"Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. "-- Frank A. Clark

This past Monday I had the privilege of doing a cooking demo on Whole-Foods, Plant-Based  at Alternative Remedies Plus and it was well attended and much participation, which was very encouraging! I only handed out one recipe with the promise of making available more on this blog... so here goes:

Pineapple Cream Pudding

1 cup Millet
4 cups Pineapple Juice (can use canned or frozen)
1/2 cup Water
2/3 cup Raw Cashews
1/2 tsp Lemon Flavoring (I use a bit more)
1 tsp Salt
4 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/3 cup Honey
1-20 oz can, crushed or chunk Pineapple or fresh pineapple
1 Tbsp. Vanilla

Equipment needed: Saucepan, blender and stirring spoon.

1. Simmer millet, water, pineapple juice in covered sauce pan on low heat until well cooked, usually 1 hour.
2. Stir occasionally.
3. When cooked, add remaining ingredients, stirring well.
4. Blend, 2 cups at a time, until thoroughly creamy.
5. Pour into pre-baked pie shells or into glass serving dish
6. Top with coconut, granola, carob chips, cut fresh fruit or fruit jam.

This recipe is from Guiltless Gourmet pg. 5

Remember, that by using organic products whenever possible you are limiting the chemical load placed on your body.

Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/systemic-pesticides-zm0z10zrog.aspx#ixzz1wNr13Fgb

Please take the time to read this article and be mindful of all that is going in and on our food supply. Growing your own food is the safest way to assure that your food is wholesome and nutritious.

These fellows were the precision cutters!

Here is another picture of the day the raised beds for "Share The Harvest" were built . We ended up with 12-4x8 beds, 4-4x4 beds and 3-2x8 beds. The 4x8 will be for various summer crops and the 4x4 will be for herbs and leafy greens and the 2x8 beds for flowers to attract pollinators. It is exciting to be part of this project.

Here is Larry standing by the first bed completed.

Here is one of the workers who was singing, "If I had a hammer", he is holding a drill!! Funny!

This picture is of the work day at Share The Harvest. Robert Olms is in the foreground and Gage, my nephew, is walking between the beds(he can walk the rim of the boxes too!). Share The Harvest provides over 60,000 lbs of food per month for over 700 families in Camden county. This was an amazing project to witness and be part of. We started at 9am and by 11:15 all the raised beds were completed. Tuesday of this coming week we will fill the boxes with soil and begin the planting. All the produce raised from these beds will be donated back to the pantry and distributed to the families who receive assistance.