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what to do with lettuce that has gone bitter
Lettuce is one of the easiest plants to grow in the garden (or containers), but it’s also easy for it to go from sweet and juicy to bitter very quickly. As someone who tends to neglect the garden, I...
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the quickest and easiest way to cook dried beans (and it’s not in the...
Dried beans are a frugal staple. But do you ever feel that cooking from scratch just takes too much time? Who has time to soak and cook beans, right? Well here’s a method of cooking dried beans that...
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can’t afford organic? how to reduce the pesticide load of your fruit and vegies
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that pesticides aren’t totally bad. After all, pesticides have helped farmers increase yields and reliably deliver to consumers an abundance of quality produce...
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eat more veggies: 8 ways to *easily* swap grains with vegetables
Grains, particularly wheat flour, are the predominant food staple in the western diet. Toast for breakfast, bickies for morning tea, a sandwich for lunch, pasta for dinner…but now we’re told to make...
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5 ways to eat nose to tail, even if it grosses you out
Nose to tail eating is making a resurgence, but while 5 star chefs may be embracing the whole hog, the rest of us are, well, less than enthusiastic. Unless you’re a vegetarian, there’s good reason to...
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simplifying your pantry:the difference between well-stocked and cluttered
My decluttering frenzy has moved to the pantry, spurned by another invasion of the dreaded pantry moth. I thought my supplies were well defended but those pantry moths can infiltrate a sealed jar...
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make packing a healthy lunchbox as easy as 1 2 3
Morning.Bleary eyed.You’ve got breakfast to make, coffee to drink, kids to get ready for school and you still have to get yourself ready for work.And there’s also the dreaded lunchbox to pack.It’s...
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save time in the kitchen with the cook once, eat twice menu plan
The bad news is that Jamie Oliver didn’t appear on my doorstep to be my personal chef this week.You’re totally shocked, right?Me too.I mean…I keep putting it out there, but the universe doesn’t seem to...
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6 common-sense Alternatives To Using Cling Wrap for the eco-conscious
We’ve gotten things all tangled up and the wrong way round.Our grandparents would buy a product ONCE and use it over and over.We use a product once, throw it away and buy it over and over.And then...
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14 Frugal Kitchen Hacks That Reduce Food Waste And Save Money
One of the best ways to save money in the kitchen is to reduce food waste. On average, we waste up to 20% of all food purchased. That can add up to hundreds of dollars a year thrown straight in the...
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