This is a hearty, tasty dip or bread-spread or can be put on pasta or raw veg. Put in the blender: 6 or 7 large green olives, pits removed 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1 can organic salad beans, rinsed about 1/3-1/2 cup tahini sea salt and freshly ground pepper to…

This is a delicious cold nourishing drink without sugar, caffeine, or dairy. Pu in the blender 2 frozen bananas (freeze them already sliced), about 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, a jot of good vanilla extract, 2 ice cubes, and 2 tsps Pero or other grain coffee powder. Add 1 envelope…

The Swiss chalet where I was staying has a beautiful kitchen, but I didn’t want to lay in a lot of supplies, as I was just there for a few weeks before taking off to Holland. Too, shopping involved dragging a rolling caddy up very steep hills – an opportunity…

Once in the early 90’s I had occasion to stay in an odd little house on the side of a ravine in Ticino, the Italian part of Switzerland. One could not see the place from the small untravelled road, and had to go down a steep dirt drive to get…