Beans, beans, the magical fruit… School yard rhyme aside, you really should be eating beans at every meal. Beans are super high in fiber, protein and lots of vitamins. And they are tasty, inexpensive and filling, making them the ideal food for those trying to keep their food budget under control. They really are a…
It’s so easy! It’s time learn how to make sprouts. Sprouting beans turns the dry bean into a fresh vegetable with more vitamins and a brighter flavor. It’s the perfect thing for late winter, when you are running out of fresh vegetable from the garden or any time you want an extra punch of nutrition…
You’ll see here at PHC (and in most food storage plans) the advice to make beans a central part of your long-term food storage. Why? Here are four good reasons you should make beans an important part of your food storage. Beans store forever Properly stored (that is, away from heat, moisture, oxygen and bugs) beans…
If you’ve never bought whole wheat before, you may be a little confused by all the choices. The following generalizations are useful, but not always 100% accurate, since wheat quality is also dependent on soil and climate conditions, and those are always changing. In a nutshell: • Hard wheat will make more gluten than soft…
You already know (hopefully) how much gardening benefits adults–physically, emotionally, mentally, financially and socially. What’s not to like? Now you can double your gardening pleasure by including your children. They will not only enjoy similar benefits from gardening that adults do, but there are some added bonuses particular to children. If you include your children…
We live in a disposable society. Just about everything that comes into our house is easily and readily replaced with something better, newer, cheaper or brighter. But our grandparents, who lived through some pretty lean times, were just the opposite—they found a use and reuse for just about everything that came into the house. They…