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• How to keep basil alive for weeks

  Published: August 28, 2007, 7:31 am

  Tags: Basil, Food Tips, Keeping Cut Basil Alive, Mental Masala

  stumbled across a fantastic food tip recently while surfing the food blogosphere. Marc over at Mental Masala (the very same Marc who was responsible for the solar cooker I posted about a couple of weeks ago) offers a terrific way to keep fresh basil perky and lush for weeks (if you happen not to use it up before that). When you bring it home

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• Lifehacker lists top food hacks

  Published: November 29, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: Drink Hacks, Food Hacks, Food Tips, Lifehacker, Repurposing

  list of the Top Ten Food and Drink Hacks. They've put together a collection of advice for new and different ways to approach your food and drink that will have you entertained and informed. So go on over and check it out. Because you know that really, deep down in your heart you want to learn how to built a fire with a can of Coke and

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• A Foodie Suggests 10 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill

  Published: April 29, 2008, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Food Tips

  so I thought I'd share some tips on how to avoid sticker shock at the check out line. 1. Buy Big Box.  Head over to Costco, Sam's Club, BJ's and the like and get your groceries in bulk. If you have the space to store it, don't buy olive oil any other way. Even with the membership fee, the savings are big.2. Downgrade and

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• Disguising Leftovers

  Published: May 14, 2008, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Food, Leftovers, Preparation

  tastes great. I hate wasting food, and I love to feed my family well. I can do both by utilizing these tips when making dinner. How do you make leftovers into a whole new meal? What’s your favorite leftovers tip? Feel free to share with us in the comments.

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• I never thought of this

  Published: May 11, 2008, 10:51 am

  Tags: Miscellaneous, Cooking, Food, Tips

  I’ve long been a proponent of buying ground meat in multi-pound packs and separating it into meal-sized Ziplock bags before I put it into the freezer, but I StumbledUpon something today that is so cool I’m going to have to try it. Not only do you put your ground meat (or thick sauces) into Ziplock freezer bags, you also separate each

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• Making New Recipes for Leftovers

  Published: June 2, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Leftover Chicken Recipes, Leftover Ham Recipes, Leftover Turkey Recipes, Leftovers, Recipes

  just that, the leftover food that nobody could take another bite of. Often they get placed into the refrigerator and then get lost in that black abyss only to return one day as some un-recognizable concoction of green goo. Yuck. Leftovers can be an awesome way to save some money too. Don’t waste the leftovers, create new recipes using

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• Where To Get Good Produce - Farmer’s Markets or Produce Stands

  Published: June 3, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Farmers Market, Fruit, Produce, Produce Stands, Saving Money, Vegetables

  of everything, including food definitely warrants a trip to your local vendor. You can look in your yellow pages, but more often than not, if you keep your eyes peeled while you are out and about, you will probably discover one. The only place I can think of that would be cheaper than buying this way, is if you have a local orchard that

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• Fast Food Facts

  Published: June 4, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Diets, Drive Ins, Fast Food, Food, Greasy Foods, Weight Loss

  waging war between the fast food industry, the Food Administration and dieters across the nation. On one side, you have those that swear that our obesity problems stem from greasy fast food items, so the fast food restaurants start offering alternative items. On the other side, you have these restaurants that have been serving these foods for

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• Gourmet Coffee For Less

  Published: June 7, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Coffee, Gourmet, Recipes, Saving Money

  Who doesn’t love a delicious Starbuck’s coffee treat once in awhile? But the cost of those tiny cups of pleasure is nothing to boast about. While some people don’t hesitate dropping $3.00 for one cup of coffee, I’d rather see that money stay right in my bank account. However, I’m not left out of the

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• Leftovers: Avoiding Waste Saves Money on Food

  Published: June 11, 2008, 12:59 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Kitchen Tips, Leftovers

  Agriculture to see how much food American’s waste in a year. The findings were astounding. They estimated that 96.4 billion pounds of edible food was wasted. This is the food that isn’t bad, isn’t molding, isn’t expired, etc. This is the food that was STILL edible. Wow! Depending on who is throwing away the food, everyone

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• My Top 10 Favorite Recipe Websites

  Published: June 18, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Recipes, Food

  too. All Recipes RecipeLand FoodieView Cooks.com FamilyFun Recipezaar The Food Network Rachel Ray Crockpot recipes What's For Dinner? And my favorite FOOD site period happens to be Taste of Home Simple and Delicious Magazine (plenty of recipes there)

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• How to Make Your Own Ramen Noodle Salad Recipes

  Published: June 19, 2008, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Ramen Noodle, Recipes, Salads

  Face it, ramen noodles are cheap. And if you opt out of the included flavor packet, they are low in sodium. So if you watch what you put with them, you can have a pretty healthy meal for not a lot of money. Our family is majorly addicted to ramen. The pickiest eater (the oldest girl) tends to make it almost every single day for

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• Ketchup on Everything

  Published: June 22, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips

  it at restaurants and other food related get togethers. Ketchup on steak, eggs, veggies, rolls, chicken, pork - anything they can put it on. My brother was this way when he was growing up, so I asked him once why - he said it was usually because he didn’t like the flavor of whatever he was eating and the ketchup helped to mask that. For

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• Going on a Picnic

  Published: June 21, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Food, Picnics

  condiments and extras. A few tips for foods for picnics: Don’t take anything that cannot sit either before or after you eat it. Bring a large cooler or two. Use one for drinks and the other for the food. Bring containers that the food can go in either before you serve, or after you serve for transporting home. Try bringing bite size or

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• 6 Disgusting Foods and Other Things We Eat

  Published: June 24, 2008, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Food Tips, Disgusting Foods, Recipes, Things We Eat

  there is to know about food and other cultures. I have also been deliving into American Cuisine a bit more throughly. In my research, I have found out some pretty disgusting things about foods we consume, drinks we consume and ingredients in items we eat regularly. DISCLAIMER: If you are REALLY squeamish, or if you tend to get repulsed

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