Category: food
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what i’ve learned from a year with chickens
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A year ago today I picked up five baby chicks from Egg|Plant Urban Farm Supply and excitedly brought them home. Being the reader and researcher that I am, I knew…
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reusable living :: napkins
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We live in a disposable society. From dishes and bags to hygienic products and cleaning products. It seems that every year more and more disposable options come on to the…
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little spaces
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In our little thousand-foot house, I’m always looking for little spaces that can be utilized in order for things to run efficiently and to keep our open areas open. Our…
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bread, bread, and more bread
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Bread. Fresh, warm, right-out-of-the-oven bread. There’s nothing quite like it–especially when it’s smothered in a think layer of delicious good-quality butter. Yum. Bread. We love bread. I’ve been experimenting…
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teas and tinctures
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I thought I’d share a little with you today about a new obsession of mine…herbs! Now, I’ve been in love with herbs in the kitchen for many years, but right…
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meal planning
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This past fall was a hard semester for me. I constantly felt behind–like several weeks behind. While these feelings mostly came from work related things, they blended over into my home…
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organic
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A few weeks ago, I starting writing about how our eating habits have changed a bit over the past year and a half (healthy bodies, happy lives and food, real…
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broth
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Homemade chicken broth was one of the reasons that decided to start blogging. One day, a dear friend of mine had asked me what I had done the evening before.…
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baked oatmeal
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On cold snowy Saturday mornings, baked oatmeal is one of our favorite ways to start the day. I make it many different ways to fit the season, the day, and…
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food, real food
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I grew up on a home cooked meal almost every night. Thanks to my mom, I learned that dinner should be made from ingredients–not a box. That’s not to say…