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Coupons? Sometimes

May 4, 2009

In my post Coupons? Yes I espoused the benefits of über couponing. In Coupons? No I ranted about the negatives of couponing for my family. So, back to reality. Do I use coupons? The real answer is: Sometimes. Where I shop: I hit our local Giant Eagle every 10 days or so. Occasionally throughout the year [...]

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Citrus, floral, pepper or chocolate?

April 7, 2009

The sleet is tap, tap, tapping at the windows. In northeast Ohio a spring snowstorm carries lots of moisture – all from an unfrozen Lake Erie. Rain, sleet, snow … and what’s with the nonstop blasting horizontal wind? And the earthworms all over the driveway – where did they go or are they curled up [...]

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What was my colorful soup?

April 6, 2009

Colorful Soup After 5 servings of chicken and artichokes and red peppers we still had about 3 cups of chicken breast meat and the chicken skeleton. Once a week I buy celery, carrots (the bunches with the green tops) and onions. Plus, I saved the big stems (uncooked) from the fresh broccoli we had a few [...]

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Chicken with artichokes and red peppers

April 3, 2009

My sister Kate gave me this recipe and I passed it around – a lot. On any given day one of my friends or someone in my family is probably cooking this meal. Why? It is delicious, fragrant, easy and affordable. We just call it chicken with artichokes and red peppers. Three hours before dinner [...]

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Step 1 Time to clean the nest

March 10, 2009

Do I like an organizing challenge? Oh yes, especially when it is my home. Two months ago our son came home from graduate school … with a truck stuffed full of his thirty something life. You see, he is being deployed to Baghdad and the military thought fit to yank him out halfway through his [...]

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