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Growing And Cooking With Taragon
When it was time to plant our garden this summer, I decided that I should give some new herbs a try. While we’re fairly new to vegetable gardening, I’ve always had some herbs growing in pots. Mostly I’ve been sticking to things I use often in my cooking and baking (think rosemary, basil, parsley etc.) […]
Continue readingAre You Roasting Your Veggies?
Fall is coming and that means we’re getting ready to enjoy all sorts of seasonal vegetables that lend themselves to roasting. Think winter squashes, brussels sprouts, broccoli and the likes. Living in the south, this also means that the temperatures are starting to drop enough to risk running the oven for 40 to 45 minutes […]
Continue readingHow To Make Homemade Tomato Paste
I use a lot of tomato paste during the fall and winter. I add a spoon of this yummy flavorful stuff to most of my sews and stews and even to tomato sauce. It gives it that nice, rich flavor and of course it’s essential to any good pot of chili as well. Since I […]
Continue readingPickling Cucumbers
My cucumber plants were doing really well earlier this summer, but sadly got eaten down to almost nothing by some bugs while we were out of town for a long weekend. That being said, I know most of you that are growing a garden are drowning in cucumbers right now… Add to that the fact […]
Continue readingGardening Isn’t Just For Spring
Walk into any home improvement center in the spring and you’ll find an abundance of fruit, vegetable and herb plants ready to be planted. Late in the summer, when school is about to start back up, there is nothing edible to be found in those same stores. And that’s really a shame. As you know […]
Continue readingFrugal Things To Do That Are More Productive Than Watching TV
Do you get stuck in a rut some nights and feel like the only frugal thing you can do is sit in front of the TV and watch something? I know we do that a lot of times. Yes there are books to read and knitting to be done, but after a while it gets […]
Continue readingGoing Paperless In The Kitchen – More Than Just Ditching Paper Towels
I’ve long stopped using paper towels 99% of the time. I keep a roll around, sitting in a cabinet for really bad messes where I don’t want to have to deal with the cloth afterwards. For the mots part, we’re using rags and towels to deal with spills, messes and use cloth napkins instead of […]
Continue readingPacking School Lunches This Year? Here Are Some Fun Ideas
I’ve been reading a lot of homemaking and cooking blogs this summer and thought I’d start sharing some of the best posts I come across with you. I’m calling them my “Tasty Bites” and hope you’ll enjoy these posts as much as I do. Since this is our last week before school starts back up, […]
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