Are you tossing out edible, organic food ?

July 23, 2009

Are you tossing out edible,

organic

food ?

Did you know that radish tops are edible ?

They are called "micro-greens" in restaurant salads.

They can also be cooked like spinach and are

tasty either way. We dipped some in salad dressing

for dinner last night. Yummy !

Do you toss out your broccoli stems ?

You can peel the tough, fiber off the stem and eat

the tender inside part raw while you are preparing

the broccoli head or you can then slice the stem

and cook it with the tops.

Carrot tops are good to put in tea or eat in a salad.

They help Kidney and Bladder function. Use

sparingly as they can cause a detox.

Beet greens (tops of beets) are one of our favorites.

When you cut off the top of the beet, you can plant

it and if it is a fresh beet, it will grow leaves that

you can harvest for a salad. (no new beets unless

you plant the eye of the beet. I've planted

horseradish eyes and potato eyes and

had wonderful resulting plants, horseradish root

and potatoes.)

All veggie scraps can either be dried* for later use

or stockpiled for about 5 days in the fridge and then

simmered to make a veggie stock to eat as a broth

or use as a soup base. This broth will be loads with

vitamins and minerals. Your onion and garlic skins have

nutrition in them as well and can be saved and boiled

also as long as they are free of mold.

Dry your orange and lemon peel slices below 105 degrees

to maintain live enzymes. These can be used in teas,

ground into powder and blended into drinks, sprinkled

on salads etc. Excellent source of natural Vitamin C.

When you make Total Tonic (if you press it), save the

plant matter and dry it out. It can be powdered in a

coffee mill and used as a spice or saved for a rainy day.

Garlic was more valuable than gold in England during

the plaque. Your dried Total Tonic mash could save lives !

If you live in coconut, grapefruit, orange or apple land

find the fruiting trees and ask the owners if you can have

picking rights. I've done this for many years. Doc

and I personally wiped out the fruit on 4 grapefruit

trees in one season. Ahhhh fresh grapefruit juice

in the morning and a whole grapefruit before bed.

All free for the asking. Look around and you will

see that most people do not harvest the fruit on

their trees and you will also see people paying

$1.00 each for grapefruits in the stores when fruit

is falling all around them.

We are in the middle of coconut season here in

Florida and wow - the coconut water and coconut

meat is totally divine!! And coconut hulls can be

shredded and used as a soil amendment or as

mulch.

A dehydrator with a temperature control that goes

to 90 degrees is well worth having. Every time

some vegetable, fruit, soaked grain or nut is

threatening to spoil instead of throwing it out you can

dry it. You'll be surprised how much food you are

tossing out when you see your pile of dehydrated food.

I accidentally put $10 worth of organic apples in a spare

fridge 2 days ago and they froze. I cut them into slices and

dehydrated them and they became perfect apple

chewies. I could have cut them into pieces and frozen

them to put into fruit smoothies.

The old saying "Waste not. Want not." may have more

of a true ring to it in times like we are now experiencing.

I'm always working on the "best bang for your buck" and

I will continue to let you know what I come up with.

Valorie

July 23, 2009

Thanks for the awsome tips .... invaluable!

ML

CJ --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Valorie <Valorie wrote:

Valorie <Valorie{Herbal Remedies} Are you tossing out edible, organic food ?herbal remedies (AT) Groups (DOT) comDate: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:54 AM

Are you tossing out edible, organic food ?Did you know that radish tops are edible ?They are called "micro-greens" in restaurant salads.They can also be cooked like spinach and aretasty either way. We dipped some in salad dressingfor dinner last night. Yummy !Do you toss out your broccoli stems ?You can peel the tough, fiber off the stem and eatthe tender inside part raw while you are preparingthe broccoli head or you can then slice the stemand cook it with the tops.Carrot tops are good to put in tea or eat in a salad.They help Kidney and Bladder function. Usesparingly as they can cause a detox.Beet greens (tops of beets) are one of our favorites.When you cut off the top of the beet, you can plantit and if it is a fresh beet, it will grow leaves that you can harvest

for a salad. (no new beets unlessyou plant the eye of the beet. I've planted horseradish eyes and potato eyes andhad wonderful resulting plants, horseradish rootand potatoes.)All veggie scraps can either be dried* for later useor stockpiled for about 5 days in the fridge and thensimmered to make a veggie stock to eat as a brothor use as a soup base. This broth will be loads withvitamins and minerals. Your onion and garlic skins have nutrition in them as well and can be saved and boiled also as long as they are free of mold.Dry your orange and lemon peel slices below 105 degreesto maintain live enzymes. These can be used in teas,ground into powder and blended into drinks, sprinkledon salads etc. Excellent source of natural Vitamin C.When you make Total Tonic (if you press it), save theplant matter

