In case I’ve never mentioned it, my husband doesn’t eat pork or beef (except for grass-fed beef) and so when I get a hankering for a non-poultry or fish dinner, I often turn to alternate meats that he will eat. Now he has made curry goat for me before, and it was good, but I [...]
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Rain Barrels
For the last several years here in Georgia we have suffered from drought. Not a light drought, but a drought that has caused water restrictions and arguments between states about water usage and water rights and fear about where the next drop is coming from. This has made conservation, always at the top of my [...]
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Sometimes I just want to make something simple. Sometimes I crave a food I can’t have. And since we are still in the midst of the great gluten-free experiment, I have both of those things going right now… a desire for pizza and a desire to not do a difficult meal. Thus was born my [...]
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Last year was our first year attempting to raise a vegetable garden. Halfway through the summer, we decided to move, and more or less gave up on our poor vegetable plants. We learned some valuable lessons to get us started for this year. Things to know about our family– we are overly ambitious. And I [...]
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Last time we were at the Asian supermarket, something in me thought “Buy frog legs.” Of course, this was before going gluten-free, and I thought a simple batter-and-fry recipe would do the trick. And I like frog legs. And I thought it would entertain the older child. So I stuck them in the freezer and [...]
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Well, the birthday lunch was a rousing success. The kids enjoyed the food, my husband and I enjoyed the food, and most importantly, the birthday girl loved it. And since I planned ahead (for once) making my stock ahead of time, and rising early to chop all my veggies, it wasn’t even that hard. To [...]
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