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US VegWeek 2013 Recipe: Black Bean and Corn Stew

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Laura

This is one of our favorite vegetarian meals, particularly because it’s so fast and easy to make.  I also love this recipes because aside from the onion and garlic, I can pull everything else out of my freezer, from what … Continue reading →

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US VegWeek 2013: Lots of Recipes This Week!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Laura

Many of the teachers at Nik’s school have decided to eat vegetarian for a whole week, celebrating US VegWeek 2013. From their website: Now in its fifth year, US VegWeek (April 22-28) is a fun way to explore a wide … Continue reading →

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On Abundance, Generosity, and Menu Planning

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Laura

After Mark was born, our incredibly generous and loving friends brought us two meals a week for two months.  Nik’s mother, Tina, also brought at least one (and often more) meals a week.  Add in leftovers from those meals, and … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Grown-Up Macaroni and Cheese

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Laura

I invented this recipe the other night when we unexpectedly had a bit of blue cheese to use up.  “Grown-up macaroni and cheese” is not that much more difficult than making regular homemade macaroni and cheese and is even more … Continue reading →

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Ellie’s Dishes (and Mama’s Sanity)

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Laura

It’s been a rough week.  We’ve had some puking on the two-year-old’s part, some general “I don’t feel good at all” sickness on the adults’ part, way too much laundry, and a kitchen that hasn’t ever been completely clean since … Continue reading →

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Allow Me To Brag for a Moment About My Amazing Husband and Our Incredibly Delicious Turkey and Thanksgiving Meal

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Laura

Yesterday, Nik took charge of roasting our almost-19-pound turkey.  He decided to use the braise/roast method (as illustrated here on Michael’s Ruhlman’s blog).  It was, hands down, the most amazingly moist and delicious turkey we’ve ever had.  We’ll probably never … Continue reading →

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My Most Favoritest Cranberry Sauce

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Laura

This cranberry sauce (or perhaps more appropriately, relish) is so good I could just eat it plain, the whole bowl.  There’s no cooking involved and it definitely isn’t traditional cranberry sauce but wow, is it delicious!!  I found the recipe … Continue reading →

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Soaked Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (the bread I’m making all the time now)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Laura

I’m currently trying to do a better job of soaking/fermenting our whole grains in order to improve their ease of digestion.  (See the end of this post for why.)  I’ve been making this recipe for soaked whole wheat sandwich bread … Continue reading →

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Get Thee Behind Me, Food Preservation

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Laura

I think we’re finally done.  It’s been a long four and a half months but I think I can finally say that we’re done with food preservation for the year.  I might make marmalade once Florida citrus comes back into … Continue reading →

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Our First (and perhaps only) Attempt at Real Food Blogging

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Laura

Recently, my friend Julie asked if we would join her in making a recipe with fair-trade ingredients so that she could participate as a guest blogger in her employer‘s fair-trade food promotion.  I’m always happy to hang out with Julie … Continue reading →

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