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Dehydrating Herbs: Fresh Today, Dehydrated this Winter!

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              Growing herbs is a pastime of mine. My garden contains numerous varieties—from garlic and onion chives to lavender and rosemary.   When the weather starts to get cooler, I start to dehydrate my favorites. September 2014 011 All summer long I keep an eye on my dill, as I save the seeds to dry. I have a killer cottage cheese dill quick bread recipe that I love to use it in.  I replant my
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Check Your Portions

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The August Recipe Redux theme 'Bars and Bites for Brown Bags' really spoke to me more in terms of portion sizes and how we can still have that bite size treat without breaking our overall healthy eating pattern. Over the years portion sizes have grown to double and almost triple in terms of size. Many times people use the terms "portion size" and "serving size" interchangeably. But should we? Portion is the amount of food that you pile on your
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Spirited Cooking!

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        This month’s Recipe Redux theme is using spirits in food preparation.  Who doesn’t LOVE that!  I was thinking of all of the ways to use wine and alcohol—and how it added another layer of flavor to things I prepared!  My first thought went to homemade vanilla. I’m not talking about your $1.00 bottle of vanilla flavored extract—I’m talking REAL vanilla.  The kind you pay $9 for a small bottle of.  It makes heavenly dishes, and even makes every day oatmeal taste
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