Sea Willow Herbs: October 2010

October 30, 2010

SEA WILLOW HERBS GIVEAWAY!

Mimi Loves All Eight Blog is hosting a Sea Willow Herbs

Review & Give-away

Read my product review and win a whole pack of products:

Vampire's Kiss Lip Balm

Lavender Lip Balm

Lemongrass Lip Balm

Vanilla Aromatherapy Body Oil

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Mandatory Entries:

*Follow mimilovesall8.blogspot.com

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Extra Entries:

1.Leave a comment on SeaWillows blog.

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4.Grab Mimi's Christmas Button(this gives you 5 more points)

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8.Buy something from SeaWillows shop.

Good Luck Everyone!!!

October 24, 2010

LAUGHING WILLOW'S KITCHEN CORNBREAD AND VEGGIES

Laughing Willow's Kitchen features gluten, soy, dairy, peanut, meat and yeast free and sometimes vegan, recipes and packaged foods.

I have been wanting to be able to eat cornbread for years but most of the cornbread mixes on the market have wheat flour already added in! When I found Bobs Red Mill Cornmeal I was very excited! You can find this online or at your local health food store or at your local grocery store. Bobs Red Mill is a great company and has many other great flours (not all gluten free but still great). I used the recipe on the back of the packaged with a few substitutes for the dairy, butter, and flour. This has eggs so it is not vegan.

(Original Recipe)

MY RECIPE

*1 CUP BOB'S RED MILL MEDIUM GRIND CORNMEAL

*1 CUP Arrowhead Mills Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Mix (Flour)

*1/2 tsp. SALT

*3 tsp. BAKING POWDER

(I added less baking powder because the flour had some in it. I really guessed at this but it came out great so I guess it worked)

* I LEFT OUT THE SUGAR

* 1 EGG

*1 CUP VANILLA RICE DREAM (Milk)

1/4 CUP Earth Balance Natural Soy Free Buttery Spread (Butter)

I did not have a sifter so I just mixed the dry ingredients together and I did not have a blender but I used a whisk and it worked great. I greased my pan with the buttery spread and followed the rest of the recipe as it was written.

VEGGIES

*FIVE CARROTS CHOPPED

*1/2 RED ONION CHOPPED

*THREE LARGE CLOVES GARLIC

*1/2 CAN PINO BEANS

*ONE ZUCCHINI SLICED AND THAN CUT INTO QUARTERS

Chop all veggies and stir fry in a pan with some olive oil

(you can use more veggies if you want to make a larger amount. This serves about two people)

October 10, 2010

★ ASHEVILLE TRIP ★ DAY TWO ★ PART TWO

For lunch on our second day we ate at Chai Pani (indain street food).
It was so great!!! Above is the Potato Uttapam. A uttapam is a crepe made with rice and lentil flour with a variety of toppings that is served with sambar (vegetable stew made with lentils and tamarind) and coconut chutney. The potato uttapam comes with potato hash with mustard seeds, onions & cilantro. It is both vegan and gluten free! Chai Pani has many vegan/gluten free items on their menu and they where super nice and helpful when I told them what I was not able to eat!! The Food is Amazing!!!

This is the 2nd dish we got. It is a Corn Bhel: Fresh corn, onions, cilantro, potato, tomato, cucumber, puri crisps tossed in house made roasted cumin/lime dressing. It is Vegan but we where able to get it gluten free as well and the gluten item was not missed at all. It was wonderful!!

French Broad Food Coop Tailgate Market

Wed 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Opens May 5

76 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC – Buncombe County

French Broad Food Co-op Saturday Tailgate Market is Asheville’s original, all-organic tailgate market, operating each Saturday morning since 1990. The market features freshly picked organic vegetables, fruits and herbs as well as local honey, wood-fired brick oven breads, vegan and non-vegan baked treats, eggs, pies, goat cheeses and locally raised meats. The market is located at 76 Biltmore Avenue, next to the French Broad Food Co-op.

(828)255-7650

We fell in love with Firestorm Cafe and Books! We went two times in our short visit and both times we felt like we could have hung out for hours just reading books and drinking Almond Milk Chi! Yes! Another place where a non-dairy alternative can be find! (just have to request it)

Firestorm is a coffee shop, book store and they have events like music and game night. It is very cool because it is worker owned and operated! Each worker-owner is responsible for both weekly shift work and a share of managerial duties. Decision making is achieved using a formalized consensus process in which each participant has equal weight!

October 3, 2010

Manteo Farmer's Market End of Season

The Manteo Farmer's Market has just ended for the year and I thought to post of some pictures of the last market! We had some great venders this week and wonderful, if a little cool, weather.