Category Archives: cooking

Real carrots, straight from the farm, are SO GOOD.

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Laura

And that’s all I have to say about that.

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A busy week

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Laura

I’m going to North Bay (where Dan Gerding used to work) to hang out with my school’s 6th graders from Wednesday through Friday.  I’m not exactly looking forward to hanging out with 86 6th graders for 2 1/2 solid days … Continue reading →

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And in other random news…(and don’t look if you don’t like broken bones)

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Laura

1.  We’re buying an free-range, local lamb from Wagon Wheel Ranch.  Baltimore doesn’t have any farms that are really close to us but this one is about a 45-minute drive away so that’s really not bad.  We found them at … Continue reading →

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Report

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Laura

1.  My dress fits perfect – the swap and alterations were a success!  And we leave for the wedding in four days!  It’s so soon!!!!!!! 2. I may be addicted to asparagus.  It’s a good thing it’s only around for … Continue reading →

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Photo Roundup

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Laura

Here’s a few random tidbits from what we’ve been doing the past few days: I finally started sewing!  I figured I’d better start with something easy (and cheap fabric) before I started in on our expensive curtain fabric.  So I … Continue reading →

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Make this dip!

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Laura

We had a Leap Year party last Friday, in honor of Jon’s birthday and someone brought a store bought bean dip that was really good.  I looked on the ingredient list and there was nothing weird.  So today, I made … Continue reading →

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The Last Couple Weeks in Review

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Laura

(Or, I Was Too Lazy To Download The Pictures From The Camera) The first yeast bread I made in our house:  Mom’s Fast and Easy rolls recipe, to go with… Potato and Kale Soup, which actually wasn’t that good – … Continue reading →

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Eat This! (And then call me!)

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Laura

Just kidding!  How about eating this?! It’s Red Lentil Coconut Curry from page 206 in Simply in Season.  (Yes, directly across the page from Vegetarian Groundnut Stew, last week’s featured recipe.)  It has LOTS of yummy spices in it (curry … Continue reading →

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Vegetarian Groundnut Stew

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Laura

Nik was skeptical and I admit, I was  a little bit too.  But we made this recipe out of the Simply in Season Mennonite cookbook (p. 207).  Kristen gave it to me for Christmas!!  I was so excited to get … Continue reading →

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Two great recipes

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Laura

These noodles are my new favorite recipe.  I’m putting the recipe on here now so that maybe Meggan and I can make them when we finally get to Alaska.  For everyone else, try them!  They’re so good! Peanut Noodles with … Continue reading →

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