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The Season of Creation (Sept. 1 – Oct. 4) celebrates God’s abundance and reminds us to live in right relationship with creation. Befriending beans, a basic plant-based protein, connects us with many food cultures that rely on legumes for inexpensive, healthy and tasty food traditions. Pico de Gallo (peek’ o  dee  guy’ o) is a fresh Hispanic bean dish for the Season of Creation table!

This week we feature a “recipe” for simple container gardening. Planting seeds even on a small scale contributes to a Sustainable Food System. In fact, Seeds of Hope is the theme of this year’s Laudato Si Week (May 19-26)!  We can find hope in a few “seeds” of the wisdom of mystic Hildegard of Bingen.

Pay attention to spring blades of tender green “rising”; signs of resurrection.  My great-grandma picked tender dandelion greens for salad or fried them as her “spring tonic”.  Since childhood in the "old country", she had foraged for seasonal eats.  Spring greens from the wild, your garden, a Farmer’s Market or Co-op will add to this recipe for Spring Layered Salad.  According to Civil Eats, home cooking is a cornerstone of a sustainable food system!