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Naturally-sweetened banana bread
Rotting- or overly ripe- bananas have amazing strength as a sweetener. Add them to a bit of flour, egg and oil and what would have been bread is really more of a cake. This recipe for sugar-free banana bread has quite a few optional ingredients because the bananas play such ...
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1 month, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Winter spinach salad with seasonal fruit
It's easy to think of salads as having as much diversity as what type of dressing you throw on top, but all salads don't begin with butter lettuce (hint: that is more of a summer produce).During wintertime, for example, the heartier greens are more plentiful. So think ...
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1 month, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
A winter salad recipe: coleslaw
If you aren't eating cabbage, you should. That's according to a New York Times list (via Men's Health) of the 11 best foods you aren't eating. Why? Studies show it may help prevent some types of cancer and it's packed with vitamins (B1, B2, B3 ...
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2 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Mini Solar Air-Conditioner (a.k.a Swamp cooler)
Here's a DIY to make a simple, cheap, and energy-efficient air conditioner with basic materials that should cost less than $5. How it works is evaporating water in the A/C (air-conditioner) pulls heat away, making the inside cold. The fan sucks air through the A/C, making the ...
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2 months, 3 weeks ago by: Andy user comments
How to make your own hummus
Hummus is a very versatile option to meat. For sandwiches, it can be spread on bread and be accompanied by tomato slices, cucumber rounds, baby spinach or nearly any vegetable.As a dip, it works great with toasted pita bread or pita chips. You can also dip any vegetable, like ...
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3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Kéfir: yogur líquido casero, saludable y gratis
El kéfir de leche, tanto endulzado con azúcar, fruta o miel, como sin ningún otro aditivo que sus dos ingredientes, kéfir y leche, es un alimento cremoso muy parecido al yogur líquido, capaz de regenerar la flora intestinal (bifidobacterias).Quizá se conozca tan poco al kéfir por tratarse de una ...
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3 months, 2 weeks ago by: faircompanies faircompanies 1 comments
Cómo hacer jabón artesanal con sosa
El jabón artesanal puede emplearse para el cuidado personal o, con ligeras modificaciones, como producto de limpieza. Las combinaciones son infinitas.Elaborar un buen jabón puede equivaler, guardando las distancias y siempre manteniendo los pies en el suelo, a destilar una esencia con la sofisticación evocada por Patrick Süskind en ...
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by: faircompanies faircompanies 7 comments
Un vermicompostador en un rincón de casa
El vermicompostaje se ha popularizado en entornos urbanos, al acelerar la conversión de los desechos de la cocina en abono orgánico y permitir esta producción dentro de casa, sin por ello causar molestias.Esta modalidad de compostaje con lombrices requiere el uso de un contenedor acondicionado para facilitar el entorno ...
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4 months, 3 weeks ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff comments
Simple Laundry Greywater System
In Southern California, we are dealing with water restrictions due to years of continuous drought and water shortages. Here is one way to start saving on irrigation water. Our washer is in the garage, so it is easy to run this set up out to the yard. It is working ...
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4 months, 3 weeks ago by: respach user comments
Ferment your own bread
Before the arrival of commercial yeast a couple centuries ago, bread was made from a starter that was kept alive by bakers and in homes (see our video The way bread was made: fermenting with mother dough). Today, people are returning to the tradition in search of a tastier, more ...
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7 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments