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Recipe: Tomato, Bacon & Basil Pasta
This recipe is really great if you happen to have a couple pounds of garden fresh tomatoes on hand, but is still wonderful with canned, as I used here. My garden isn’t producing anything more than...
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Little Big Kitchen: Preserving Green Onion Tops
Last year’s mild winter meant we had green onions in our garden, ready to go, all year long. They kept growing with a vengeance. Green onions, also called scallions or spring onions, are edible from...
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Little Big Kitchen: Adventures in Pickling
One of our goals for this summer was to do some pickling with our friend Jacob. Specifically, jalapeno pickling. Pickled jalapenos are a fantastic thing, but the jarred kind you buy at the store just...
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Recipe: Zephyr Squash Bake
I am always glad to add another recipe to my summer squash arsenal because this time of year people are innundated with squash and every where you go home gardeners are trying to relieve themselves of...
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Thanksgivings & Bountiful Harvests
Isobel loves any and every holiday that comes her way, and now that Halloween is over she is excited to celebrate Thanksgiving. Only, she seems to forget what Thanksgiving is about from year to year....
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Winter Holiday Links
Seasonal living is important to my family, both with the food we eat and the activities we enjoy as the weather turns cold. It is a way of establishing our connection with nature and family. Here are...
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Links for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Snapshot First Annual V-Day Giveaway 2013 Thrifted Valentine’s Decorations 2013 Anti-Valentine Playlist Follow Friday – Handmade Valentines The Heart Shaped Box The Sweetheart Patch DIY...
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Recipe: Quick-and-Dirty Unglamorous Chili
There are some things you can feasibly brag about with a dish like chili. “I cooked it all from scratch using heirloom organic beans,” or “I fire-roasted my jalapenos over a hot charcoal grill,” or...
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Thrifty Giving: Soup For You
This year, for Christmas, I took a different route for presents than I normally do. As always, short on time and money before the holidays, I decided to give everyone the gift of soup. I make a lot of...
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Recipe: Summer Standby Tomato Salad
It has been a looooong time since I’ve posted something from my Little Big Kitchen series, and to make up for it I’m sharing a recipe that celebrates summer in all it’s garden-bursting glory. When we...
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Little Big Kitchen: Isobel’s Bento
As a baby, Isobel ate everything. One of the first foods she showed a marked preference for was barbecued ribs. I photographed her eating things like squid tentacles and fish eggs at the sushi...
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Little Big Kitchen: Food Pantry Donations
As the holidays are approaching, I like to take time every year to call attention to food pantries and those without. Our small donations can make a huge difference to a person, to a family, to a...
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FF Cornbread Stuffing
[pinterest] Here’s my recipe for my favorite cornbread stuffing. Have a great weekend! What is Follow Friday? It’s a Twitter meme that I have taken a couple steps further. Learn more about it in my...
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Winter Holiday Links
[pinterest] Seasonal living is important to my family, both with the food we eat and the activities we enjoy as the weather turns cold. It is a way of establishing our connection with nature and...
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Little Big Kitchen – Hoshigaki Persimmons
[pinterest] My Aunt Debbie drove down from the mountains bearing her usual gifts: carrots in wine sauce for our Thanksgiving table, bags of Mandarin oranges for the family, and something very special:...
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Weekly Menu Planning Tips & Habits
[pinterest] At the encouragement of my friend Stef, I thought I’d share with you some tips and habits that make weekly menu planning possible for me and my family. Ideally, we shop at the grocery...
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Little Big Links For Valentine’s Day
[pinterest] I had a health crisis last week in the form of the most severe four-day migraine I’ve had in a decade. While I lay on the couch, curled in pain, trying to blot out any thought besides the...
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Little Big Links for Spring
THRIFTY LIVING Thrifted Spring Decor Thrifty, Practical, & Fun Ideas for Easter Baskets Isobel’s Spring Bouquet Little Big Links: The Patio Thrifty Giving: Spring Showers Little Big Links: Peeps...
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