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WIAW 90 – Mid November

WIAW 90 – Mid November

Oh, look, Thanksgiving is in a week – maybe I should start to plan it? OK, I’m usually a bit more organized than that… but we’re going to be pretty low key again, and we’re not sure yet if we’ll have any guests (We tell 

Foundation: Vegetable Soup

Foundation: Vegetable Soup

Make a meal with a basic foundation – say, vegetable soup – then add components such as meat or grain, so a variety of meals can be made from one pot. Cooking for just one or two people can be a nuisance. This is particularly 

Freezer Planning

Freezer Planning

Freezer Planning – a freezer stocked with vegetables and meat (cooked or not) makes meal preparation easy.   The year winds down… Our last CSA pickup is next week, and Thanksgiving is the week after. We have armloads of dense autumn and winter storage vegetables, 

WIAW – 89 Clear the Fridge!

WIAW – 89 Clear the Fridge!

The CSA is almost over for the year – one more pickup. We’re getting fewer items, but many of the individual ones are bulky – huge cabbages, winter squash, large beets and turnips, dense bunches of curly kale… And we have keeping vegetables now – 

Little Bear’s Gluten Free Porridge

Little Bear’s Gluten Free Porridge

Little Bear’s Gluten Free Porridge – a gluten free hot cereal, without oats, nether dry nor bland, but creamy, flavorful, and just right. I enjoy hot cereal. Oatmeal, specifically. In fact, very specifically, steel cut oats… ever since my college roommate gave me a tin