Author: Keri

  • Sept 14, Grocery Project

    Sept 14, Grocery Project

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    We started the sauerkraut today. One cabbage looks like it’s going to make a bit less than one half gallon. These are exciting times, my friends!  The contraptions on top of the jars are called Kraut Kaps, and we got them from Amazon. I forgot to save a cabbage leaf for the weight, but I had…

  • Sept 11, 2014, Grocery Project

    Sept 11, 2014, Grocery Project

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    Thus far, Grocery Project has given Justin & me much to consider. This morning he threw out a small bit of broccoli that had gone bad. Over coffee, we had a rather sincere discussion regarding the nature of it. How do we move forward? Do we dock this against our tally? Do we add the cost twice…

  • 10 day update, Grocery Project

    10 day update, Grocery Project

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    So far, our tally shows a $4.71 per person per day cash money spent since Sept 1 on groceries. Certainly, someone must be thinking, “my god, what kind of garbage must they be eating for so little money?” So I put together the menus for the last ten days. All items are homemade (from scratch)…

  • Sept 8-9,2014, Grocery Project.

    Sept 8-9,2014, Grocery Project.

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    I will say one thing about Whole Foods that makes me so insane: You absolutely must watch them at the register. It’s really kind of unfair to the checkers, actually, but Whole Foods consistently marks different prices on their products as compared to the checkout. This time they got me or 20¢.This is not at all…

  • Thug Kitchen’s Sriracha Cauliflower

    Thug Kitchen’s Sriracha Cauliflower

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    I love Thug Kitchen.  I guess they’re coming out with a book, and as a teaser, they published this recipe. I have made it twice and has been consistently delicious. If you are sensitive to “foul language,” don’t bother clicking the link. It’s covered in dirty words, but that’s half the beauty of it. The…

  • Sept 6, 2014, Grocery Project

    Sept 6, 2014, Grocery Project

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    Earlier this afternoon I trimmed a pineapple and put it in the fridge to chill. After it was cold, I cut it into chunks, placed it in a bowl and took the core for myself. I stood over the sink, gnawing at the core and thought to myself, “This must be how a dog feels…

  • Sept 5, 2014, Grocery Project

    Sept 5, 2014, Grocery Project

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    If I hadn’t been so not hungry — yet still somehow hangry — this muggy September evening, I would have photographed the most amazing remedy for such conditions. Unfortunately, I had to take a facsimile from wikipedia. I must have read about it somewhere, but  last week we bought some avocados to make “avocado egg salad” which…

  • Bag of Bags

    Bag of Bags

    My bag of bags is finally finished! I used probably about 100 one-use plastic bags to make this multi use bag. It took about a month to make, but I wasn’t consistent in knitting time, just little by little. Also, I found that the little produce bags were the nicest to knit. Very silky. I…

  • Japanese Vegetable Pancakes

    Japanese Vegetable Pancakes

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    Uhm… yes. It’s pretty much all I can say. We broke out the hot sauce for these, but ate them just plain because they were that good. I borrowed the recipe from Smitten Kitchen, but adapted it just a little and forwent the sauce.  I scaled her recipe down to make 4 good-sized pancakes. They…

  • Diner Pancakes (Lazy Day!)

    Diner Pancakes (Lazy Day!)

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    We went to Dee’s (Bridgeside Diner) for breakfast this morning because we were feeling a little lazy this morning. We allow ourselves to eat out once (or sometimes twice) a week, and Dee’s is one of our favorite places to go because they do all the things we would never. It’s guilt-free and occasional, so…

  • Bread Pudding Pancakes (Yisss)

    Bread Pudding Pancakes (Yisss)

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    I do not like to waste things. That is why when we have bread that is about to go stale, we take the ends and put them in a bag in the freezer for bread pudding. I have been doing this for about twenty years.  I love bread pudding, and now I think I love…

  • Pineapple Pancakes

    Pineapple Pancakes

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    One of my most favorite things about late February is that all the golden things start returning, including pineapples. They’re in season, so they’re on sale.  This year I tried a new method to prepping the pineapple. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/technique/how-prepare-and-chop-pineapple I saved the top to plant and juiced the eyes and core, but threw out the skin…

  • Savory Æbleskiver

    Savory Æbleskiver

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    Okay. srsly. For the third day of pancake week, my true love gave to me: a lovely plate of savory  æbleskiver (or Dutch Pancakes). I started out with the recipe for regular (sweet) æbleskiver, but omitted the sugar (obvz) and added parsley & feta. The recipe is a tiny bit more complicated than a regular pancake because…

  • Day Two: Classic Flapjacks

    Day Two: Classic Flapjacks

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    I love making pancakes. One egg, some half and half, a little flour and a hefty teaspoon of baking soda thinned with water to consistency; this recipe doesn’t use measurements, it uses sensibility. Some people add a little salt and sugar to the mix, but I don’t see the need for sugar when the cakes…

  • Desayuno Dia Uno

    Desayuno Dia Uno

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    Pancake Week: Day One Justin & I have been keeping added sugars out of our diet for the past couple of weeks, so I thought that Pancake Week , this year, might prove to be difficult. So far, I stand corrected. When I got up this morning I spied two yellow squash that we’ve been…