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How To Roast Beets
I love beets. They’re delicious, healthy and a “grounding” root vegetable. I usually steam them, which is simple –other than the times that I run out of water for steaming and burn the pan. Usually I save them in the nick of time though.
Alternatively, roasting beets, is just as easy and delicious. Roasting adds a
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How-to Roast Almonds
Photo by familyfriendsandfood from Flickr.com
Roasted almonds? Yes, one of my favorite foods and an important part of my eating plan.
What about my family’s eating plan? Well, my husband is one of the main reasons I cook and bake as religiously as I do; he comes from a family of excellent cooks who love to eat.
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Roasted Chicken Stock
It’s wonderful to be back at home with my family and kitchen. I’ve made myriad soup stocks these last few days in order to help my husband and myself recuperate from the sniffles we each seem to have picked up last week. We’re recovering quite quickly.
To create a bit of variety, I decided to make
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McKale
I am lucky enough to say that my boys love to eat kale. There was actually a kale incident the other night whereby I only made one bunch and some grabbing occurred at the table as the boys “fought” over it. Ok, sorry to brag, however this is what sometimes happens in my
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How to Roast a Pumpkin in 10 Steps
After my last post, many people asked me how to roast a pumpkin. Several others inquired as to whether canned pumpkin would work in my recipes (for more info on that click here).
Because fresh food in general tastes better and is often cheaper than processed food, I have put together a short demo on
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Clean Green: Kitchen Spray
I must confess, for more than a year, my friend Elizabeth has been asking me to do a post on homemade household cleaners. As a result of her prodding, I am proud to present part 1 of a series on non-toxic cleaners for your home. We’ll start off with a cleaning spray for my
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Vanilla Butter Lip Balm
This homemade lip balm is so good that you might want to eat it – my children tell me it tastes delicious.
Vanilla Butter Lip Balm
1 tablespoon cocoa butter
1 tablespoon beeswax shavings or pearls
1 tablespoon almond oil
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt beeswax and cocoa butter in a beaker placed in a small pot of simmering water
When beeswax
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Busy Hands, Happy Hands
Today we made pomanders. What are they, you ask? A fragrant little crafting project that I have enjoyed since childhood. All you need is an orange and cloves. My boys thought it was pretty fun too.
Here, a definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
po·man·der
noun
Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French pomme de ambre, literally, apple or ball of amber
1
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The Perfect Rolling Pin
My sons and I decided to make gingerbread cookies this afternoon.
Thus we found ourselves at the store in search of the perfect rolling pin.
We ended up with a 1¼ inch dowel that was 48 inches long, then had it cut into 3 pieces. We took our dowel pieces home, sanded them and ended up with
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