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{i am not a foodie} A Pledge to Simplicity, Part Deux
A month ago, I took a pledge to cut our grocery bills down to $70 a week for four weeks and give the extra $50 a week that I normally spend to charity and/or interesting causes. I thought it would be...
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{recipe link love} Cookies Cookies Cookies!
{Albany Food Swap: Lavender cookies by Swapper Nicole} To celebrate our December Food Swaps, which will be traditional cookie & recipe swaps, I am doing a little recipe link love to some absolutely...
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{edible gift} Alegria, a traditional Mexican amaranth dessert
On the one hand, I really like cookies, like the way they look, like the way the taste, like their size and variety. On the other hand, I am on the far side of 50, have a sedentary day job and would...
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{edible gifts} DIY Coffee Creamer
Every few months or so the topic of flavored creamer comes around in my circle of friends. Many of them are curious as to how to make their own for various reasons, usually it is because they are...
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{from scratch holidays} Not Your Grandma’s Tea Sandwiches: Shrimp & Radish...
If I had to choose my favorite type of meal, it would probably be a dinner of appetizers. I love how each little bite is packed with flavor and color. During the December holiday season I make a lot of...
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{from scratch holidays} De-Mystifying The Cheese Plate
The words holidays and entertaining seem synonymous. For most people, the only time the top of the bookshelf is dusted is when expecting an onslaught of visitors for the five to six weeks between...
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{edible gift} Fudge
Fudge is one of those treats that I usually reserve for the holidays. I’m not sure why, because it really is incredibly easy to make and SO delicious. Served alongside traditional holiday cookies,...
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{edible gift} Homemade Irish Cream
Every winter, I crave an icy glass of Bailey’s Irish Cream. Something about it is filling and comforting when the cold weather rolls in. This year I decided heck, I can make my own butter, I want to...
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{free printables} gift & canning labels
Now that the From Scratch Holidays free e-book has launched you into a gift-making frenzy, we wanted to give you another little present to thank you for helping us create this wonderful community of...
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{from scratch holidays} DIY Natural Food Coloring
As the Holidays are upon us, cookie-making season is in full swing. My kids have a list of cookies they want to make {or rather, eat}, I have my own recipe list of goodies to try, and then of course...
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{from scratch holidays} Arugula Pesto, Two Ways
I like local food. I like to eat it, I like to read about it and I like to sell it. Every Saturday morning I am lucky enough to talk about and sell local vegetables for Michael Kilpatrick (Kilpatrick...
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{from scratch holidays} Challah for Christmas
Some of my earliest memories are of my Jewish grandmother setting out a loaf of challah, along with a spread of white fish, cream cheese, lox and bagels. She never made any of these foods herself, but...
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{edible gift} Chocolate Dipped Candied Orange Peels
My sister-in-law is a new vegan. I had a moment of disquiet about this over Thanksgiving, saying to her, “But what are we going to do about mashed potatoes?” We sub-divided them, of course, which was...
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{from scratch holidays} Perfect Vegan Latkes for Hanukkah
Hanukkah is here, and in our home that means my husband Jeff spends a few days making his perfect vegan latkes (sometimes called potato pancakes, and pronounced “laht-kuhs“). All traditional latkes...
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{from scratch holidays} Mocktail Mixers
{Grape Expectation} Holiday mode is in full effect. Tonight is the third night of Hanukkah and Christmas is this weekend. Or maybe you are more of a Winter Solstice person. And let’s not forget New...
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{giveaway} Holiday Stories From Your Kitchen
The good, the bad, the ugly, the amazing, the laughable. Kitchen highlights, lowlights, disasters and award-winning triumphs. For our December Episode of the FSC Podcast, Christine & I are...
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{edible gift} Biscotti, Cookies for Adults
I am not a real fan of cookies. I mean sometimes I will eat one but I am usually disappointed and think they are not worth the calories. So when people bring Christmas cookies to my house, I let my...
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