It’s that time of year again. Supermarkets are offering the corpses of turkeys for free to customers who spend a certain amount at their stores in the weeks prior to Thanksgiving. It’s become a fairly competitive promotion in our area.
One supermarket offers a free turkey for each $350 spent, with no limit on how many turkeys one can claim. …
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Those of us who garden know that sometimes slugs can disrupt our efforts. There are many products that one can buy and methods that we could use, but most of those are cruel and involve killing the slugs.
That is why I wanted to share a few easy ways to prevent slugs …
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I love to garden. When I was younger, I thought nothing of gardening out in the back 40, rototilling, hauling produce long distances to the kitchen, and bending over weeding for hours. Now that I’m older, my gardening motto has become “Work smarter, not harder”: Why bend over if …
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It is time for another yummy and fantastic recipe from our friends at VegCooking. Enjoy this dish by Dawnula Koukol and let us know how it goes!
To smoke the seitan cut a piece of foil 6 inches by 12 inches and fold in half making a 6-inch-by-6-inch square. Fold the side edges at least twice, …
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I love fresh salsa. I used to experiment with different ingredients and different recipes,but the most delicious recipe I have found is in Ingrid E. Newkirk’s Compassionate Cook vegan cookbook. It’s called Salsa Mexicana, and it’s really simple to make, with just four ingredients: tomatoes, peppers, onions, and cilantro. Although I’ve settled …
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