Author: Amy

Cooking

Blueberry Pancake Oatmeal

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I love to eat oatmeal all through the winter.  It's so simple and comforting.  But alas!  It's starting to feel like spring outside this week!  Yesterday I went out for a fun lunch with my friend and I was soaking up the sunshine on the drive to and from the restaurant.  On the way back… Continue reading Blueberry Pancake Oatmeal

Food

What is it Wednesday: Ester of Wood Rosin

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So since this month's challenge is to read the ingredients of things you eat, I thought I might start a new series of posts called "What is it Wednesday."  I'll take an odd sounding ingredient and figure out what it is and then post about it. This week the topic of discussion is Ester of Wood Rosin. … Continue reading What is it Wednesday: Ester of Wood Rosin

Cooking

Onion Barley Casserole

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 Here's an easy side dish that is a nice alternative to rice.  I found the original recipe on All Recipes and the only change I made was to swap vegetable bouillon for beef bouillon. Onion Barley Casserole Serves 2 1/2 cup barley 1 tbsp oil 1 1/2 cups water 1 tsp bouillon (I used veggie)… Continue reading Onion Barley Casserole

Food · Garden

Weekend Wrap Up: Ingredient & Seed Shopping

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Wow this past weekend was a busy one!  I did a lot of fun things so I thought I would share them. On Friday night I met Benzo after work and we went to dinner at Ingredient.  Neither of us had ever been there before so we were excited to try a new place. Ingredient… Continue reading Weekend Wrap Up: Ingredient & Seed Shopping

Food · Health

March Challenge: Read the Ingredients!

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Good morning!  It's March 1st!  Does it feel like spring yet?  I always think that once March rolls around it should be warm.  I always forget that most of March is actually still winter.  But with January and February gone we are much closer to warmer weather.  Spring will be here before we know it. … Continue reading March Challenge: Read the Ingredients!

Food · Home

Easy Meal Planning

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Wow it's Sunday already!  Have you had a good weekend?  I've done a lot of fun things this weekend.  I'll have to write up a post for tomorrow afternoon about it all. So do you think of Sunday as the end of the week or the beginning?  For me I think of Sunday as a… Continue reading Easy Meal Planning

Garden

Everyday Composting

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If you are thinking about starting a garden this year, you should consider starting a compost pile.  Composting is recycling in its simplest form.  In a bin or a pile you throw together all kinds of organic matter.  Stuff you would normally throw away like vegetable scraps and leaves.  Then all the little micro-organisms work… Continue reading Everyday Composting

Cooking

Heart Pasta and Homemade Breadsticks

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For Valentine's Day MIL gave us a bag full goodies.  Two of those goodies were heart shaped pasta and Dave's Gourmet heirloom tomato sauce.  We decided to have them for dinner last night.  I also made homemade garlic breadsticks and vegan parmesan cheese. The breadsticks recipe I used was Quick and Easy Garlic Breadsticks from Hillbilly Housewife. … Continue reading Heart Pasta and Homemade Breadsticks

Resources

Blog Assembly: For Runners

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I like to poke around the web and read lots of different blogs.  When I find some good ones I'll highlight them in the "Blog Assembly" posts. Here are three blogs I recently found that are mostly about running that I've enjoyed: Skinny Runner - this girl cracks me up every day.  But jokes aside, she… Continue reading Blog Assembly: For Runners

Food · Home

10 Reasons to Cook at Home

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Good morning!  It's Thursday, which means it's almost Friday!  Woo hoo! I would like to first point out that I have added a gardening tab up top.  On that tab you will find a lot of gardening resources, from websites to books to blogs.  I have also added a PDF 2010 calendar which you can… Continue reading 10 Reasons to Cook at Home