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Over the weekend I was able to pick up 4 boxes of “chickens scraps” from a local store. We were able to salvage a little over half of the fresh and fruits and vegetables you see above. For the third week in a row, I was astounded by the amount of perfectly edible strawberries I Read More >>
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Old Fashioned Strawberry Ice Cream With all the free strawberries I’ve been able to salvage lately, I’m starting to get a little worried I may run out of ideas on how to use them. I mean, once I fill the freezer is full with enough free strawberries to keep us in smoothie heaven for the Read More >>
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Yesterday, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I headed over to the Seattle Tilth’s Edible Plant Sale. We all know I have more plants than I need at this point, but they were advertising they had over 50 types of tomatoes plants for sale. 50! Many of them heirloom tomatoes. Who cares about Read More >>
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{Mavis and Buff the Wayward Chicken} Last week was pretty low key. I only used 1 coupon. I stocked up on milk and bread, scored some free organic food, and bought a few special ingredients. But besides that, grocery shopping was pretty much a snooze fest. It just goes to show you, some weeks are Read More >>
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2 years ago, I came across a recipe for Chickpeas with Broccoli Raab and Bacon in the March, 2010 issue of Cooking Light Magazine. The photo was beautiful, and I suddenly found myself wanting to make it. Which was odd, because I was not a fan of broccoli. But The Handsome Husband and The Girl Read More >>
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Two weeks ago, someone {anonymously} left me a comment on the post I wrote about how I had scored several boxes of reclaimed food. “Gee, are things really that tight after coming back from France?” I didn’t notice it until yesterday when I checked my spam folder. Somehow the comment had been marked as spam Read More >>
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With all the great deals on avocados lately, now is the perfect time to whip up a batch of homemade guacamole. I prefer my guacamole naked, but some people like to add cilantro and tomatoes. It’s up to you. Here is my simple recipe:
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