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How to Make a Stir Fry
For a quick meal, a nice stir fry can’t be beat, especially with bits from the garden. I usually mix up something like this Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry but when I read the post on Northwest Edible Life about keeping a Mason jar of stir fry sauce in the fridge I had to try…
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Using Up Leftovers
When I’m in my most frugal mindset, I think about what needs to be used up. If you grow vegetables, you “pick then cook.” If you’ve got some stuff in the fridge that needs using up, think about how you can incorporate that into tonight’s meal so it doesn’t go to waste. Main Dishes from…
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An Everlasting Meal by by Tamar Adler – Cook Book Review
I saw An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Graceby Tamar Adler mentioned online and it sounded intriguing. Economy AND Grace in food. It’s not only a lovely book to read, but is full of great ideas about home cooking. The first idea I took from it was about roasting vegetables ahead of time and…
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Compost Bowl
Do you compost? I have for years so the kids are well-trained to toss kitchen scraps into the bowl. I just keep a bowl sitting behind the sink and try to empty it once a day into the compost pile and periodically scrub it out. The scraps make a great addition to the compost, which…
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Deviled Ham Recipe
I’ve seen those cans of deviled ham in the grocery store but to the best of my memory I’ve never EATEN deviled ham, either storebought or homemade. But I saw the ham in the fridge and wanted to try something new with it and thought of trying deviled ham recipe for some reason. I started…