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How to Vacuum Seal Jars

Zana Hart — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:48:10 +0000

I learned how to vacuum seal jars over ten years ago, and I’ve done it ever since. By vacuum sealing, much of the air and thus the oxygen which encourages spoilage is pumped out. This makes it a good thing [...]

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Using Glass Canning Jars for Storage Instead of Plastic

Zana Hart — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:38 +0000

We use wide mouth glass canning jars every day for storing foods. We hardly ever use plastic any more. Why? Well, we find the glass jars very useful and we don’t like plastic. I’ll explain why. Glass Canning Jars These [...]

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My Hot Tub Brown Rice Recipe

Zana Hart — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:05:35 +0000

No, I don’t cook the rice in the hot tub. I call this the hot tub brown rice recipe because it allows us to get in the hot tub before dinner while rice is cooking — with no worries and [...]

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Eating Like The Earliest Humans

Zana Hart — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:45:29 +0000

Like many people, I am a good bit overweight. And like many people, on January 1, I decided to do something about it. Unlike many of them, I am still at it and I have lost five pounds. But even [...]

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How I Make Ice Cream in Two Minutes

Zana Hart — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:59:54 +0000

One of the joys of life is home made ice cream. This past spring, I decided to get an ice cream machine. We have friends with preschoolers who were coming over for dinner quite often, and I could imagine using [...]

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More Beans!

Zana Hart — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:21:22 +0000

Do you eat beans much? Here are some ways to work them into your meals more, while minimizing their famous side-effect of flatulence. We’re talking here about dried beans such as garbanzos, black beans, pinto beans, and dozens of other [...]

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Carob Pudding Cake

Zana Hart — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:41:50 +0000

Carob is an amazingly versatile food, good for the digestive tract, naturally quite sweet. I love the combination of textures that this recipe makes. It’s excellent served with a dollop of home-made yogurt on top. If you are allergic to [...]

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Beans and Rice

Zana Hart — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:38:14 +0000

“If things get really bad, we’ll have to eat beans and rice,” I’ve heard people groan. Well, this isn’t such a terrible fate. It does take a little planning. Most evenings, I spend a few minutes considering what we might [...]

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It’s Easy to Grow Sprouts

Zana Hart — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:01:04 +0000

Sprouts are high in vitamins but they can also provide protein, minerals, and other goodies. Their fresh aliveness provides a nutrition that you can get no other way. There are people who become devoted sprout addicts! You don’t have to [...]

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My Homemade Bread Recipe

Zana Hart — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:22:28 +0000

Bread machines are wonderful inventions, and if you have one, you may never need to learn to make bread by hand. If you don’t have one, you can certainly enjoy the special flavor of fresh homemade bread. This recipe can [...]

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