Like my melon colored kitchen in the photo above? I LOVE it! I also love dehydrated foods. Drying foods is a great way to preserve local and seasonal foods and make it available for the remainder of the year. In fact I much prefer dehydration to canning because not only are you preserving the food, you are leaving it structurally and nutritionally in tact. When you cook a food you are changing the composition of it AND you are destroying as much as 50-80% of the nutritional value it once held. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
I Love Thrift Stores!
TGIF! Have an awesome weekend everyone! I am headed up north yet again for a mini vacation. My husband is staying behind to paint the interior of our house and it will be easier without kidlets on the loose. I chose a luscious cream color for most walls with a lovely melon color in the kitchen... I think they called it nectar but it reminds me of cantaloupe. Perhaps my hubby can get the landlord out as well since our sink has the annoying habit of giving us a teeny electric shock whenever you … [Read more...]
Nestle Blogger Firestorm
Did you miss the drama on Twitter? I did. I don't hang out on Twitter much anymore and I don't read most of the popular mommy blogs because I have nothing in common with the moms who write them. I may start out reading and then get bored by all the sponsored posts and reviews of processed food. Sadly more and more of these blogs might as well hang a "For Sale" sign on the front page because clearly they are being compiled in PR lists for moms who will sell a favorable opinion to the highest … [Read more...]
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