May 23
To eat healthy or to eat on the cheap? This eternal question whips around in our lives ad nauseum. lt’s like considering, which is Jane Austen’s best book, or which guy was a better singer –Sinatra or Bennett? An impossible conundrum. There are times we have done both.
When my kids were babies I made their food. But we didn’t
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May 22
Blogathon 22
A market in France
How can we ensure we always have a real meal? By growing, raising and making it ourselves, of course. Some people aren’t dog people and some people aren’t garden people. Some people live in cities — though windowsill gardening is a niche market.At any rate, farmer’s markets, community supported agriculture programs and farmer’s co-cops such as Idaho’s Bounty (www.idahosbounty.org).
Growing up
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Tuesday, May 12
#12 Blogathon
As a member of Idaho’s Bounty, an on-line regional farmer’s co-op, I buy a variety of local foods each week. Pizza was new for me. The dough came from Rolling In Dough, which makes amazing pastries and has saved my tuches several times with last minute cake orders.
Idaho's Bounty Pizza Supreme
Ingredients
Rolling in Dough pizza dough
Nonna’s vodka tomato sauce
Hagerman High School
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On Thursday Sept. 24, Idaho’s Bounty held Dinner in the Field, at the Hailey (Idaho) home of Jim and Evelyn Phillips. The dinner highlighted the great abundance of regional and local organic produce, along with the talents of several guest chefs and the Idaho’s Bounty organization. It was a superb evening, unseasonably warm and dry for late September in the mountains. The Phillips’ lush
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