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No Knead Bread
I almost want to do this. Making your own bread seems so healthy and even empowering. Mr. Lahey’s method is striking on several levels. It requires no kneading. (Repeat: none.) It uses no special...
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Fried Chicken Without Lots of Oil
I love fried chicken but rarely cook it because of the amount of oil that is needed. But apparently this fried chicken dish “tastes so good” and only uses 1/4″ or less of oil. The recipe says to use...
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Sautéed Ripe Plantains Plátanos Maduros
This seems about as easy a weeknight recipe as there is and the kids might eat it! Sautéed Ripe Plantains (Plátanos Maduros) Yield 4 servings Time 20 minutes Mark Bittman Summary Plantains are sold...
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Ma-Po Tofu
A simple ma-po tofu dish? Probably not as good as what Alan would cook but I would like to try it. Would ground beef work? Simmered Tofu With Ground Pork (Ma-Po Tofu) Yield 4 servings Time 20 minutes...
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Make Your Own Crackers
If I keep reading the Minimalist I am going to theoretically be making everything myself. The Parmesan Cream Crackers in this article seem promising. IF you think of crackers as little bits of pie...
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Meat and Global Warming
Recently I wrote about grass fed beef. I ended up buying a split-quarter from Chileno Beef which is shown on the left all frozen and packaged. The cost ended up being higher than I expected because...
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Food Companies Cannot Guarantee Safety
I have never been a fan of processed foods but in the wake of the peanut salmonella poisoning and the frozen pot pies salmonella poisoning and the frozen pizza e. coli outbreak I am now leery of them....
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On God and Dogs
Recently I was inspired by Pastor John March and his post Animals: Another Other to Love (Or, Why I’m a Vegetarian) to read the book On God and Dogs: A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals....
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Organic Seeds vs Regular Seeds
Today at Lowes I was looking at the different types of zucchini seeds. I did not know which one to purchase but the ones that said hybrid seemed suspicious. I then noticed some organic seeds that...
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Carnival Cruise Food, Food, Food
Fried Shrimp Galore On the first night, Monday night, all I ordered was the fried shrimp appetizer. The waiter tried to get me to order more but I wasn’t feeling hungry and thought I’d end up eating a...
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