Category Archives: cooking

Caution: Think About Ratios (and what we did this weekend)

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Laura

On Saturday, at the farmers’ market, I bought eight dozen (that’s 96) ears of corn , 20 pounds of tomatoes and 10 pounds of cucumbers. Yes, it’s that time of year again – work frantically to store up food for … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 10: Dairy and Eggs (the details)

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: A Short Interlude

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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Our Chickens ARE Happy, Even Though We Eat Their Eggs

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Laura

A couple weeks ago, I was listening to the Diane Rehm Show while sewing shades.  Her guest was Jenny Brown, and the topic of the show was, “The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals.” While I had much … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 9: Grains/Legumes (the details)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 8b: Fruits and Vegetables (the “why”)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes (take two)

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Laura

Some of you may have seen a prematurely-posted version of this post a couple months ago.  Sorry about that.  I blame Ellie.  Here’s the real thing! Back in June, I had the fun opportunity to make cupcakes for a friend‘s … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 8a: Fruits and Vegetables (the details)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Pesto Hummus

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Laura

I’m currently on a quest to make many delicious flavors of hummus. This is my only new flavor but I recently did a little poll of some food-loving friends of ours and got a lot more great ideas. I’ll keep … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 7: The Food Rules

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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