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Do you freeze your bread? Whenever I am in the area, I always stop at the Oroweat Outlet and stock up on any good deals. The only thing is that sometimes freezing the bread, even when I’ve wrapped it well, dries it out a bit. I was telling Girly Girl about this and she offered Read More >>
I always avoided recipes that had buttermilk in them because I thought buttermilk was too expensive. But then I learned a quick way to make my own buttermilk using 2 simple ingredients I always have on hand. Milk and vinegar. Seriously, making buttermilk is that easy! So although this method is not new to me, Read More >>
{The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird, Monkey Boy & a friend about 10 years ago} Last week, while talking to a friend with young children, she mentioned her frustration with having picky eaters. She said she would love to grow a garden, but her kids wouldn’t eat anything she grew. What? I started thinking Read More >>
Man-oh-man, I hate it when I think I have all the ingredients to make a recipe, only to find out that something has gone bad. Did you know you can extend the life of cottage cheese, sour cream, and yogurt by storing it in the fridge lid side down? It creates a vacuum that slows Read More >>
This year, I’ve decided to crank it up a notch in the composting department. Growing 4000 lbs of fresh produce is going to require that I really think about my soil. In the words of the movie Uncle Buck, I am going to start “cooking our garbage”–all of those wasted food scraps {that are too Read More >>
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