Winter squash Pie Filling

Squash/Pumpkin Pie

1 winter squash or pumpkin
1 cup honey
1 cup cream
1/4 stick melted butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1tablespoon cinnamon
1teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon vanilla
1teaspoon cloves

Prepare winter squash by cutting in half, removing seeds and baking at 350 for 1-1.5 hours until soft. With spoon remove squash from skin and put in a large bowl. Measure 3.5 cups of cooked squash and add to a separate bowl. Combine all ingredients and mix well until it is smooth. Pour into pie pan with crust. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Let cool and serve with whip cream or ice cream.

Pie Crust

Pie Crust Recipe (makes one pie crust bottom)

1 cup white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 stick of Butter (chilled)
11/2 teaspoon salt
optional 2 tablespoons Brown sugar
2-4 tablespoons ice water

In a large bowl add flour salt and sugar and mix.

Next cut thin slices of butter to mix. Then with fork or butter cutting implement press and cut butter until it is finely integrated. Take a little time for this part.

Now take ice water and add a tablespoon at a time and mix. Keep adding ice water a little at a time until the mix begins to stick together. Too much water and you won't be able to work with your hand. Better to stay on the dry side. Use hands to need the mix together. Stop as soon as it can be held together in on ball of dough.

Put in refrigerator until needed or roll out with rolling pin immediately. Put in pie pan mold it to form and you are ready to add filling.

Enjoy

Juicing Greens for Ultimate Nutrition

Kale, Chard, Collards, Beet Greens, Turnip Greens, any and all hardy greens from the garden, farm or market can add great benefits to your veggie juice. Be sure to use more than a leaf or to, it is my suggestion to be unafraid to use bundles at a time. Combine with carrots apples ginger and if you are a sweet freak add some honey or maple sugar to the mix. Make this a regular practice and I can assure you many benefits.

There are so many benefits to juicing. There is no other way to concentrate so much nutrients into a glass from fresh whole foods. One of the major problems with health in this modern world is lack of nutrients. This exists for many reasons but one is simply not consuming enough raw nutrient rich produce. Greens and roots are the answer to balancing this problem out. Another problem that leads to poor health is toxicity. Hardy greens support liver function and health. By juicing we can begin to address lack of nutrients and toxicity. This is the path to prevention of serious illness.

Another benefit of juicing is pulp. The left over pulp is a perfect byproduct that can serve many functions at home. One of those being soil building. Add pulp to compost or a worm bin. Because it is so finely broken down it is available to micro organisms immediately and will break down into plant food at a very rapid rate. Another benefit is it can be added to animal food to increase fiber and nutrients. Pulp from juicing can be added to dog food, thrown to chickens, fed to pigs etc..

Keep exploring Greens and all the ways to use them. It's time to create health and reduce our need to consume food products that have had all the nutrients processed out of them. Reduce your need for industrial food products. Figure out ways to acquire as many greens as you can from a local farm or garden. Be sure the growing methods of your food are without chemicals to ensure care for your body and this Earth, one in the same.

Steamed Greens

You got a fridge full of greens because your CSA box is loaded with a variety greens you don't even know the name of? 


Any kind of greens.
Chopped small (with stems) and crammed into a large steamer pot.
A few cups of water.
High heat and steam for 10 minutes or until desired.
Put steamed greens into large bowl add butter generously.
Salt and pepper
chevre (goat cheese)
Mix thoroughly and serve heaping portions.
Trust me you will like it and it will make your body happy.
Works great as a side to the main dish.
See you later greens.
Thanks Garden.

Using All The Veggies From Your CSA

This is meant to serve as a guide to help you figure out what to do with all those less common veggies that you get in your CSA (community supported agriculture) box or from the farmers market. If you don't know what a CSA is I urge you to look into it as it is a method for small farms to be supported.

The first category I would like to dive into is Greens. Greens include a wide variety of different veggies that you will find in your weekly box. I have heard often and from many that they are unsure of how to go through all the greens that are in the box. To this, my answer is, we need to begin to change our idea's about amounts of veggies we consume. The average american citizen is malnourished do to there lack of consuming a lot of veggies and in particular the lack of greens. Greens, all greens have highly beneficial nutrients that our bodies crave. It is my belief that people who eat some kale or spinach every once and a while think that they are getting all of that good nutrients. The fact is a few leaves here and there aren't going to suffice in the body's needs for the nutrients of this special food. People need to eat more greens. More greens equals healthier body and mind. Highly processed foods need to be weened from our diet if we want to experience our true vitality.

Suggestions that may lead you towards feeling better:

Vital Massaged Greens

• When you find greens in your box, (this includes kale, chard, collards, turnip greens, beet greens, broccoli greens, etc. etc.) take all of it and chop it up put into bowl and massage it hard to break down the fibers a bit to make it more tender. Be rough with this part.
• Add a good squeeze of lemon, a good sprinkle of salt, a couple splashes of apple cider vinegar, and a couple splashes of olive oil, other chopped veggies you like and a few spoonfuls of yogurt. Toss in bowl till it is all evenly combined. 
• Let stand in refrigerator for a couple hours and eat whenever hungry

 This meal will create vitality and nourish the body by providing important micro-nutrients. This type of food should be eaten daily and in large quantity. It will last in the fridge for a week or longer and just get better. This is also a great salad for a potluck where you can share in the beauty of eating nutrient rich food. By providing such opportunities you are caring for the earth simply by sharing healthy practices. Healthy, well nourished body's support healthy minds. Greens may just be the revolution our country needs. Start now I can assure you that as you continue to make greens a daily meal your life will become more vibrant. You will glow with vitality.


By eating this you become infused with plant energy making communication to all plants better.
You will want to begin growing your own so you can always have an abundance of energy nearby.
Eat more Greens for a better planet.