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Look at the color of those local grass raised organic eggs cooked sunny side up in extra virgin olive oil with a side of fried dulse*.  This breakfast was cooked In the original nonstick [...]

Quick, and colorful, this vegetable stir fry is rich and flavorful. Especially wonderful this time of year with the local, organic bok choy in season. You can use any of these organic, healthy [...]

Organic Hemp Seeds are powerhouses of nutrition. Full of beneficial nutrients like zinc, protein and Omega 3 & 6 that can help give our immune system a boost. This creamy dressing is an [...]

Organic Hemp Seeds are powerhouses of nutrition. Full of beneficial nutrients like zinc, protein and Omega 3 & 6 that can help give our immune system a boost. These small seeds have big [...]

My culinary journey begins in the garden. yours may start in a farmers market, grocery store or coop. Here are some other cooking and eating tips to keep you healthy and maintain an active [...]

                          From left, Amy Newshore and Stacey McCullough chop scallions and cilantro, respectively, to make Ginger [...]

August 22, 2019 CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal TV, NBC affiliate) – You can preserve the taste of summer herbs by infusing them into organic virgin olive oil. Leslie Cerier, “The Organic [...]

Warm day, sunny day! Yippeeee! Grateful for all the organic farmers growing great greens this time of year. And of course there is plenty of wild dandelion greens and chives right out the door to [...]

For my Spice it Up, Creative Cooking with Herbs and Spices hands on Vegetarian Cooking class, March 17, 2019, we created a twist on a classic minestrone. Using a little strip of tasty and mineral [...]

Here is a quick and easy, delicious recipe for vegan basil pesto with walnuts. This pesto recipe is thick, green and so delicious that I guarantee you won’t miss the cheese. Of course, it is [...]

Teaching “Spice it Up! Creative Cooking with Herbs and Spices ” as an organic garden to table workshop in my country kitchen. I am grateful for all that came out to enjoy this hands [...]

This week, I snapped off 80 curly garlic scapes., the mildly flavored flowering tops of the bulbs of garlic growing in my organic garden. This encourages the garlic bulbs to grow bigger. As I [...]

Fresh herbs add flavor and jazz up fresh organic garden salads. For a delicious vegan main course salad, I garnished and added hemp seeds for a complete protein. Walnuts, too. Both are tasty and [...]

Leslie Cerier, "The Organic Gourmet" Chef, Cooking Teacher, taught us how to make our own vegan salad with fresh herbs

With fresh herbs and spices: cilantro, mint, and garlic you can make this creamy dressing. You can use organic extra virgin olive oil or organic, fair trade, red palm oil, or hemp oil, just to [...]