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West Texas Dust

I’ve heard so many things about West Texas over the years, opinions seem to vary between indifference to outright vehement bashing, but I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for wide open places and huge skies. I hitched up my britches and Hubsand and I decided to do a mini driving vacation to Marfa, [...]

What I've Been Up To - In The Kitchen

From left to right:

I strained some more dairy kefir. This mostly is an exercise in keeping my grains alive, since I’ve not been able to find a reliable way to incorporate kefir into my diet in a way that doesn’t taste horrible (too much sour wheng for me).

Husband opened up a can of artichoke hearts [...]

Granola

I’ve been making this granola for a couple days now. (Though, in retrospect, perhaps I should have followed this recipe instead, it seems kind of easier.)

Today I found some pecans in the back of my fridge that I purchased a couple months ago (I know, I should’ve got to them sooner!) and broke out the 5 [...]

Forum topics, new acquisitions

Via the GNOWFGLINS eCourse, I came across several topics that caught my eye.

I got into discussions about

– The drawbacks of canning vegetables. Granted, I’m more of a fan of fresh, then frozen over canned, and barring that perhaps freeze dried could be a good option for long term storage. It at least got me [...]