"To be real, if we all cared as much as we tell ourselves we do about the earth and sustainability and all that, we’d all be living a sort of lifestyle that looks a lot like abject poverty- no cell phones or other tech, no cars, no consumer goods shipped from far away, no out of season foods, no traveling on planes." I think about this literally every day.
I’ve been eating a ton of beans lately. My household is just myself and my partner and this year I decided to cook mainly vegan when it’s my turn to cook. It’s been great and my formerly “okay with beans” partner has come around to “hooray time for beans”. Healthy, cheap and can be absolutely delicious.
Anyway what I wanted to say was that when I make a big pot of beans, since it’s just us two to eat them all, I freeze them in mason jars with a little bit of the bean juice. I move a jar to the fridge or the counter to defrost a day or two before I want to eat them. They freeze great! Hooray time for beans!
Awesome! Interestingly I've been getting beans into my diet due to their high protein content. I just had some black beans with diced onion and green pepper. I usually put salsa on it and did plus added some Colby Jack cheese I'm trying to get rid of. This all went down 2 hours ago! I thought you should know 😆 🫘
During the pandemic I was part of a group on Facebook where we all pretended to be crust punks/anarchists living in a share house together (as a thru hiker there was a lot of overlap in dirtbag culture) and the amount of cumin used in cooking / expired bulk cumin was a big focus of the jokes - very relatable haha
Love as always. I make lots of lentil and black bean soup, but have yet to try homemade refried beans. (Actually not true—I tried once like 12 years ago, and they were pretty bland, if I’m remembering correctly.) Anyone have a bussin refried recipe that has tons of flavor?
As with all bean pursuits, using home cooked beans will make it way more delicious but tbh a lot of the secret to why canned refried beans taste so good is TONS of fat, so that's the main thing i think!
That perimenopause hair loss stresses me out too. Not because I don’t understand that it is part of the process, but because I don’t know when it will stop or how much is too much. Google told me the average person loses 100 strands of hair a day, am I losing more? Less?
It’s not in my budget right now, but I definitely will be joining you on a backpacking expedition sometime in the future! It’s on my list.
I made a small food storage in a container back during deep Covid times and neglected to realise it needs swapping out. I’ve carried it from house to house as I’ve moved over the years and finally just this week decided I should swap it all out. What’s there to do but eat SO MANY BEANS that are past their expiry date by a couple years now. I just imagine I’m in a post apocalypse and searching through old houses for food. A can of beans, what a score- as long as it doesn’t fizz when I open it.
Happy to share sewing pattern making resources with you for writing instructions, grading, etc. I'm part of making allwellworkshop.com patterns and also sew outdoors gear for myself, and would love to see more cool outdoors gear/clothes patterns out there. Just send me a note if that's of interest. hello at ameliagreenhall.com
"To be real, if we all cared as much as we tell ourselves we do about the earth and sustainability and all that, we’d all be living a sort of lifestyle that looks a lot like abject poverty- no cell phones or other tech, no cars, no consumer goods shipped from far away, no out of season foods, no traveling on planes." I think about this literally every day.
I’ve been eating a ton of beans lately. My household is just myself and my partner and this year I decided to cook mainly vegan when it’s my turn to cook. It’s been great and my formerly “okay with beans” partner has come around to “hooray time for beans”. Healthy, cheap and can be absolutely delicious.
Anyway what I wanted to say was that when I make a big pot of beans, since it’s just us two to eat them all, I freeze them in mason jars with a little bit of the bean juice. I move a jar to the fridge or the counter to defrost a day or two before I want to eat them. They freeze great! Hooray time for beans!
Awesome! Interestingly I've been getting beans into my diet due to their high protein content. I just had some black beans with diced onion and green pepper. I usually put salsa on it and did plus added some Colby Jack cheese I'm trying to get rid of. This all went down 2 hours ago! I thought you should know 😆 🫘
During the pandemic I was part of a group on Facebook where we all pretended to be crust punks/anarchists living in a share house together (as a thru hiker there was a lot of overlap in dirtbag culture) and the amount of cumin used in cooking / expired bulk cumin was a big focus of the jokes - very relatable haha
I remember that facebook group! It was so funny
Love as always. I make lots of lentil and black bean soup, but have yet to try homemade refried beans. (Actually not true—I tried once like 12 years ago, and they were pretty bland, if I’m remembering correctly.) Anyone have a bussin refried recipe that has tons of flavor?
As with all bean pursuits, using home cooked beans will make it way more delicious but tbh a lot of the secret to why canned refried beans taste so good is TONS of fat, so that's the main thing i think!
That perimenopause hair loss stresses me out too. Not because I don’t understand that it is part of the process, but because I don’t know when it will stop or how much is too much. Google told me the average person loses 100 strands of hair a day, am I losing more? Less?
It’s not in my budget right now, but I definitely will be joining you on a backpacking expedition sometime in the future! It’s on my list.
Omg the hair thinning anxiety is real!
I made a small food storage in a container back during deep Covid times and neglected to realise it needs swapping out. I’ve carried it from house to house as I’ve moved over the years and finally just this week decided I should swap it all out. What’s there to do but eat SO MANY BEANS that are past their expiry date by a couple years now. I just imagine I’m in a post apocalypse and searching through old houses for food. A can of beans, what a score- as long as it doesn’t fizz when I open it.
it completely had not occurred to me that that was a recession and not just like, a cultural moment, thank you for the insight!
Happy to share sewing pattern making resources with you for writing instructions, grading, etc. I'm part of making allwellworkshop.com patterns and also sew outdoors gear for myself, and would love to see more cool outdoors gear/clothes patterns out there. Just send me a note if that's of interest. hello at ameliagreenhall.com