Tag Archives: urban simplicity

Za’atar

This is basically a Lebanese-style focaccia, but with other ingredients (mainly yogurt cheese and onions) it can be more pizza-like. I made this the other day for an employee snack using a piece of leftover brown rice dough. Za’atar is a Lebanese spice blend that offers a refreshing and unique flavor. Click here to seeContinue reading “Za’atar”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#191 & 192)

Top Photo, on my way to work in the morning…A canvas book bag containing, among other things, four books and a day planner.Two pints of live red sauerkraut (on the front rack), click here for a story and recipes.A plastic bucket with 6 pounds of raw brown rice bread dough, click here for a recipe.Continue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#191 & 192)”

Brown Rice Bread Recipe

This is yet another example and variation of how you can add healthy ingredients to bread to make them not only more nutritious but also have a longer shelf life. Unless you are using a natural leaven (sourdough starter) homemade breads can go stale pretty quickly. But with the addition of beans and grains theContinue reading “Brown Rice Bread Recipe”

Love at First Bite

To quote Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.” I’m of course referring to tomatoes; I’m one of millions of Americans who find this to be their favorite garden vegetable (fruit, actually). It really does make summer feel like summer to me when I can pick tomatoes from their vines. I’ve been eying thisContinue reading “Love at First Bite”

Something I Could Have Carried On My Bike

It’s funny that since owning a cargo bike I’ll see things that are being carried in a car or truck and think how it could have been carried on a bike. This is an example; it was a car I saw parked on my street this evening. The plywood may have been a challenge, thoughContinue reading “Something I Could Have Carried On My Bike”

Another Meal From The Garden

It is that delicious time of year when things are starting to come to fruition in the garden. I picked just enough vegetables for dinner tonight and made a variation of my favorite pasta dish…aglio e olio. Click here and here for earlier posts with pictures on how to make this dish with a recipe.

Two More Beauties (and a something a little odd).

OK, first a couple things, and this is to my fellow Yuba Mundo riders out in the blogesphere. I am not planning on selling my Mundo, nor am I comparing these bikes to it…I love my Mundo and think they are truly unique and versatile bikes (not to mention the most comfortable bike I’ve ridden).Continue reading “Two More Beauties (and a something a little odd).”

Thing That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#189)

A plastic bag of sweaty work clothes (it was freakin’ hot in the kitchen today!)A gym bag with wet clothes.A canvas book bag containing, among other things, four books and a day planner.An extra shirt. An Artvoice newspaper.A Block Club magazine.

Q&A with Deepak Chopra

This clip is only a little over four minutes long and it’s an interesting but brief interview. I’ve read a couple of Deepak’s books and have watched some of his full-length programs and have always found him not only insightful and inspiring, but also his humor and enthusiasm contagious. To read a short bio ofContinue reading “Q&A with Deepak Chopra”

Howard Thurman Quotes

Click here for his bio. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the onlyContinue reading “Howard Thurman Quotes”

Do-It-Yourself Side Panels For The Mundo

I came across this at the Yuba Mundo blog. They are offering free and very simple plans to make your own skirt guard (pdf download). They’re promoting it as a tool to make it safer to carry people on the back of the bike, which it surely would, but I think it will probably beContinue reading “Do-It-Yourself Side Panels For The Mundo”