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¿Por qué construir sostenible?

We all know about man-made climate change, with its impacts like forest fires, flooding, heatwaves and extreme weather. Then there’s pollution of the air, water and land, the loss of natural habitats and the extinction of wildlife, and a host of other environmental problems. What all these crises have in common, is that they result from the unstoppable growth of our global economy, based on fossil fuels. Simply put, human beings are now using more… Leer más »¿Por qué construir sostenible?

Respigos de Laredo

A recipe from the forthcoming SHH (Sustainability, Health, Heritage) Recipe Book. Ingredients (For 6 people) 3 bunches of turnip greens (respigos) 1 dried choricero red pepper 350 gr bacon 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 garlic clove 3 red chorizo sausages Salt Instructions 1. Fill a pot with water, add a pinch of salt, and set it to boil. Select the tender turnip greens, discarding any that are dry, ugly or damaged. Cook for 20 minutes.… Leer más »Respigos de Laredo

Hamburguesas de calabacín

A recipe from the forthcoming SHH (Sustainability, Health, Heritage) Recipe Book. Ingredients 2 medium courgettes 50g grated Parmesan cheese 120g breadcrumbs 1 medium onion 1 egg salt pepper To give it a special touch, use the herbs and spices that you like best: choose between turmeric, cumin, oregano, sweet paprika, parsley, coriander… Instructions Chop an onion very fine and put it to poach in a pan with a little oil. Meanwhile, wash the courgettes, dry… Leer más »Hamburguesas de calabacín

Mountain stew (Cocido montañés)

Cocido montañés

A recipe from the forthcoming SHH (Sustainability, Health, Heritage) Recipe Book. Ingredients (For 4 people) 400g White beans 250g Collard greens (about four leaves) 1 Onion 1 red pepper 1 green pepper 3 garlic cloves 2 carrots 2 potatoes 2 teaspoons sweet paprika Salt Olive oil Instructions To begin with, in a large pot with a lid, add the soaked and drained beans, the onion peeled and cut in half, the two carrots peeled, and… Leer más »Cocido montañés

Puré de calabaza

A recipe from the forthcoming SHH (Sustainability, Health, Heritage) Recipe Book. Ingredients (for 4 people) 800g pumpkin 2 potatoes (400g) 4 carrots 2 leeks 4 tablespoons olive oil water salt parsley pumpkin seeds Instructions Heat 5 cups of water with 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a casserole on the stove. While heating, prepare the vegetables. To do this, peel the pumpkin and cut it into large dice. Top and tail the carrots, peel them… Leer más »Puré de calabaza

Nettle and Potato Omelette / Tortilla de ortigas y patata

Tortilla de patata y ortiga

A recipe from the forthcoming SHH (Sustainability, Health, Heritage) Recipe Book.   Ingredients 2 ½ cups extra virgin olive oil 3 medium potatoes (about 1kg), peeled and thinly sliced (about 0.5cm thick) 1/4 kg fresh stinging nettle leaves, washed 1 yellow or white onion 6 eggs, beaten 2 teaspoons crushed sea salt Instructions Steam the nettles for 1 minute, drain and set aside to cool. Add olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat.… Leer más »Tortilla de patata y ortiga

Watercolour of four beavers in blue, pink and purple

¿Hay castores en Cantabria?

Good, beaver, best The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is one of the most fascinating of Europe’s native mammals. Its dam-building behaviour makes it a “keystone species”. Beaver-constructed wetlands help to prevent soil erosion and flooding by slowing the flow of water through river catchments. By the same token, they improve water quality in rivers as well as helping to mitigate the effects of drought. They also create a diverse habitat for hundreds of other species,… Leer más »¿Hay castores en Cantabria?

Tocar la tierra

Thich Nhat Hanh, uno de los grandes maestros de nuestro tiempo, ha sido enterrado en su lugar de nacimiento, Hue, Vietnam. Thay (como lo conocían sus alumnos y seguidores) murió hace una semana, el 22-1-22. No puedo dejar de pensar que eligió la fecha de su fallecimiento conscientemente, como un gesto final para indicar la unidad en el corazón de todas las dualidades aparentes. Robert Quiero compartir uno de los poemas de Thay, “Bhumisparsha”, que me parece… Leer más »Tocar la tierra

Thich Nhat Hanh, ” La muerte es una ilusión”.

“Yo no soy este cuerpo, no estoy atrapado en él, mi vida es ilimitada,nunca he nacido y nunca moriré. Sobre el ancho océano y el cielo con sus numerosas galaxias todo se manifiesta en la base de la conciencia. Desde los tiempos sin inicio he sido siempre libre. El nacimiento y la muerte no son más que una puerta por la que entramos y salimos. El nacimiento y la muerte no son más que jugar… Leer más »Thich Nhat Hanh, ” La muerte es una ilusión”.

Recetas para la Salud, la Sostenibilidad, y el Patrimonio

As part of the Sustainability, Health, Heritage European project, Abrazo House will be editing a book of recipes from several European countries (mainly Spain, the UK, Lithuania, and Greece, but we’re hoping to include some from elsewhere, too).  The idea is to promote each of these three core values by presenting traditional recipes from different cultures, adapted for a contemporary context, which use healthy ingredients and promote a more sustainable diet. In this blog post,… Leer más »Recetas para la Salud, la Sostenibilidad, y el Patrimonio

Embotellar el verano: una sencilla receta para hacer licor de ciruelas

If you have access to one or more plum trees, then in an average year you’ll easily be able to pick more plums than you can possibly eat. A plum tree in July, its branches sagging under the weight of ripe fruit, is an image of the fecund abundance of nature. What to do with your superabundance of plums? Well, plum jam, plum crumble and dried prunes are all nice enough, but for my money,… Leer más »Embotellar el verano: una sencilla receta para hacer licor de ciruelas

Inspiración

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collectwood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to longfor the endless immensity of the sea…” Antoine de Saint Exupery(1900-1944)

Pan perdido: Dos recetas de pan de bellotas

Eat like the ancestors: reclaiming your birthright For many thousands of years, wherever oaks grew, acorns (‘oak-corns’) were a staple food for people. Balanophagy, the eating of acorns, can be seen across a wide range of cultures since earliest prehistory.  Across northern Spain, where Abrazo House is based, large quantities of acorns have been found hoarded in Celtic hill-forts. Anyone who’s read an Asterix book knows that the Celts venerated the oak, but who knows… Leer más »Pan perdido: Dos recetas de pan de bellotas

Campana de meditación desde un cilindro de gas propano

Morning meditation is part of our daily routine at Abrazo House. The beautiful, resonant sound of a bell being struck (or “invited”) with a wooden striker calls us back to the present moment and reminds us that, despite all our projects and worries, were are always living precisely in the here and now: the only place and time we have. We made this meditation bell from the bottom of a propane gas cylinder, as a simple… Leer más »Campana de meditación desde un cilindro de gas propano

Muro de fresas rápido y fácil

The stone retaining wall on the driveway leading up to Abrazo House was overgrown with tough matted grass and other weeds. With this quick, easy and almost free project we turned it into an edible “wall of strawberries”: Put down a layer of cardboard, hanging down from the top of the wall, as a mulch to kill the matted grass. (In time, the cardboard hanging down will be removed once it’s done its job of… Leer más »Muro de fresas rápido y fácil

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