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How To Plant Your First Organic Vegetable Garden

Have you noticed that the price of fresh produce has climbed through the roof lately? It's not likely to get any better either. Just about every other week, there are food recalls due to salmonella outbreaks caused by poor food handling procedures. That's just one of the many reasons to grow your own food. Having your own organic vegetable garden will also eliminate all the middle men who may or may not be taking your best interests to heart in terms of cleanliness, pesticides, sprays, … [Read more...]

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Top 10 Foods That Cause Foodborne Illness

You probably remember the salmonella outbreak that was caused by tomatoes. Right?  When the FDA and CDC sent out the warning, tomatoes immediately disappeared from stores and salads across the country. BLTs went tomato-less for quite some time, just because of the risk of a foodborne illness.   … [Read more...]

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Urban Gardening: How To Grow Your Own Organic Fruits, Vegetables Or Herbs

Have you started gardening for groceries yet?A Bankrate article suggests that if you plant a garden, you will harvest savings. People used to go to places like Home Depot, Lowe's, and garden centers asking for flowers, but these days people are asking for fruit and vegetable plants.  Source: a TV news reportIt sounds like an excellent idea and I am actually quite intrigued.  I am also very afraid.  I have never grown anything edible in my life. So what does an amateur … [Read more...]

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Getting Fresh Produce Locally? Try Canning Your Fruits & Vegetables

There are many reasons why consumers should consider buying locally-grown produce: For one, when you buy locally grown produce you are investing in your own community. You are also helping small family farms compete. Locally-grown produce is also eco-friendly. The produce you buy at the supermarket is shipped an average of 1500 miles before it ends up on the shelf. Food that travels so many miles cannot be called sustainable. Plus, the taste of freshly grown local produce is … [Read more...]

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Homemade Gluten-Free Enchiladas

I like just about every style of cooking and every ethnic cuisine there is, but Mexican is my favorite.  I love it because it's so easy to prepare, and because it is very easy to adjust the recipes to be gluten free.As a matter of fact, most things Mexican are naturally gluten free, if they start with corn tortillas instead of flour tortillas. I learned to prepare lots of  Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes when I was living in south Texas. I also learned to love the chipotle flavor there. … [Read more...]

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I Have Buyer’s Remorse… And It’s Making Me Hungry

Have you ever had buyer's remorse before... from buying groceries??? Me neither. Until recently.. Jim was out of town for the past 2 weeks with the racing biz. And usually whenever he leaves, I use that time to "try something new". Sometimes it's things like: clean out every closet walk the dog every day take long bubble baths frame some new photographs or go to the Caribbean!   This time, it was: buy groceries. Enough to actually make some serious dishes that … [Read more...]

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Fun With Ketchup

Who knew ketchup could be so much fun?! Following is a list of all the virtues of ketchup, including its many varieties, little-known facts, the world's largest, and lots of fun things you can do with ketchup. Yep, everything you want to know about ketchup... and more! Enjoy!   Catsup vs Ketchup First of all, is it ketchup or catsup? What's the difference? … [Read more...]

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See When Fruits & Vegetables Are In Season Where You Live

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Wondering when certain fruits and vegetables are in season right now?   You have a few options: (1) Check out this regional list to see which fruits and vegetables that are in season for your specific area of the country. (2) Find your state in this list to see which fruits and vegetables are in season in the state where you live. (3) Check out this interactive map to see what's in season at this very moment in your state. TIP: You can also see which meats, fish & seafood … [Read more...]

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Which Fruits & Vegetables Have The Most & Least Pesticides

I've written about this before... which foods you should buy "organic" vs which are okay to buy "regular" (...because they aren't as likely to be loaded with pesticides). But now I found the official study behind those reports, and I've been hearing a lot about this in the news lately. I thought some of you might be interested in seeing this too...   … [Read more...]

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Today Is National Tomato Day!

The annual celebration of the Tomato is today... April 6th. Yep, it's National Tomato Day!Technically, it's called Fresh Tomato Day.  So, how are you going to celebrate?...   … [Read more...]

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