Category: Blog
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Tomatoes Are Coming Out Of My Ears!
It seems once tomato plants begin to produce there is no stopping them for a time. Tomatoes are usually plentiful in my garden up until first frost. I have made every possible concoction with tomatoes. I have given away a few, sent some home with the kids, and fed my chickens tomatoes. Our dog, Max,…
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Whining About Wine
Many recipes develop extra layer of flavor with the addition of wine. I have an elegant Chicken and Mushroom preparation that calls for dry, white wine. A creamy-soft, fruity, cabernet in my Bolognese Pasta sauce truly finishes the dish. When I add wine to a dish, I only add wine I would like to drink…
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Red Meat? Gotta Be Bison!
When we crave red meat, we do give in to our cravings once in a great while. This is especially true during the summer when we want a burger on the grill. We use ground bison for many reasons. We choose organic bison as it is fed just grass as the animal was intended to…
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Change Your Center!
When I was growing up, every meal centered around the meat. What would go with pork chops, what to serve with the roast beef, and on and on and on. I remember our big Friday night grocery shopping as a child. We started at the meat counter, then we picked up everything else! The meat,…
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It Stands to Reason – Plate Size Matters
My father-in-law would always say “it stands to reason” whenever he was trying to make an important point. Well here is an important point about plates. Plate size is very important. A large, almost flat plate with measured portions may look a bit empty. A small plate will have the person eating thinking they…
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“Mom, I’m Starving!”
While growing up I have little to no memory of snacks during the day as a young child. We ate three good, home-cooked meals a day, and if we didn’t get our fill, we were out of luck. Snacks were meant for special occasions, like Christmas Eve, or when friends of my parents came over to…
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Down to the last drop
Just a couple of years ago I said a very happy ‘good – bye’ to monthly garbage service. Once the kids had moved on my husband and I had so little trash to fill our enormous green can we hauled down to the end of the driveway every Wednesday. We paid a hefty fee…
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Make it easy – goodbye, Tupperware!
Often I find myself wondering how much money I have spent on Tupperware, or RubberMaid, or who knows what brand of plastic container. Maybe enough to take a mini-vaction, or enough to buy an entire case of really good wine, or perhaps enough to pay for a semester’s worth of books for one of our…