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8 Jul 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
All year long I look forward to going to our cottage, which is strictly a summer place and we have to use a boat to get there. There's no insulation and we use an efficient fire place for heat. Every morning in July and August, I take my cup of tea out to my deck and sit under my umbrella and read....+ READ MORE
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8 Jul 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
When I wrote my post on how to use a solar cooker, I mentioned that we often make use of the stove to get a recipe going. Kind of like using a haybox cooker, the idea is to build up enough heat in the food to start it, and then allow the solar cooker to keep it cooking until it is done.+ READ MORE
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15 Jun 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
If you thought slow-cookers went out of style alongside avocado-colored appliances and shag carpets, you weren’t entirely wrong. But as busy schedules push aside home-cooked meals and healthy dinners, the Crock-Pot is a foolproof—and eco-friendly—solution to the fast-food-every-night problem: it...+ READ MORE
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20 Apr 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Emeril Lagasse's recipe for crock pot sausage and peppers from the RV Livin' episode of Emeril Green.+ READ MORE
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25 Mar 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Only a few days back from my trip to Kenya, I was still feeling a bit tired and not terribly interested in cooking, so a crock pot meal seemed like the appropriate thing to do.+ READ MORE
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16 Mar 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
One of my closest friends lives in Ireland and she was surprised the first year she was there just how important and serious St. Patrick's Day is there. I think she was surprised because here in North America everyone uses it as an excuse to drink too much beer and wear silly green clothes, whether...+ READ MORE
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9 Mar 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
I'm Irish and so is my husband but I have to admit that this is not a meal that we often partook in until I realized how easy it was with the slow cooker. Celebrate this fabulously green hued day with a greener take on an ol' Irish favorite and pair it with a homemade green beer.+ READ MORE
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30 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
I made this last Sunday and we ate it for three days and enjoyed it each and every day. It's easy, filling, flavorful, and great for this frigid weather. Lentils, a small but nutritionally mighty member of the legume family, are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber.+ READ MORE
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28 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Mondays are always busy for me and fitting in the time to cook dinner was always a problem. I'm sure many of you live this way all week. You get home from work and have to get something on the table quickly because a family member has to rush off to sports practice or a lesson. My husband and I both...+ READ MORE
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19 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
I'm doing something I've never done on Planet Green before. I'm giving you a recipe that took me three days to make. You can do it faster, of course, but taking the time really makes a huge difference in flavour.+ READ MORE
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9 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
It took me about ten minutes to make it first thing in the morning, then I sat down to practice my piano. Three hours later, I got up and the soup was done. I knew that my husband loved it too because he nodded his head a lot while he ate.+ READ MORE
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6 Jan 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
I'm continuing to get a lot of heavy use out of my crock pot. I proselytize about it to anyone who will listen to me long enough. Here are some of the great points in it's favor.+ READ MORE
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31 Dec 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Having company for dinner can be a hectic business. There's always so much timing involved, making sure that everything is ready for the table a just the right time. + READ MORE
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30 Dec 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Every once in a while I make something that leaves lingering food odours in the house. Most things dissipate fairly quickly, but some things hang around for way too long.+ READ MORE
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24 Dec 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
My daughter has been encouraging me to try doing ribs, even though she doesn't normally eat meat. Most of the recipes I found were had really sweet barbeque sauce or ketchup bases. What I really wanted was a sticky Asian style rib, so I just made it up as I went along. The meat fell off the bone and...+ READ MORE
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