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Priorities
Photo by add1sun Here’s the thing: I don’t have a lot of time on my hands. My free time, as the name of this blog suggests, is limited. I work, I have two kids, a fiance, an ex-husband, and an old...
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The fungus among us
Photo from Flickr user alexsk Several weekends ago, The Man and I headed to Bastyr for its annual Herb and Food Fair. One of the headlining speakers – and the real reason I agreed to drive all the way...
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Eat Food: An Explanation
There is food. Peanut butter made from peanuts, for example. And then there is food-like. Peanut butter made from peanuts, sugar, molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (rapeseed and soybean),...
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Real Food Tip: Storing Cut Garlic
Earlier this week, I minced too much garlic. This is an odd thing for me to say, because I generally don’t believe in “too much” garlic. But there it was. A giant pile, when I only needed a couple...
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The Resolutions of 2013
Happy New Year from Seattle (photo by Great Beyond) I have a love/hate relationship with resolutions. I love them because I love making lists. I hate them because I love checking things off my glorious...
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Real Food Recipe: Salted Kale Chips
I’m still surprised that my kids gobble up kale chips. My toddler has a delightfully refined palate, relatively speaking, but generally turns up his nose at green leafies. And my tween would prefer to...
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Jesus, stupid
Source Me: “Cilantro.” My Phone: “Salon TRO” Me: “CILANTRO.” My Phone: “Salon TRO” Me: “You try.” My kid: “Cilantro” My phone: “Salon TRO” Me: “Ciiiiiiiilantro.” My phone: “Still on patrol” Me: “Jesus!...
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Real Food Recipe: Simplest Fava Beans
The fava beans (aka broad beans) are going CRAZY at the farmer’s markets right now (at least in Seattle), but I think they often get left behind because of their intimidating gigantic pods. Do not fear...
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Simple Real Food Recipe: Split Pea Soup
There are three primary oppositions I hear from people regarding what I term a “real food” (aka whole foods) diet: It’s too expensive. It’s too complicated. It takes too long. This split pea soup...
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Out with the Old, In with the New
Source And lo, we have arrived. Twenty fourteen. Which, among other things, means that Josh and I have been engaged for two years now. We should probably add “get married” to our list of things-to-do...
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