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Make a Travel Dining Kit

January 3, 2020 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

travel dining kit with cutlery, a water bottle, take-out box, and carrying bag

Learn how to make a thrifty travel dining kit using items you probably already have or can get at a thrift store. My Taster and I used ours dozens of times last year. This kept pounds of plastic and paper out of the landfill and helped us keep our toward zero waste resolution. It also […]

Filed Under: Save money, Skills Tagged With: eating out, salad bar, take-out food, zero waste

9 Ways to Make Many Meals Vegan

November 3, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Many favorite family recipes can become vegan-friendly by switching just an ingredient or two. The flavor and texture should be the same, but suddenly more people can eat what you are cooking. This is the good news I share with people who are good traditional cooks but suddenly need to cook vegan food. Maybe new […]

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Cooking Dried Kidney Beans

November 26, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

split kidney beans soaking

I knew that I needed to take a few easy precautions when cooking dried kidney beans to avoid a rare but serious form of food poisoning. That’s why I freaked out a bit when my latest batch of kidney beans split while they were soaking. Read on to see how to cook kidney beans safely […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: dried beans, kidney beans

Solar Cookers Review

September 13, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

homemade-fun-panel-solar-oven

Solar cooking lets you use the power of the sun to heat your food. Scrimp with a homemade solar cooker that you can make in minutes or splurge on a hot hot high-tech version. Either way, you’ll save money and energy any time you use your solar cooker. It can be a life-saver if you […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: emergency preparedness, GoSun, review, solar cookers

Healthy Hurricane Menu: A Week on Shelf-Stable or Canned Food

September 7, 2017 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

cans and boxes of food plus fresh produce in front of a world map

At least once a year, I stock up on healthy food to eat if a hurricane, ice storm or other disaster strikes. See the menus below to get ideas to stock your emergency pantry. All the food is plant-based, so vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores can all enjoy it. Most of it is organic too. The picture […]

Filed Under: Menu, Skills

Stay on Track with a Menu Board

July 30, 2016 by Camille Leave a Comment

Camille's dry-erase menu board

[Thanks to my friend Camille Armantrout for writing this guest post! She’s a wonderful cook and very organized. — Linda] “What’s a menu?” someone playfully asked after I mentioned our potato-heavy menu. Oh! I thought to myself,  It is so, so many things–shopping list, anticipation catalyst, and money-saver. It’s our road map to an inexpensive local […]

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