have a few ready made meals at the beginning of the week. (If I can stop snacking on it.) Plus baking it allows me to use an awesome earthenware baking dish that gives me warm vibes in the wintertime.
I didn’t know about the talcum powder trick. The $20 idea is good but I’d also say keeping a crisp $100 somewhere is also a solid practice. One time in Frankfurt I couldn’t get one of my bills exchanged because it was an older style. Now I try to bring only new cash and use my cards whenever possible.
VC funding for Detroit startups increases 40% compared to 2021. Ahead of Berlin and Miami, @PitchBook declared Detroit as the second-best region in its VC Ecosystem Growth Rankings. via @Inside
