Follow these tips and your cast iron pots and pans will last forever. #1 Use it often - Unlike so many other types of cookware the more you use cast iron the better it will work. Amazing. #2 Show some respect - If you take care of your cast iron you will end up handing it off to the next generation in the same condition in which you received it. #3 Clean after each use - Don't throw it in the sink and forget about it. You need to cleanup afterwards, right after cooking. Rinse with hot … [Read more...]
Healthy Home Makeover $500 Giveaway
I always like to say that to go green or to make your house a healthier place to be you don't need to break the bank. You do usually do need to spend a little though to makeover your home. Mainstream products are made as cheaply as possible and with little regard to the safety of the consumer. Products that are made to last and that are safer usually have a higher price tag attached. That quality costs a bit more unfortunately but it is well worth our time to consider. We can of course … [Read more...]
TGIF! Date Night, Ethical Chocolate, and a Yogurt Giveaway
Happy Valentine's everyone! I did my Valentine's date last weekend with my sweetheart and it was spectacular. In fact I had so much fun that I didn't feel like blogging much this week. Just wanted to sit on the couch with my honey and snuggle. Oh well! We went out for an early dinner and ate one of our favorites... sushi! We had a sushi place in Phoenix that we considered "our place" and had not had much luck finding a place like that in Columbus but I think we finally did. We got a sushi … [Read more...]
Creating a Real Foods Kitchen
I got a great email question from a reader this week and decided to answer it on the blog. I think more and more people are wanting to transition from the Standard American Diet and easily available processed food to real, healthy, homemade goodness. The issue of course is that we find ourselves unprepared to cook real food because we are so used to heat and serve style meals. When we want to cook and bake from scratch we need the right tools so that we can stick with his new lifestyle and not … [Read more...]
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