April 2010

Pantry

Stocking Your Pantry for Success

by Shaina
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One of the very first keys to successfully eating as a family and cooking meals on a regular basis is having a good base to start from in your pantry. Having food on hand and available makes this process less stressful and much less work. Can you imagine if you had to purchase every spice [...]

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Organization & Productivity

3 Simple Ways to Store Online Recipes

by Tsh
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I love poring through cookbooks, especially when they have color photos and richly descriptive text. But when it comes down to it, about 75 percent of the recipes I use on a regular basis come from the Internet. Betty Crockers of the post-modern world have a plethora of recipes at their disposal, but it’s easily [...]

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Link Love

Weekend Reading

by Aimee
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Cooking with Kids: Power Bars :: Tea & Cookies (plus over a dozen suggestions for recipes to make with kids) Homemade Pita Pockets :: Kitchen Simplicity Ten Common Healthy Cooking Mistakes :: Health Foodie Banana-Walnut Chocolate-Chunk Cookies :: Cookie Baker Lynn The Bullet List: How to Help Your Child Embrace Real Food :: The Mother [...]

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Pantry

Spices 101: Storing Spices (Recipe: Black Pepper Shrimp)

by Aimee
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If you’ve been following our Spices 101 series, you may have had some spice myths debunked, and also may have decided to invest in quality spices.  Today, we’ll learn how to store your quality spices properly so that they’ll maintain their maximum freshness and potency. It may come as a surprise to you, but a [...]

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Dinner

Been to a Farm Lately? (Recipe: Asparagus & Cherry Tomato Pizza)

by Cheryl
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Much can be said about the environmental and economic benefits of eating locally sourced foods. More can be said about the adage that a local food advocate from my town often uses: Eat food you know from people you know. Every summer my family makes more than a handful of pilgrimages to local farms. These trips [...]

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