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Monday Odds and Ends
Sometimes a recipe just becomes one of those favorites. A keeper. Like the green tomato pasta from The Chew. I already wrote about it once, but I have made it at least three times since I found it. I...
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Fall CSA Week Five
Heading into the home stretch. Only three weeks left after today. No worries. The freezer is full. Potatoes and squash in the coldest part of the laundry room. 2 Rutabaga 2 Bags Red Potatoes (Napa...
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Wegging Out
As opposed to vegging out. We went to Wegmans today, after not getting there for months. There was a very good reason. Rockfish. We got an email about it, and since a significant birthday is tomorrow,...
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Wegging Out … Again
It isn’t my fault. It is Mother Nature’s. Claire holds a Friday facebook contest. We won this week. A new de-icer for the birdbath. I had to go pick it up. They are right around the corner from...
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Wheat Berries
In my 60@60 challenge, one of my categories was new proteins. I decided to buy some wheat berries at Wegmans. In the bulk food aisle. They are high in protein and fiber. And, they are chewy. After...
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Planning for Valentine’s Day
I know many people make reservations and go out to celebrate Valentine’s Day. To me, the crowded restaurants, rushed service and the push to turn over the table make for a less than pleasant...
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Wegmans Marketing Strategy
What is it with the aggressive mailings from Wegmans? They have upped the ante in their latest mailing to the all anonymous “residents” in this area, at least. Don’t know where they are mailing closer...
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Wegmans, wordbones and howchow
Say what? This title conveys my route to finding howchow and wordbones aka Dennis Lane. I am a foodie, and yes, a locavore, but still a foodie. Hunt Valley Wegmans was an amazing source of foods years...
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Abbondanza – Spring Veggies Abound
CSA Week Eleven from Breezy Willow, a visit to Miller Library market and strawberries from Gorman. Who needs grocery stores in spring and summer around here? We got: Tuscan kale Three beets (one is...
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And The Winner Is …
… Salad Mix. We got it eight times this spring. Followed by spinach and grapefruit. All three big ticket items if you bought them in a store or market and were looking for untreated or organic foods. I...
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The COSTCO Run
What’s new in the world of warehouse shopping? Had my quarterly (or longer) trip over to COSTCO, mainly for allergy meds, toilet paper, aluminum foil, basic spices and nine volt batteries for the smoke...
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Christmas Dinner
Better than Ruth’s Chris. Worth way more than what it cost to make. Our quite simple to make yet amazingly flavorful Christmas dinner. Start with the tenderloin. I’ll let you in on a secret. Hit...
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The Runaround
It’s what I am currently doing to fill in those voids in my pantry and fridge. Wegmans has a few things I like, and can’t get elsewhere. So does Roots. And, Harris Teeter. But, they are no longer the...
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Two Stop Shopping
As I blogged yesterday, I did the weekly pick up down on Gerwig Lane for this week’s Friends and Farms basket, then I headed over to Wegmans to get those K cups, olive oil, and a few other small items....
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If It’s Thursday …
… it must be market day. Or maybe I should say basket day. Three months ago I decided to try out Friends and Farms, until the spring CSA starts up. Turns out I really like the variety of protein and...
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Whole Foods
Opened in Howard County ten days ago. Now, I suppose we are complete as a upscale grocery store containing county. We have the Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans trilogy. Everyone knows that I support...
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Real Value
This week’s CSA share. As I looked at the selection, I decided it was time to do another comparison of the value of this half share. It cost me $19 a week for the summer, and again this fall, the same,...
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Taco Night
Thanks to Friends and Farms. My first ever fish tacos thanks to the themed basket this week. Mahi mahi. Cilantro. Red cabbage. I did cheat and use Roots market salsa fresco instead of the tomatoes,...
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Short and Sweet Saturdays
A new addition to my writings. To entice me to sit down more often and write. When we get too busy to take the time to pursue our hobbies that bring us pleasure, we sometimes need to stop and smell the...
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San Francisco Bay
Coffee. If there was only one environmentally friendly packaged coffee out there, I hope it is this one. We have a Keurig for convenience, for those days we don’t want a whole pot. I do buy some Green...
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