Today's Sustainable Feast in the Garden of Eden

gardenofeden (75)in #gardenofeden • 7 years ago

It is a fantastic 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 full time volunteers on our indoor 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!

We made a great spread with lots of fantastic dishes!!

We had fried chicken tenders, herbed quinoa, mashed potatoes, garden salad, broccoli with cheese, and sautéed squash with onions!

It was a beautiful table with lots of high vibe food for everyone.

We had a variety of colors, textures, and flavors in the meal that complemented each other nicely.

As we move into springtime here in Texas, we leave bouquets of flowers on our table to decorate our home and bring a bit of nature inside.

We love to take the care to set a nice table and make beautiful plates, because it increases our enjoyment of the meal to appeal to all the senses.

We started with a glorious, bright, fresh, raw salad. We piled grated carrots, cauliflower, red onions, bell peppers, and green onions on top of tender green spinach. This has lots of healthful vitamins and minerals and tons of great flavor! Most of us enjoy eating raw foods at all of our meals; some of us make raw foods the very basis of our diets.

We made a bowl of nutritious quinoa and stirred in finely chopped fresh herbs from the garden for extra flavor.

We lightly breaded then pan fried white meat chicken tenders. These are a tasty main course for our meat eaters, and the children enjoy having finger foods that are great for dunking in sauces and condiments.

We made a big pot of one of our favorite dishes - mashed potatoes! If you follow our Sustainable Feast series, you notice how often we prepare this side. In fact, it is one of the few "recipes" that we repeat! We almost always have an abundance of potatoes on hand, and this is an easy and delicious way to prepare them for a crowd. All we do is boil chunks of potatoes until fork tender, then mash them with a little bit of the cooking water and butter, cream or milk, and salt. We make many variations of mashed potatoes, substituting various dairy products like sour cream or cream cheese for the butter and/or cream. Sometimes we use non-dairy milks or creams to make them vegan friendly too! Mashed potatoes are very versatile and always yummy.

We lightly sautéed some green zucchini and yellow squash with red onions for another side dish. It's a simple preparation for more veggies that we often have on hand.

We steamed a bowl of broccoli and melted cheese over the top to add lots of flavor and enjoyable texture.

It was a beautiful, abundant, nutritious, wholesome spread of marvelous sustainable food!

Thanks for sharing our feast today!

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 indoor 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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