Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

How Does Your Garden Grow? (Q&A)

by Aimee

I can’t be the only one dreaming about getting my hands into some warm soil this coming spring. Although there is still snow piled a foot high on my raised beds, I’m making plans to exercise my green thumb and start a few seedlings. Since my gardening space is limited to four 4×12 plots and [...]

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Vegetables In Season: February

by Aimee

A quick look around food blogs, Pinterest, and bakery window displays might lead one to believe that dark chocolate and marshmallows were in high season right now, and in a way, they are, peaking tomorrow in a blaze of sweetness. But what about the rest of the month? What is good eating in February? In [...]

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Spotlight Ingredient: Beets (Recipe: Beet & Orzo Salad with Feta)

by Aimee

Last November, when roadside produce stands were closing down shop for the winter, I snagged a ten-pound bag of young beets for ninety-nine cents. Thrilled at the great deal I had just made, I imagined the beets lasting us through the winter – and all for pennies. They were gone by Christmas. Apparently I like [...]

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9 Foods to Stock in Your Pantry in 2012

by Aimee

Every January, my pantry inevitably needs an in-depth examination. So I clear out the remnants of holiday foodstuffs that have collected – candy canes, cracker fragments, sprinkles and other cookie decorations – and take a good look at what is left. A lot of my homemade jam and preserves have been given away as gifts; [...]

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