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[g-rant] de-funk-defying your refrigerator water dispenser tray
How annoying is it trying to clean your refrigerator’s water dispenser tray after all that build up takes place? Let me answer with my opinion: “super annoying.” I tried scrubbing…
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[g-rant] stop tossing out limp celery
I don’t like waste. So wasting food and wasting money in the process does not sit well with me. Unfortunately, with buying seasonally, organic and local (when available) produce in…
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kitchen tip: use those broccoli stems
If you don’t have a Grant around to chop up your broccoli stems, try my lazier method and make them into stock. I made an enormous batch of roasted broccoli…
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[g-rant] diy green cleaners
Attention buyers of “natural” cleaning supplies: stop buying green cleaners when you can just make your own. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for folks at farmer’s markets pushing…
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kitchen tip: wear shoes
I expect to get plenty of old lady comments from this post, but I don’t care because I wish someone would have told me this years ago. At least once…
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kitchen tip: dry erase markers
I’m at that point in the season where I’m tired of putting up. Grant and I canned about 40 more pounds of tomatoes over the weekend, and I’m ready to…
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kitchen tip: keep a dinner diary
I love Dinner: A Love Story’s cookbook (and blog for that matter). I first read about the idea of a dinner diary in her cookbook and have been mostly keeping one…
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garden tip: eggshells
Here’s a garden tip for you: hold on to those (pastured, happy) eggshells as you use them around this time of year. As you plant or transplant your tomato plants,…
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kitchen tip: eat your broccoli stems
An unforeseen consequence of this very cold and very long winter has been that our compost bins are overflowing. We have three large bins outside (and two worm bins in…
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christmas gifts for the foodies on your list {$0 – $200}
I love food, and I love to cook. That is about the only “expertise” that I will claim in sharing this list. Over the past several years, as I have…
