Archives | September, 2009

Teriyaki Chicken on the BBQ (with Tofu Option)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 in Adaptetarian, Camping Food, Carnivores, Chicken, Food, Gruntworthy for Guys, Vegetarian

I'd been searching high and low for the perfect chicken marinade for a long time before I came across this keeper on Recipezaar, Teriyaki Marinade for Chicken or Steak. This is good stuff, I'm telling you. The flavor makes it all the way inside the chicken, and the chicken cooks up nice and moist – [...]

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Blender Mojitos

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 in Camping Food, Drinks, Food

I'm sure there are some that would say making a mojito in a blender is sacrilege, but when we're camping, if it's good, it's golden. I firmly believe in putting the "campy" into camping, after all. And when any recipe involves our friggin' awesome hand-crank blender, all the better – not to mention easier. We [...]

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Preserving Parsley

Friday, September 25, 2009 in Canning and Preservation, Food, Garden

Other than the fennel (I have no idea what to do with the fennel, by the way), the big herb garden winner this year has been the italian parsley. Good because I love parsley, bad because the cilantro on its left and the dill on its right didn't fare so well because of it. A [...]

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Finally, Green Zinnias – I’m Practically Jealous of Myself!

Thursday, September 24, 2009 in Garden, Home

After five or six tries over the past 10 years, I've finally found a place where I can grow Green Envy zinnias! I was so excited when the first chartreuse bloom popped out. Look how beautiful! For the last couple of months, it's been a steady flow along with my Thumbelina mix and bachelor buttons. [...]

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The Optimistic Roma Tomato

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 in Garden, Home

It was a normal Sunday morning. I was scoping the garden for ripe tomatoes, and tucked in the back of the Roma plant, there he… hung. I squinted. Could that really be? Umm… yeah. Sure enough – this special little guy was ready. To be picked, I mean. I giggled. And giggled. And then of [...]

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Honey Bear Sunflower – Cheerful, Cuddly Keepers

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 in Garden, Home

They were, for sure, an afterthought. For one, I got started late this year – my guy built the garden for me on Memorial Day weekend (the most romantic gesture ever, I'm pretty sure), and I didn't even direct-sow the seeds until early June. I tucked the seeds behind the herbs and in the last [...]

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The Future Craft Office

Monday, September 21, 2009 in Decorating, Home

(aka: Office slash craft room) Today we head down to Ikea to see if they have any non-flimsy furniture that might help us turn this: into something like this: Okay, well, hopefully you know what I mean. I don't have a shapeshifting room (darnit!) and we have limited funds, so unlike Martha, I only get [...]

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