and dry it out. It can be powdered in acoffee mill and used as a spice or saved for a rainy day.Garlic was more valuable than gold in England duringthe plaque. Your dried Total Tonic mash could save lives !If you live in coconut, grapefruit, orange or apple landfind the fruiting trees and ask the owners if you can havepicking rights. I've done this for many years. Docand I personally wiped out the fruit on 4 grapefruittrees in one season. Ahhhh fresh grapefruit juicein the morning and a whole grapefruit before bed.All free for the asking. Look around and you willsee that most people do not harvest the fruit ontheir trees and you will also see people paying$1.00 each for grapefruits in the stores when fruitis falling all around them.We are in the middle of coconut season here inFlorida and wow - the coconut water and coconutmeat

is totally divine!! And coconut hulls can beshredded and used as a soil amendment or asmulch.A dehydrator with a temperature control that goesto 90 degrees is well worth having. Every time some vegetable, fruit, soaked grain or nut is threatening to spoil instead of throwing it out you can dry it. You'll be surprised how much food you are tossing out when you see your pile of dehydrated food. I accidentally put $10 worth of organic apples in a spare fridge 2 days ago and they froze. I cut them into slices and dehydrated them and they became perfect apple chewies. I could have cut them into pieces and frozenthem to put into fruit smoothies.The old saying "Waste not. Want not." may have moreof a true ring to it in times like we are now experiencing.I'm always working on the "best bang for your buck" andI will continue

to let you know what I come up with.Valorie

July 28, 2009

Valorie!

I made your bean recipe and it was FREAKING AWESOME! thank you so much for that recipe. I have been so in need of new recipes and you were an answer to a prayer! Keep them coming......... our bowl is almost empty and I just made it! Your wonderful!

ML

CJ --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Valorie <Valorie wrote:

Valorie <Valorie{Herbal Remedies} Are you tossing out edible, organic food ?herbal remedies (AT) Groups (DOT) comDate: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:54 AM

Are you tossing out edible, organic food ?Did you know that radish tops are edible ?They are called "micro-greens" in restaurant salads.They can also be cooked like spinach and aretasty either way. We dipped some in salad dressingfor dinner last night. Yummy !Do you toss out your broccoli stems ?You can peel the tough, fiber off the stem and eatthe tender inside part raw while you are preparingthe broccoli head or you can then slice the stemand cook it with the tops.Carrot tops are good to put in tea or eat in a salad.They help Kidney and Bladder function. Usesparingly as they can cause a detox.Beet greens (tops of beets) are one of our favorites.When you cut off the top of the beet, you can plantit and if it is a fresh beet, it will grow leaves that you can harvest

for a salad. (no new beets unlessyou plant the eye of the beet. I've planted horseradish eyes and potato eyes andhad wonderful resulting plants, horseradish rootand potatoes.)All veggie scraps can either be dried* for later useor stockpiled for about 5 days in the fridge and thensimmered to make a veggie stock to eat as a brothor use as a soup base. This broth will be loads withvitamins and minerals. Your onion and garlic skins have nutrition in them as well and can be saved and boiled also as long as they are free of mold.Dry your orange and lemon peel slices below 105 degreesto maintain live enzymes. These can be used in teas,ground into powder and blended into drinks, sprinkledon salads etc. Excellent source of natural Vitamin C.When you make Total Tonic (if you press it), save theplant matter

and dry it out. It can be powdered in acoffee mill and used as a spice or saved for a rainy day.Garlic was more valuable than gold in England duringthe plaque. Your dried Total Tonic mash could save lives !If you live in coconut, grapefruit, orange or apple landfind the fruiting trees and ask the owners if you can havepicking rights. I've done this for many years. Docand I personally wiped out the fruit on 4 grapefruittrees in one season. Ahhhh fresh grapefruit juicein the morning and a whole grapefruit before bed.All free for the asking. Look around and you willsee that most people do not harvest the fruit ontheir trees and you will also see people paying$1.00 each for grapefruits in the stores when fruitis falling all around them.We are in the middle of coconut season here inFlorida and wow - the coconut water and coconutmeat

is totally divine!! And coconut hulls can beshredded and used as a soil amendment or asmulch.A dehydrator with a temperature control that goesto 90 degrees is well worth having. Every time some vegetable, fruit, soaked grain or nut is threatening to spoil instead of throwing it out you can dry it. You'll be surprised how much food you are tossing out when you see your pile of dehydrated food. I accidentally put $10 worth of organic apples in a spare fridge 2 days ago and they froze. I cut them into slices and dehydrated them and they became perfect apple chewies. I could have cut them into pieces and frozenthem to put into fruit smoothies.The old saying "Waste not. Want not." may have moreof a true ring to it in times like we are now experiencing.I'm always working on the "best bang for your buck" andI will continue

to let you know what I come up with.Valorie