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Yesterday I went to the National Heirloom Exposition in Santa Rosa, California with my buddy El Presidente. We headed out super early and made a few side trips but the highlight of the day was the exposition, that’s for sure. I have seem pictures of the event in the past so there was one thing Read More >>
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I love galettes {or pie frisbees as my kids call them} because they taste just as delicious as a pie, but look so much more fun. I mean who doesn’t want to eat a pie frisbee? Ingredients 3 Granny Smith apples, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices {I leave the skins on, but you can Read More >>
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This year, I stored a few of my own dry beans, and while harvesting them was not my favorite chore, I love the idea of having them on hand for winter soups. Beans are an awesome source of vegetable protein, and once you get them out of the pod, they are so super easy to Read More >>
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Yesterday Lucy and I worked in the potato field {yet again} harvesting potatoes. Would you believe we still have two more rows to go? Holy cow man, will it ever end? 😉 I called our local food bank and asked if they’d be interested in some home grown potatoes and they said YES. Sweet diggety, Read More >>
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When we went to pick up our boxes of “chicken scraps” this week there were only 3 boxes. And you know what? It was kind of a relief. After having to process 20 pounds of peppers the other day, we were kind of exhausted. 😉 As usual we gave almost all of the greens to Read More >>
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Lasagna is such a traditional American meal, which is totally ironic because it’s Italian food after all. But it’s a staple around our house. Monkey Boy would stage a revolt if I ever took it off our menu. But it’s a pretty time consuming meal to make from scratch, so we don’t have it all Read More >>
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 My daughter loves Camelbak water bottles, but sometimes she puts milk in them {gasp!}, and well if you’ve ever had to clean day,week, ahem, month old molding milk from a water bottle then you know how tempting it is to just toss ’em.  But, since that defeats the whole purpose of a reusable water Read More >>
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So, while surfing the net in an effort to stay relevant {okay, really, just to pass the time, but it seems so much more sophisticated to say: “stay relevant”}, I came across an article on Yahoo about the USDA allowing U.S. grown chickens to be shipped to China, processed, and then shipped back to the Read More >>
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