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10 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
As the fall and winter begin to set in and you begin to crave warming, hearty foods, the slow cooker becomes ever the more useful. I'm not saying that it's not useful throughout the year, but for me winter is prime slow cooker time. + READ MORE
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10 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Cabbage is a great addition to soup, stew, and loads of slow cooker recipes. It's hearty and it's grown locally in autumn all over the place. It also keeps for a long time. + READ MORE
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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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