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Our Kinder, Vegetarian Diet: Week 11

March 27, 2010

After my first post about this, and many inquiries about how things are going, I wanted to finally give you an update on our kinder, more vegetarian diet. We started changing things in our kitchen mostly because Don got sick with some kind of inflammatory illness five months ago, and since he got no diagnosis [...]

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Cupcakes and Collard Greens

January 3, 2010

Today was a great, fun-filled, nesting day. I didn’t exactly get to sleep in, but I was exited to get up and going to finally check out Gossett’s Farm Market in South Salem, which features a lot of organic produce and products. My friend Heather, who blogs at Katonah Green, organizes events there, and since [...]

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How to Save a Lot of Money at the Supermarket

July 18, 2009

I haven’t written about my frugal ways in a while, so here we go — I wanted to share how I saved 30 percent off my supermarket grocery bill! Don’s sister Lisa invited us to attend Much Ado About Nothing at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel, and I went to A&P to pick [...]

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Lifeway Probiotic Kefir — Made With Wind Energy!

May 30, 2009

We were sent the most delicious Kefir drinks from Lifeway to try out. Kefir is a probiotic drink similar to yogurt, yet with over ten live and active cultures, it sports more than twice the friendly bacteria found in yogurt. It enhances the immune system, is accepted by lactose-intolerant people, and is rich in calcium, [...]

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How to Save Money on a Saturday — Coupons and Church Sales

March 29, 2009

Today was a great day, and even better — a frugal day. We got up after 9 a.m. (somehow Landon seems to know that it’s the weekend, during the week he gets up around 7:30 a.m. I needed that sleep, I had been up until 2 a.m. again blogging!) and ate a healthy breakfast. I made [...]

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