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Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

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

by Aimee
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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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Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

Eat Well Spend Less: Food Resolutions (Recipe: Baked Brown Rice Pilaf)

by Aimee
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We’re a little over three weeks into the new year which is long enough to put your food resolutions to the test – if you made any. In this January edition of our Eat Well, Spend Less series, we’re taking a look at those goals and how we’re measuring up. I recently shared my intentional [...]

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Dinner

Maple-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Parsnips

by Shaina
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Written by Shaina of Food for My Family. If I look outside I’m greeted by a blanket of white. I’ve taken to wearing one of my husband’s sweatshirts around the house just to keep warm, and I’ve pulled out a pair of fingerless gloves to type in so that I retain a bit of feeling [...]

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Dinner

Roast Potatoes Two Ways: Polenta-Crusted and Rosemary Hash Browns

by Aimee
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Potatoes tend to be served up in one of three ways at my table, all of the variations special in their own way. There are the classic Perfect Mashed Potatoes, naturally, a favorite with my children, and oh-so-comforting. Puff-pastry wrapped Potato Strudel is an elegant side dish that has won many of you over with [...]

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Dinner

Eat Well, Spend Less: Seasonal Soups (Recipe: French Onion Soup)

by Aimee
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How is it mid October already? Oh, right, first there was our jump into October Unprocessed, then Thanksgiving, and just last weekend, Blissdom Canada in Toronto. The month tends to fly by when one is busy. After four days of conference snacking, hotel food, road food (we drove home from Toronto), and yes, missed meals, [...]

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