Category: How To
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How I Cook to Get Things Done
When I was first learning how to cook it took all my attention just to get everything on the table, hot, at the same time. But once you’re past that stage, you find lots of time where you have a spare 10 or 15 or 20 minutes while you’re waiting for something to happen. If…
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Valentine’s Day Help: Playdough Hearts
When the girls were little, we tried to make something each Valentine’s Day. But it’s a challenge to not spend too much money, have something they can make, and have it be something everyone enjoys. We made airplanes out of chewing gum sticks one year (wrapped so the recipient could chew the gum!), various pretzel…
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Keeping a Price Book
I’ve written before about keeping a price book, a list of your best prices for groceries. I had gotten out of the habit and with food prices increasing so quickly, I decided it was easier to just start from scratch. I started one on Google Docs that you can view here: price book. I’m hoping…
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How to Peel Fresh Tomatoes
In the past, I’ve mostly just passed on the whole idea of peeling tomatoes. I mean, I don’t mind the skins and I’m sure, as my mother always said, that the skins hold lots of the vitamins and other good-for-you things. But sometimes you want the finer aspect of skinned tomatoes. I would put on…
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Some Ideas for Using Leftover Bagels and Bread
It’s easy to throw stuff away when it’s gone stale but it’s amazing how much food the average household in America throws away every year. Would you believe over 450 pounds? That’s about 14 percent of the food brought IN to the house. And doesn’t count the food that goes down the garbage disposal or…