The Magical Fruit Called Beans

June 13, 2012

It would appear that the whole world is under financial strain. Our mighty dollar has weakened, and we are almost all feeling the pinch, no? For that reason, we all desire to be more frugal and so we flock to great money-saving blogs (such as this one) looking for deals, coupons, and helpful tips on [...]

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Cooking with beans

February 02, 2012

(Photo source) Beans, beans the musical fruit, the more . . . Let’s talk about beans today! One year ago I shared that my goal for 2011 was to add more whole grains, nuts and grains into our diet.  I took the plunge by purchasing 5 large 25 pound bags of dried beans (kidney, pinto, Northern, black [...]

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How to make Hummus (easy peasy and yummy)

February 07, 2011

Get ready, this stuff is uber good! 1 cup dried chickpeas 3 cloves raw garlic 1/3 cup sesame tahini Juice from 1 large lemon (about 3 Tablespoons) 1 tsp cumin 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 3/4 tsp black pepper 1 bulb roasted garlic (optional but oh so good).  Simply cut of the very [...]

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Slow Cooker Refried Beans

January 27, 2011

A friend split a huge order with me for dried beans from Azure Standard last year (if you remember, eating more beans was one of my resolutions last year).  One of the kind of beans we bought was pinto beans.  Since I had never used pinto beans for anything before, she shared this recipe for [...]

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My baby steps toward health

January 19, 2010

Three years ago I stared taking baby steps toward making intentional improvements in our home for my families’ health. First step: change the skin care products that we use.  It was after reading this Mom 4 Life guest post about skin care that I decided to make some changes in what I purchased and used [...]

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