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Save on Groceries With a Pantry Challenge
It’s been said there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but a pantry challenge might come close! What is a pantry challenge? A pantry challenge is a way to use up items that you purchased in past grocery shops but have been sitting unused in your cupboard. Why do a pantry challenge? There are a few good reasons to do a pantry challenge, but probably uppermost in many of our minds right now is the current cost of groceries. Though the items sitting in our cupboards likely weren’t free, you don’t have to buy them again! As such, using these items up can reduce the amount you need to…
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3 Ways to Preserve Summer Produce
The plan for freezing summer produce It’s officially the end of the summer season, though it’s been an extended summer here in Southwestern BC! As a result we’ve still been seeing some amazing summer produce in the last month or so and the question is – how best to keep a taste of summer to enjoy through the winter? In the past many people canned peaches, pears, beans, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes… and I’m just not confident enough to do it! I had attempted pickles once and a couple of the jars went bad which made me nervous to try again. So this year I’ve decided to freeze some of our…
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Gardening While Renting: What I’m Harvesting from my Balcony Garden
This year’s been an exciting one for me as I’ve had a new balcony to enjoy and create a garden space in. It has been a lot of fun to experiment with growing tons of different plants to see what works and what doesn’t. As Krista mentioned in her backyard garden update, the weather this year has been hard to keep up with, so my gardening learning curve has been steep this year! What I’ve been Harvesting from my Balcony Garden Challenging weather and my lack of gardening know-how has led to some interesting growing experiences. I’ve been told by a friend that I’m really good at growing leaves because…
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Gardening While Renting: How My Balcony Garden Is Growing
I’m in love with my balcony garden! It has brought me so much joy this spring as I’ve been watching my plants grow–even though I’ve been making all sorts of gardening mistakes as I attempt to grow over 10 different types of plants. While I haven’t had any big harvests of veggies yet, I wanted to share the progress (and my excitement!) of my little balcony garden with you. 2022 Balcony Garden Planting Update Gardening mistakes are par for the course, and even with all of them, I’ve been having a lot of fun with my variety of plants. It is so satisfying to see the seeds sprout and then…
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3 Ways to Preserve Fresh and Local Food this Summer
Why Preserve Food? This year Alison and I are hoping to produce more than in past years in our gardens though with the size of our plots, it’s unlikely we’ll need to preserve a lot of our produce. However, to take advantage of the abundant produce in the summer months, I’ve often purchased large quantities of fruit or vegetables in season as this is when produce is freshest (and cheapest) but in doing that it’s essential to have a plan to preserve it! With food prices going up, buying in-season and in large quantities is a great way to manage your budget as we go from the months of abundant…
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Plastic Free Snacking with Haumana Energy Bars
|PR| We were kindly gifted some Haumana Energy Bars in exchange for an honest review. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. Today we are looking at two of our favourite topics–food and plastic! Plastic packaging is a huge problem in our world and it is overwhelmingly present in our kitchens. But we all have to eat, so exploring plastic-free food options is something we love to do. We recently learned about Haumana Energy Bars and their mission to “create the best energy bars for our planet.” These bars are hand made and plastic free and we’re sharing our thoughts…
