I love jalapenos and hot peppers in my foods. I tend to over buy! I get excited! 19 cents a pound – yes please! I use as many as i can in my recipes and then…  bugger. I open the vegetable crisper and they are starting to get wrinkly…  ugh! I’ve got a couple options
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This is a family staple, and even if it isn’t pre-prepped, it isn’t a long cook time and can make a weekday meal seem amazing! I have the recipe entered with the sauce doubled, because we like sauce in this house! We also have the spice pretty high – so take care if you don’t
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To glom onto my previous post regarding spent grain and what it is… I’m started using the spent grain in my dog treats. I spent an innordinate amount of time look up recipes, and deciding which would be best. Similar to the cranberry crunchies, this recipes is adaptable to whatever fruits, veggies etc you have
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The newest (ok, not so new) entrant into the hip and cool ingredient pool of the day. I was first introduced to this wonder when River North Brewery at their first location, agreed to give their spent grain to a gal that created these wonderful little gems – Spent Grain Pretzels. She sold them for $5
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I love all my DIY cleaners, but this one is definitely a favorite!! We have a glass shower and this helps keep it fabulous between deep cleans! To get the most this is how i go about it: deep clean the glass prep the glass with rain x – follow the directions on the bottle
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Ah lemons! They do so much, but only last so long. True story – one of my first forays into cooking included a recipe that called for this thing called “lemon zest”. Hmmm So i trot off to the store with my list, go to the spice section and read all the labels…  again… and
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Who doesn’t love the broccoli salad at sweet tomatoes? OMG – the first time i tasted it, i was in love! Then i went to the nutrition site…  OMG – and not in a good way. (the nutrition i’m showing is for big dishes of the yums, would be less as a side salad!) This
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For me, my fur-babies are my real babies. So making them treats that i know and can pronounce all the ingredients is important to me! And it’s a serious money savings as well! One day i came across a Rachel Ray recipe for cherry crunchies – dog cookies. The ingredients were doable and i had dried cranberries
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