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When life gives you free apples, make apple chips I say. Not only are apple chips incredibly delicious, they are good for you too. The Girl and I made several batches of dehydrated apples over the weekend, and now they are all gone. The only problem of course, is keeping them in the pantry. Yesterday, Read More >>
I cannot remember a year when I have grown such a variety of lettuce. The other day as I was harvesting the remaining greens from my very first lettuce pallet, I suddenly had a craving for bbq chicken. So I thought, hey why not combine the two. After all, people make Chicken Cesar salad all Read More >>
Yesterday I stopped by Chicken Scraps R Us to buy something, and as soon as I walked through the door, Produce Guy spotted me. “Hey Mavis… You’re just in time. I was getting ready to toss a bunch of scraps. Let me get them for you.” “Sweet,” I somehow mustered. 2 minutes later I found Read More >>
Earlier in the week I was given more free apples than we could eat. And since all of the apples had minor blemishes, I knew we needed to either eat the apples right away or figure out how to preserve them. So I did the first thing that came to mind. I made applesauce. The Read More >>
Today I made apple butter with 15lbs of foraged apples from my parent’s backyard. My parents are constantly trying to lure me up to their house and being the wise people that they are, they know one thing always works: the promise of free fruit. Who needs shiny objects when there is ripe fruit to Read More >>
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