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Wild Edible Recipe: Sauteed Puffball Mushrooms
Yes! I did it! I love the confident feeling of learning something new.More -
Chicken Mushrooms: Sauteed, Steamed, Baked and Frozen
Steamed chicken mushrooms: 1. Cut the thicker ends of the mushrooms into bite-size chunks 2. Place in the top of a vegetable steamer 3. Fill the bottom of the steamer with water and bring to a boil 4.More -
Ten Ways to Prepare Lamb's Quarters or Wild Spinach
If you like the taste of spinach, then lamb's quarters will rock your taste buds.Also known as goose foot, pigweed, wild spinach and officially, Chenopodium album, this abundantly available plant is nutritious and tasty raw or cooked. Here is a list of ways to prepare it: 1.Raw: Chop young leaves or tips of older plants raw in summer salad or for taco topping.More -
How to Test Puffball Mushrooms for Edibility
I was sure I'd found puffballs (Calvatia and Lycoperdon) on yesterday's hike.I followed my own rules for identification and edibility. Last night I matched features of the mushrooms with my field guides, notes and trusted sources.More -
A Safe and Foolproof Way to Forage for Wild Edibles
I love foraging and I'm fortunate to have local experts available.But I'm the first to admit that locating, harvesting and preparing wild edibles could be a daunting task to the beginner.I have written about the availability of wild edibles in many farmers markets and specialty stores.More -
Ten Tips to Improve Your Study Skills
We are all students, whether we are in a school program or navigating life's lessons.In order to improve your study skills, you have to pay attention to how you learn best. Reading, hearing, hands-on, images, repetition and your own mental, physical and emotional health are all factors in how you learn.More -
The Writing Life: Tips for Dealing with Procrastination
I know something's up when I'd rather do laundry than write.Another more subtle sign of procrastination is when I conduct endless research, but never write a rough draft. I'm in trouble when I'm hunting in the refrigerator after every sentence.More -
The Writing Life: Using Gender Neutral Language
I'm comfortable using terms like flight attendant or fire fighter when I'm referring to an individual who performs that job. I typically struggle with pronoun use.This is an interesting area of writing technique, because the strategies for applying gender-sensitive language are still being worked out.More -
The Writing Life: Writing to Persuade Your Readers
Writing seems to flow when you have a strong opinion.Whether you write for like-minded readers or readers you hope to persuade, spotting the weak parts of your argument will help you and your readers.1. Pros and cons.More -
The Writing Life: How to Revise or Edit Your Work
Writing is a lot like sculpture. In both crafts you trim away the excess to reveal the art within.Sculptors chip or carve away at stone, wood or clay; writers trim words.More