Monthly Archives: April 2012

Make Cooking Fun

Cooking is so much more fun when everything is prepped and ready to go. Actually it can make you feel more like a chef – even if you don’t have a sous chef and had to do all the cutting … Continue reading

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Teasing Onions

Today I planted out lots of onions. How many? Don’t know. I started some onion seeds a long time ago. Last Saturday I also bought a six pack of onions. Today I decided that they all needed to go into … Continue reading

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Swarming Day

We had some uninvited guests arrive yesterday afternoon. Don’t get me wrong, I love bees but not when they are swarming! Actually they won’t really hurt you when they are swarming it just seems scary. They decided to take up … Continue reading

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Thai Birthday

A Thai inspired birthday dinner for my husband: Red Curry Shrimp Cakes with Cilantro Chili Sauce Cucumber Salad with Shallots, Peppers and Ginger Butternut Squash Coconut Soup Lemongrass Chicken with Green Curry Vegetables and Jasmine Rice Sticky Rice with Mango

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More Kumquats

I picked the tree clean this week and had two large bags of fruit to preserve. I gave half to one of my classmates and I have been processing the rest. I made 4 more half-pints of marmalade. I made … Continue reading

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