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Homemade Pasta

Created 4 months ago

Homemade Pasta

We picked-up something that I have been wanting for over 5 years, but just kept forgetting about it. A hand-crank pasta machine. I think this purchase kept getting put off because they always appeared quite intimidating to operate. T...

Quick Bites: Pasta & Peas

Created 9 months ago

Here is another quick meal I wanted to share with you. This dish took under 10 minutes to prepare. There was some left over pasta in the fridge and we have not been to the market this week, so pickings were slim. I was in the mood for some garlic,...

When to get planting!

Created over 2 years ago

Mother Earth News recently put up a nifty map with region and monthly breakdown of when to get your gardening on. You can check it out here.
I don't have any land to garden so I just have some herbs and leafy green growing in the kitchen, you can...

Family Farmed Expo

Created over 2 years ago

Family Farm Expo at UIC Forum.  It is a three day event of locally grown and responsibly produced food and artisanal goods!

This three day event runs Thursday through Saturday March 11th to 13th, 2010. 

From the FamilyFarm web site:

Lentil Love

Created over 2 years ago

Let’s face it.  As much as I might love to cook, and as much as I claim that chopping vegetables is relaxing, there are those days.  Long hours at the office, boss yelled at me, house is a wreck, fridge only has celery and sardines…s...

Fish and Two Veg

Created over 2 years ago

I have a completely irrational love of vegetables. I will pick out the vegetables from any dish and eat them, leaving everything else on my plate. So, when I came across a tuna recipe listing two of my favorite vegetables right in the ti...

Baby its cold outside...

Created over 2 years ago

It is blustery and cold out there, so we are inside eating vegetable soup with crusty, crunchy garlic toasts.

Vegetable soup is pretty forgiving and it can be as healthy or unhealthy as you want to make it, so use up any vegetables that are nearin...

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