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Archives for January 2022

Garden plan 102: make a calendar to plant easily

Welcome back to the series on planning a garden! This week’s garden plan encourages you to make a calendar that makes planting easy. This is my favourite part of planning my garden because I love calendars. I love securing a date for a task and know about scheduled appointments ahead of time. This allows me…

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Cottage pie makes a quick last minute “wow” dinner

Cottage Pie Ingredients Easy cottage pie is a quick last minute dinner. Cottage pie is the easiest “wow” dinner that you can make in less than 40 minutes. While your potatoes are softening, brown your mince meat and chop some vegetables. Add some grated cheese, and wham bam you have a decadent meal. This is…

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Garden plan 101: list of foods you love

When you first sit down to begin your garden plan 101, make a list of the foods you love to eat. Time and garden space is your garden currency. When you use it well, you will plant the best garden you have ever had! What foods do you love? I recommend that you start with…

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While you make 1 lasagna, make lots (best freezer meals!)

While you make 1 lasagna, why not make 3? It recently crossed my mind that while you make 1 lasagne, why not make lots of lasagna? I don’t know why I haven’t considered it before, or why no one has told told me about this power trick. While I have everything out for a particular…

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Never buy hummus again, 3 ingredients to make your own

Once you know that it only takes 3 ingredients to make your own hummus, you will simply never never buy it again. I’ve always seen hummus as a very unattractive dip. Before I tasted it, I thought it would tasty like dirt. Much to my surprise, it was an elegant spread that danced well to…

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Learn how to make a garden salad to compliment dinner

Learn how to make a garden salad to compliment your dinner. This will be a treat and wonderful health boost for your family! When I plan my dinners, I usually think in this order: meat, staple, vegetable. That is why most days I get a main course all prepared, and in the last minute have…

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