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In-Season Recipe Connection: Brussel Sprouts People will Actually ENJOY Eating

August 26th, 2010 · 25 Comments · recipes

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How do you get nutritious food that tastes amazing? For me, I visit my dearest friend.  You see, I can tell you how to make a nutrient-dense [...]

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Organic Gardening Series: Preserving Produce by Freezing

July 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Organic Gardening

What can I freeze? It’s a common question as gardens begin to be ready for harvest and Farmer’s Markets tempt people with bushel baskets full of gorgeous fruits and vegetables. One of my early posts here at KS was when I granted myself the title of “freezer queen”: 10 Easy Prep Foods I Always [...]

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How to Dehydrate Vegetables – Excalibur Week!

June 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Do It Yourself

This is hardly even worth a blog post.
Dehydrating veggies, at least the few I’ve attempted, is so simple:

Wash
Cut in even pieces
Dehydrate
Store

The hardest part about dehydrating veggies, for me, is figuring out how to use them and then remembering to do it.
I’ve only done peppers, zucchini, and tomatoes, because those were the items last summer [...]

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Monday Mission: Take an Organic Step

May 10th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to do something organic this week that you don’t usually.
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Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
This is a leveled challenge, because readers might be at all different places in their organic process.  Find your profile and act accordingly:

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I Just Love Finding Bugs in my Lettuce

May 10th, 2010 · 42 Comments · My Story

I’ll take bugs, please.  What’s on your produce?
When a friend of a friend moved to Colorado, my friend was telling me about the organic food situation there. People talk to me about food a lot. Go figure.
It seems that the gal could only find organic produce in the stores; that was the [...]

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How to Store and Freeze Fresh Produce, Grains and More

January 5th, 2010 · 32 Comments · Avoiding Waste

If you’re going to meal plan well, one bonus is that you should only have to make the grocery store run once a week (or even once every two weeks).  Knowing how to keep your fresh produce is vital, then, for the system to be a success.
You know how I hate wasting food.  As part [...]

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Monday Mission: Make Your Salads Count

September 21st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Upgraded Nutrition

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to maximize your dinner salad (or start eating one if you don’t already).
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If you’re watching your weight, research shows that people who eat salads eat fewer overall calories at the meal than those who don’t.  It’s not all about [...]

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