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Veggies galore 2 and 3

Our garden is providing a higher proportion of our food each week. As I’ve mentioned before its only been in my recent adulthood that I have managed to get myself to get an adequate daily serving of fruits and veggies. Figuring out dishes I like where I can really pack in the variety of vegetables [...]

Sunny Day Dutch Oven Bread

My experience with so called “no-knead bread”, the article I got the recipe from, and your subsequent experience baking this bread is like an endless mirrors in mirrors of people wanting to make perfect “artisan bread” and then, yes, doing it in their own kitchen. It’s like some kind of carnival promise really coming true.
The [...]

Spend less money on quality food- buy less food

Is this too obvious? Apparently not since the smart way to shop for food is to get more for you money. I compare unit prices too and want the best deal. I’ve just decided to incorporate external costs into this calculation. The quick run through is;how was it made, how did the production of this [...]

Getting to know your food and buying and cooking it wisely

The Art of Simple Food (by Alice Waters) and Farmer John’s Cookbook; the real dirt of vegetables and my two favorite cookbooks and here’s why.
For the most part the best food for you, whole foods (grains, beans, vegetables etc) are affordable. There is much discussion about this- clearly there are some highly processed, crappy food [...]

Commited to Quality, Working to Save

Currently in a financial situation I hope to never repeat I have been exploring some of the resources out there for budgeting, saving, cutting costs. Paired with this exploration (which is really more of a necessity to change my spending, improve my income, and really work towards reducing debt and saving what I can) is [...]