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Quick Homemade Bread

If you, like me, are struggling to eat less pre-packaged, colorant and preservative-filled food, but you also lack the hours and hours to prepare the wholesome meals you’d like, Catherine Newman offers a recipe for quick, easy loaf of homemade bread. “Quick” is relative, of course, as the bread does need time to rise, but…

How Do You Take Your Coffee?

We know coffee isn’t the most healthy food, but in moderation, it’s a great luxury. I’m not a coffee purist. I know some people think that adding hazelnut and caramel and amaretto and so forth dilutes the flavour of the beans, and to those people, I say, hello? Do you not realize you can drink…

Mangosteens For Health

Simpson’s Paradox writes: We found mangosteens in the supermarket today! I recognized them from the Yihai market, but I really didn’t expect to find them in such close proximity to drive-thru hush puppies. Mangosteens are quite rare in the US but they are a healthy and sweet fruit. Enjoy one to satisfy your sweet tooth,…

Ways To Cook Veggies

Artichokes can be healthful and delicious, as long as this doesn’t happen to you! Don’t get all artichoked up! My recipe said that if you don’t have a steamer, you can boil artichokes, placed upright and arranged snugly in saucepan with a few inches of water. I think there was a typo, and what it…

A Splurge

I saw this over on Boy and Girl Eat Out Let me throw it out there: I love Southern food. I love biscuits, grits, hush puppies, and sweet tea. I love Chik-Fil-A and the Boy loves Waffle House. Goodberry’s is another Southern taste that our friends and family told us to try. I was first…

Vegetarian Options

A review of the new Unaabi Grill on Kildaire Farm Road. Our waiter, Driss, was very knowledgeable about the different dishes, which was great because neither of us had tried Afghani food.  We like Middle Eastern food and love Indian food, so according to the map, we’d like this. The pumpkin bolanee, flat fried turnovers,…

Coupons For Organic Foods

I saw this post on organic foods coupons over on Organic Coupons on Affluent Pauper. This is awesome because usually trying to buy organic means doubling your grocery bill. (Sad but true!) Here are a couple coupon options: Arizona Beverages If you sign up to be an ambassador, they will send you special offers. Barbara’s…

Cute Tea Infuser

I saw this over on Shark Fin Infuser, Possibly The Most Evil Tea-Maker Ever | Technomix | Fast Company and I had to share it. We know I love tea, even if I’m not all that good at making it. Is there anything more relaxing than a cup of tea? Maybe you’re an evil genius,…

Avocado Shopping

We also ought to be banned from buying avocados, as I can never catch that minute between green, alligator-skinned rocks and smooshy mess, and I feel ridiculously wasteful every time I throw them away. We were better off in China, when we would carry our avocados and gouda back from Jenny Lou’s, and then wait,…

Cutting Down On Coffee

Have you tried the awesome hot apple cider at Starbucks? 8 ) Caramel Apple Crack at Starbucks I don’t know if the Starbucks in China has this, because I was too busy slurping up all the real-bean coffee and then getting the jitters. I don’t know what’s in it, either. I asked Stick and he…