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Our silly old lives: Stock season
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. 2 large onions quartered, skins on. 6 ish medium carrots (and or zucchini or squash, something sweeter). 6 ish celery stalks and leaves. Small bunch fresh parsley. 2 sprigs fresh thyme. 20 leaves of beet greens. 20 leaves of mustard greens. 20 medium kale leaves and stems. Some people don't recommend kale or cabbage, but others said some was ok, and to balance it out, I was pleased with the flavor. 8 quarts warm water. Later th...
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Our silly old lives: Yummy Lentil Soup
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Sunday, March 24, 2013. This recipe has been a staple in our house for the last few years. Typically I make a giant batch in the fall (harvest) season so I can use up fresh veggies from the garden and freeze them in usable form. Usually in the large recipe I substitute some grains in place of some of the lentils to provide different nutrients and different texture. 1 onion, chopped. 1/4 c olive oil. 2 carrots, diced. 2 stalks celery, chopped. 10 min before...
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Our silly old lives: Chick Pea Love
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Advent is another vegan season for us. And as I get older the more I fall in love with "ethnic" foods. Such as Arabic, Indian and Mexican. There are many varieties in the spices that we don't have in American food and the more I eat it, the more it becomes comfort food. These are some staples with the traditional Chick Pea that are our favorites. I canned 14 pints of chick peas. 3 cans garbanzo beans. 2 1/2 Tbs lemon juice.
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Our silly old lives: Life Changer
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Monday, June 22, 2015. I am 38 years old and never lived anywhere but Alaska. We moved to Washington state 3 weeks ago. What the heck? We sold. A lot. Including our animals. I finally got everything just right in the yard, fencing, apple trees, berry bushes.then poof, we leave. Everyone asks me how I feel about this, am I sad am I excited? Glad youre posting again - best wishes on your big move! June 26, 2015 at 12:03 AM. Moving is horrible. But youre ...
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Our silly old lives: June 2015
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Monday, June 22, 2015. I am 38 years old and never lived anywhere but Alaska. We moved to Washington state 3 weeks ago. What the heck? We sold. A lot. Including our animals. I finally got everything just right in the yard, fencing, apple trees, berry bushes.then poof, we leave. Everyone asks me how I feel about this, am I sad am I excited? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you dont know what fireweed is, you clearly dont live in Alaska. Thats ok, you are ...
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Our silly old lives: September 2014
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. 2 large onions quartered, skins on. 6 ish medium carrots (and or zucchini or squash, something sweeter). 6 ish celery stalks and leaves. Small bunch fresh parsley. 2 sprigs fresh thyme. 20 leaves of beet greens. 20 leaves of mustard greens. 20 medium kale leaves and stems. Some people don't recommend kale or cabbage, but others said some was ok, and to balance it out, I was pleased with the flavor. 8 quarts warm water. Later th...
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Our silly old lives: February 2015
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Friday, February 27, 2015. Canning Beans My Way. This is NOT the proper canning method recommended by extension service or Ball Blue Book, but it is what I use. I presoak the beans in their individual jars the night before and I do not cook them for 30 minutes recommended time. This is much faster (for me) and gives me perfectly non-mushy beans (at least for the chick peas, my current favorite beans to can so I can make my hummus. Remove hot jars with jar ...
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Our silly old lives: Our 40 day gift
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Our 40 day gift. After having a baby it can feel as if your world is coming apart. Like you just can't handle things. And, well, frankly, we can't.and we shouldn't have to. Need to do and that was to rest and hold my baby. She reminded me that women basically turn back into teenagers, with all the crazy hormones that don't make sense, but with those hormones stays the responsibilities of being a wife, mother, homemaker, busines...
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Our silly old lives: Cabbage Rolls
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Sunday, August 31, 2014. The main reason for this post is to keep tabs on the cabbage rolls I made today. Also to show off my produce because it's so pretty and I love looking at it. The kids picked this on Friday for me. I made my Yum Lentil. And ate a bunch of celery with peanut butter, good celery! It's hard to see it but in the back right is a very large cabbage. My husband loves cabbage rolls and I wanted an easier recipe. I found this one. Its May an...
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Our silly old lives: Our Sauerkraut
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Our silly old lives. It's just us. Silly people. Saturday, August 24, 2013. There are hundreds of recipes out there for sauerkraut. But if you have never made it before, it's very intimidating. Especially if you let it sit for a week before you check it and find the dreaded MOLD on it. It's scary, your mom probably didn't teach you how to make it, but what else can you do with all of the cabbage your garden produced? The more people who do it and experiment with it, the more we all can learn! Here's my k...
