We're rejoicing in another shared sustainable feast in the Garden of Eden today!

As is our standard, we have more than enough of everything!  If YOU or someone you know needs or wants or need food, please contact us! We have plenty of food to share and will give you a box of groceries, no questions asked. 

For our full time volunteers, we made a satisfying meal in our sustainable outdoor kitchen this evening. We served a classic garden salad, brown rice pasta with light tomato sauce, stir fried mixed veggies with dark greens, and sausages for those who wanted some meat today.

We started by chopping a bunch of veggies for our quick and easy stir fry! We used onions, red bell peppers, yellow squash, eggplant, and some beautiful collard greens. 

The bright colors indicate these yummy veggies are full of beneficial phytonutrients! Beta carotene turns into vitamin A in the body, and it gives veggies shades of yellow, orange, and red. Greens get their color from chlorophyll, a compound that gives plants the ability to absorb energy directly from sunlight. Interestingly, it has almost the exact same structure as hemoglobin in blood.

We gave these delicious and nutritious plants a quick spin around the cast iron skillet over fire, just enough to soften them up a bit. We do all of our cooking over open flames. It's super fun to cook over fire, but it's also a super way to honor the Earth!

Rather than use unsustainable electricity or gas, we burn scrap wood that is donated to us by a friend who has a fencing company. If we didn't make use of his "trash" fence panels, he would actually have to pay to pollute our planet by unloading them at the landfill. Thankfully, we are master alchemists of extracting value from "waste" and can bypass that entire ridiculous system. We put this useful wood to work in our handmade earthen rocket stoves and turn it into free meals!

This simple and easy dish turned out quite beautiful and flavorful - thank you, plants!  

As another side, we offered brown rice spiral pasta. Some of us prefer to avoid grains, especially after we've been following an  anti-candida cleanse for a month+ and can tune into the effect that wheat has on our bodies. Whether it's from gluten or the pesticides sprayed on most grain crops, some of us simply don't like how we feel after eating traditional wheat. It's nice to have options like brown rice or quinoa pasta available so we can indulge in a little comfort food from time to time.

We tossed the brown rice pasta with a classic garlicky tomato sauce and offered Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top for our cheese lovers. 

Today's salad featured crunchy cucumbers, bright yellow, orange, and red bell peppers, and onions tossed in a light vinaigrette over crispy garden greens. 

We offered hearty Italian sausages alongside our gorgeous plants for our carnivores too! 

Food is an important aspect of life, and it's very satisfying to share a meal. We are grateful for the opportunity to feast together every single day! 

We hope to inspire more and more sustainable practices in  regards to food as well as encourage everyone to take care of each other  and share the abundance! 

Food is an honored & elemental part of our daily life in community. You can learn more about our unique, intimate, and super sustainable relationship with food here, and we'll continue to share our daily mouthgasms!

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