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Kitchen’r Garden Update: The Move Outside

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Things here in Kitchener/Waterloo are just starting to warm up. Yesterday was one of the first truly no-glove days for the boys and I. It was great! We walked downtown (yes, we live in a place wher…

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Local Menu Plan

April 8-14 There are a couple items on this menu that were from last week that we didn’t get to so we’re having them this week. Tuesday should be fun since that is dinner and a movie at the YMCA Early…

Chicken-Noodle Soup, Biscuits, and Salad
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Chicken-Noodle Soup, Biscuits, and Salad

Last month after our big chicken mea l (in which we cooked a whole chicken and actually ate very little of it) the chicken was broken down into its respective parts and has since made its way into sev…

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Local Menu Plan

We were out of town on Monday and Tuesday and I completely forgot that I was going to try to post my weekly menu… on a weekly basis! Anyways, we didn’t forget to make a menu plan for this week, I just…

Winter Pasta
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Winter Pasta

In the winter I tend to have a hard time coming up with pasta ideas that are meatless. I find that when I make pasta sauce using only canned vegetables or winter vegetables I really crave meat. Howeve…

Easter Foods
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Easter Foods

We celebrated our real Easter meal with family Saturday evening and it was a big production featuring Mediterranean foods. It was a feast – and much of the afternoon was spent in the kitchen and aroun…

Cabbage Paneer, Radish Parathas, Daal, Cucumbers and Yogurt
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Cabbage Paneer, Radish Parathas, Daal, Cucumbers and Yogurt

I always feel a bit embarrassed referring to a meal as “Indian Night” because I know I am unqualified to cook it. I brought over a few of my parathas to my neighbors to try and felt like I needed to p…

A Halfway Home for Seedlings… Cold Frame Hoop House!
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A Halfway Home for Seedlings… Cold Frame Hoop House!

I spent Sunday afternoon building a “cold frame hoop house.” The weather was mild (around freezing) and the work was mostly easy. I’m happy with the results and hopefully my seedlings will be too when…

[Local] Menu Plan Monday
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[Local] Menu Plan Monday

My wife and I have been menu planning ever since we had our first child which was just over three years ago! We started keeping track of the plans last summer. This winter after our move North I had t…

The Most Local Food (Update)
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The Most Local Food (Update)

I planted my seeds on March 13. By the weekend some of the lettuce had sprouted and now pretty much everything has sprouted. I’m just waiting on the peppers. The plants in the row to the left are a ty…