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I was over at my friend Jen’s the other day and she had just made a big batch of her famous fresh pineapple salsa. Wowie was this stuff good! Lucky for me {and you} she was willing to share the recipe. Ingredients ½ pineapple, peeled, cored and diced {this pineapple corer works great!} ½ red Read More >>
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After watering the garden this morning I snapped a few pictures of some of the vegetables we have growing in our backyard. Out of everything we have planted right now, I think I’m the most excited about finally having zucchini again. We had to plant zucchini seeds like 5 times this year because of all Read More >>
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Laundry. It’s one of those chores that is never-ending in our house. The second I throw the last load of laundry into the wash, I usually come around the corner to find a pair of Monkey Boy’s socks hiding under the coffee table. They are there to mock me, I am sure of it. I Read More >>
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Wowie Zowie it was a great week in the free food department! Lot’s of peaches, apricots and pears for our spoiled chickens and oodles of bananas for us. I’m not sure what to make of all the bananas we’ve been getting in the produce boxes lately, but we’ll take them, that’s for sure. Do you Read More >>
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The other night I whipped up some vegan friendly black bean fajitas for dinner and man oh man were they delicious. Umm and easy too! 😉 I almost feel guilty posting this recipe it’s so simple. Ingredients 1 {16 oz} can black beans rinsed and drained 1 sweet pepper sliced 1 onion, sliced 1 zucchini, Read More >>
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Yesterday The Girl, her bff and I attended the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games at the King County fairgrounds in Enumclaw, Washington. Although the pipe bands were super cool, it was all the behind the scenes stuff that caught our eye. It seemed like everywhere we looked people were getting polished, sewn or cinched up. I suppose Read More >>
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So I stumbled onto this NPR article last week about the new FDA guidelines on organic and free range egg farms. In a nutshell {or eggshell, rather}, the FDA wants free range and organic farmers to limit their chicken’s outdoor time in order to avoid salmonella. Because free-ranging chickens encounter more wild animal feces than the Read More >>
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With a massive amount of Zaycon ground beef in my kitchen, I had to have a plan. There’s only so much hamburger you can brown before you feel glued to your stove. So bring on my best friend Mr. Crock Pot. Seriously not sure how it took me this long to figure out this little Read More >>
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