It is another great day in the Garden of Eden, and we are giving thanks for more than enough of everything in this abundant life of freedom!
We made a delicious feast for our volunteers today, and because we have below freezing weather we prepared the food indoors on our wood burning stove rather than on the rocket stoves of our sustainable outdoor kitchen! We stayed nice and toasty, had a fantastic meal, AND heated water for showers for super sustainable efficiency. As usual, there was more than enough food for everyone, and we are happy to share our abundance with you!
Today we made a delicious, traditional southern American meal with bacon wrapped turkey meatloaf smothered in cheese, garden salad, cauliflower with bell peppers, and creamy mashed potatoes!
We started our day's feast with a beautiful garden salad. For this lovely creation, we started with a bed of mixed greens, and we loaded them up with yellow peppers, sliced onions, raspberries, apples, dried raisins, chopped pecans, deep red beets, and creamy, rich avocado slices!
The daily salad is a staple on our sustainable dinner table! It's wonderful to enjoy fresh, raw, bright foods even in the dead of winter. Even though we have a huge serving of these fruits and veggies every day, it's never exactly the same thing twice! Between the wonderful toppings and unique dressings we can make out of our huge selection of homemade vinegars, oils, and extra sauces like liquid aminos, tahini, sriracha, we create unique combinations of flavors, textures, and colors every day!
For a side, we lightly sautéed a big skillet of cauliflower with colorful bell peppers and onions.
Then we made one of our favorite dishes - mashed potatoes!!! We usually have LOTS of potatoes in abundance, and sometimes we eat mashed potatoes multiple times in one week. These are very easy to make, hearty, and comforting. We simply boil chopped potatoes until fork tender then mash them with a little bit of the cooking water, milk, butter, salt, and pepper, and sometimes decadent extras like sour cream, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, garlic, and chives when we're in the mood for something really rich.
For tonight's main event, we enjoyed a big bacon wrapped turkey meatloaf smothered in cheese!! Our secret ingredient for this meatloaf is chicken livers; we cook them and add them to the ground turkey to get a huge punch of nutrition without adding a significantly different flavor.
Today's sustainable feast was a wonderful spread with plenty of food for everyone!
Delicious, nutritious, and honorable, sustainable food - EPIC!!!!
Food is important, and we hope to inspire people to really take time to eat, enjoy it, and share it with someone you love. We also hope to inspire more and more sustainable practices in regards to food!
We do all of our cooking over fire, using wood that was otherwise destined to end up in a landfill! This is our indor wood burning stove in action -it cooks our food, warms our communal space, and heats water for hot showers all at the same time!
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!
Photos are original to our epic feast and highlight just a taste of the thousands upon thousands of free meals we share every single year.
We are happy & grateful to share our abundance - there's more than enough of everything! If you or anyone you know wants or needs food, contact us - we will give you free food, no questions asked. We make this offer every single day, because we are here to help one and all.
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Amazing and generous. I need inspiration every day for new recipes to feed my family. Thanks!
Inspiration is one of the things we are best at! Hope you'll continue to tune in @cookit - we share our sustainable feasts every day :)
Been really enjoying following your posts! They've also been making me hungry... Can't wait to see more
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It all looks so good. I'm particularly loving the salad. Beautiful coloring too!
please whats the health benefit of the food
Yes we love mixing flavors, textures, and colors to make a superb dish!
The salads are mouth watering. Yummy.
Oh yes super fresh!
How rich is that food, I love the mashed potatoes I did not know about the chives when I prepared one I would add
Chives are a great addition to potato dishes!
Blessings for you every day, the food looks so good the pure charm
Blessings to you too @andrina~*~
I love their eden festivals by the way the salad looks beautiful and delicious
Every day is a reason to celebrate!
So if I hide the bacon under a layer of cheese, it's not so bad, right? :D
Bacon + cheese is often better than only bacon!
Your work is admirable, it was until the last publication, with your answer, that I realized what your concept of life was about.
I liked the salad a lot. In Venezuela we do not have that kind of berries, for which fruit could it be substituted?
Hi @saych! Nice to see you today :)
Yes sustainability is one of the main reasons we exist, and we hope to inspire others to engage more sustainable relationships with not only food, but every aspect of their lifestyle!
Do you get any berries in Venezuela? Blueberries, blackberries, or strawberries would be nice. Oranges, pineapple, kiwi, or grapes are other fruits that taste great on salad! The thing about salads is that you can combine almost any veggies and many fruits and always get something delicious!
I agree with you. the fruits go well in the ensalda. Yes, I will choose to add strawberries.
I'm really going to prepare that delicious salad.
@originalworks
Thanks!
please i need enlightenment what are the health benefits of this food???
Which one? Potatoes have lots of vitamin C and healthy carbs, meatloaf has tons of protein and iron, salad & veggies have all kinds of vitamins and minerals!
Do you keep skins on the potatoes for more nutrients, or use for other purposes like composting?
love the woodstove gif!
Thanks @funbobby51! We thought it's nice to share a little warmth from our daily fire too :)
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ahhhh. i need those particular delicacies you prepared, need the alll! am sure @everlove has a hand in making me salivate like am doing now and am envying my man @quineacker for having a lions share as always! great place, wonderful folks, excellent healthy meals and nice guys. I appreciate you guys and the kids a lot. keep it up my guys in Eden...
Thanks for your support @kenhudoy! Sending fireside blessings to you~*~
I grab it with both hands and feet together especially coming from a blessed land of Eden👌
Have enjoyed your posts...and signed up for newletter. Look forward to learning more about what your do and how you do it! Blessings!
Great to hear!
Thanks for the feedback and support!
Really nice dishes. These are so fresh and attractive. Hiegenic foods. Thanks for sharing the post.
You're welcome!
Looks so yummy
It was delicious AND sustainable!
Favors for you consistently, the sustenance looks so great the unadulterated appeal..
Looks yummy! :)
Mmmmhhhmmm
tasy look
everything looks delicious, congratulations @gardenofeden
Thanks~
It looks very delicious
I believe they are reay delicios, what do u think?
thanks. have a nice day
great.
@originalworks
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I like the big day, because every celebration is sure it is very fun and we feel very happy, may your day please friends
Happy day to you!
Looks great!
Thanks!
thanks ^^ upvoted!
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u know the reason we eat physicalised source energy aka food is because we collectively and invidiualy forgot how 2 pull in source energy! food actually just energy in a physalised form. i believe source energy vibrates at a way higher rate. so well take most some time 2 be able 2 do that again including myself!
Its look so delicious, i wish i can have a bite,
Nice coocking @gardenofeden look so refreshing
Thank you
i enjoy your post! thanks
Interesting dishes. Looks appetizing!
The traditional American recipe is very beautiful, I think many delicious foods will be,
thank you
Wow nice food
Looks great and delicious @gardenofeden you are awesome
Un menù davvero invitante, complimenti!
Delicious, thanks for sharing
@originalworks
Thanks!