Sauce

Organization & Productivity

10 Tips to Help You Conserve Some Coin

by Aimee
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We all want to know how we can trim our monthly grocery bill and yet feed our families real, wholesome food. Anyone who has shopped for organic ingredients, knows that there is a price to pay for bringing home pesticide-free, all-natural foods. So what can be done? Fortunately, Slow Food Rhode Island leader Amy McCoy [...]

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Dinner

Simple & Seasonal: Welsh Rarebit with Grilled Asparagus & Mushrooms

by Aimee
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A recent pledge to Meatless Mondays as well as an abundance of gorgeous local asparagus has transformed our weekday meals. We’ve enjoyed various risotto and pastas with asparagus, asparagus pizza with fresh pesto, and most recently, Welsh Rarebit. Welsh What?? I know, the name tells us nothing about the dish, but it’s really just cheese [...]

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Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

Warmer Weather Batch Cooking

by Aimee
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For some, batch cooking tends to go out the window when the thermometer rises outside, because, well, most batch cooking is not ideally suited to hot weather. Who wants to simmer a stew on the stove all day when you’re trying to keep the kitchen cool? And while we’re asking questions, who wants to spend [...]

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Pantry

Spices 101: Three Options for Grinding Spices (Recipe: Quick Mojo Sauce)

by Aimee
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If you’ve got a pepper mill, then you are off to a great start to grinding your own spices. Why grind your own? Well, we’ve already discussed the benefits of buying whole spices, so now you’ve got to break them down. Fortunately it’s easy to do and well worth your time. One sniff of freshly [...]

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