Unitaskers are the bane of my kitchen and I tried really, really hard to not get sucked in by the lure of the spiral slicer. Then Kirk surprised me with this one: World Cuisine Spiral Vegetable Slicer - it was on one of Amazon's Gold Box deals last week! For what he paid for it… Continue reading Unitasker Fun – My New Spiral Slicer
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Upcycling Baby Food Jars, Part 2
This past Friday I had written a blog entry about my work on creating a matching collection of spice jars for my ample collection. The last thing I needed was way to organize the jars that would make it easy to see what I had and not have to pull jars out of a cupboard.… Continue reading Upcycling Baby Food Jars, Part 2
Upcycling Baby Food Jars: The Spice Cabinet
My slow recycling project this past month has been to redo my spice and herb collection - something I have a large and often used collection of. It had stuck at me for a while and I had looked at buying a bunch of jars, but it really pained me to spend $1 to 2… Continue reading Upcycling Baby Food Jars: The Spice Cabinet
Black Quinoa Pilaf
I came across Black Quinoa in the bulk bins at the PCC in Issaquah this morning. I had not noticed it before and took a gamble on it. I picked up 2 cups or around ¾ lb. It wasn't cheap though, I spent over $4.50 on it (eek) and it was $6.08 a lb! I… Continue reading Black Quinoa Pilaf