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9 Foods Going to Waste in Your Compost Bin (or Worse – Your Garbage) #Greenlid

April 22, 2017 By Food Retro

Everyone knows that we throw away a lot of good food – it’s a big problem. Many of us participate in some sort of composting program – which is great, because composting does help with greenhouse gas reduction. But there’s no argument that we still  pay a small fortune in spoiled, wasted food every year….

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Tips & Tricks

Super Simple Sour Cream and Onion Dip #BornOnTheFarm

January 25, 2016 By Food Retro

Superbowl is coming up, and to help you with your big game day festivities, I’ve got my Super Simple Sour Cream and Onion Dip to keep your stress level down. Trust me, it’s way better than the stuff you buy in a can, and it’s two ingredients and a swirl of a spoon. It barely takes…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Snacks and Appetizers, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: egg free, Kitchen Chemistry, nut free, peanut free, snack, superbowl

Why Eggs Explode but You Should Eat Them Anyway

June 17, 2015 By Olga

My friend, Olga, has guest posted here before. She’s expressed an interest in contributing more frequently, and so I’m happy to introduce her as a regular guest blogger here on FoodRetro! –Anne Since you’ll be seeing more of me on FoodRetro, I thought I’d introduce myself properly. My name is Olga. If you’re interested in reading…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Science Gives Me A Hadron, The Answer is 42, Tips & Tricks

How to Boil the Perfect Egg (Without a Timer)

May 11, 2015 By Food Retro

If there’s one thing that being on this SNAP challenge has taught me, it’s how to boil an egg. Perfectly. Look out deviled eggs, I will own you from this day forward. You know how sometimes when you boil eggs, they turn green on the inside? That’s because they’ve been overcooked. Or perhaps you have a…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Tips & Tricks

How to Butcher a Pork Loin from Costco (In 15 Minutes!)

May 5, 2015 By Food Retro

Bulk buyers beware: bigger is not always better. Costco can be a source of excellent deals–if you’re disciplined, know exactly what you’re looking for, and have a good feel for the pricing of products. Ground beef, for example, is seldom cheapest to buy at Costco. A Costco pork loin, however, is usually a pretty good deal in…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: butchering, frugal, Hunger Games, Kitchen Chemistry

How to Cook More in Less Time in 7 Easy Steps

February 18, 2015 By Food Retro

Some people believe that eating food prepared from scratch and having a full time job are mutually exclusive… or a recipe for exhaustion. It’s not true. I know this, because I’ve had that 9-5 job, a kid who required a lot of scratch food, and a commute. The secret, as anyone who has ever been in…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: leftovers, sponsored, The Urban Homestead

Grapefruit and Coconut Spongecake (+ How to Use Coconut Flour Properly)

January 7, 2015 By Food Retro

If there’s a silver lining to having to deal with the doom and gloom of winter, it’s that winter is prime citrus season in North America! So that’s why you’re seeing bags of clementines, meyer lemons and grapefruit everywhere… we’re in full swing right now (citrus season tends to officially kick off in November), and…

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Filed Under: Desserts, Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: bread, dairy free, dessert, gluten free, Health & Home, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, soy free, vegetarian

Turkey Gravy That Will Make Your Mother-In-Law Gasp

September 29, 2014 By Magnolia Ripkin

 Could your tired, traditional foods use a little more cowbell? One of my favourite ladies in writing gave me an unusual tip for gravy, once upon a time. I did try it, and it was kind of astonishing–I never would have thought of pairing these two things together. It’s worth sharing, and I thought it…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER, Tips & Tricks

Making and Using a 1:1 Sourdough Starter

May 5, 2014 By Food Retro

I’ve had sourdough on the brain for a while now, but while vacation plans were in progress, I refrained from starting up. I envisioned leaving a culture in someone’s hands while you’re on vacation to be akin to asking your cubicle neighbour to water your plant while you’re away. There’s a fair quantity of information…

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Filed Under: Bread, Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER, Tips & Tricks

Smooth Hummus from Canned Chickpeas

May 2, 2014 By Food Retro

What do you do when you’ve a potluck request for your super-smooth like store-bought, (Jerusalem-style) hummus, and you somehow hallucinate you have another day to soak the dried chickpeas, forgetting that to make it you would have to be grinding chickpeas in your food processor at 7am? I had a can of chickpeas left over…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER, Tips & Tricks, Weird Science Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, how-to, Kitchen Chemistry, low glycemic, no refined sugar, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

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