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Stocking the Pantry—How to Avoid Time Panic

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How, New Ingredients

Good News:  The Fun of a Pantry Journey Lasts More than an Afternoon Time panic may be settling in as we talk about stocking the pantry.  By now, it’s become abundantly clear that the job can’t be done in an afternoon–and with our short attention...

How to Stock the Pantry . . . or Do a Better Job Working the One You Have

Healthy Pantry Know-How, Uncategorized

“Stocking the pantry.”  Sounds like it should be a nice, predictable process akin to stocking inventory at the local shoe store:  Five red shoes, ten black, three tennis shoes. . . In reality, it’s not quite such an orderly, linear process....

Portrait of Pantry Meals for a Week

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How, Planning for Healthier Meals

So you’re convinced that the pantry is a smart time investment.  Let’s look at how a real life pantry works, so you can begin to see what kinds of things can be bought, successfully stored, then translated into deliciously quick meals. Key fact to...

Investment Thinking at the Grocery Store

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How

Coming home to an empty frig after a long vacation reminded me of the importance of a good pantry. I put a fair amount of time into stocking my “larder” each autumn, a use of time that might seem crazy. Normal people likely wonder why I buy bags of...

The Post-Vacation Refrigerator Blues

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How, Seasonal Eating

Get a Happily Supplied Frig without the Hassle of Grocery Shopping We just got back from three weeks in Argentina and Chile. Traveling in and about the Andes is no less amazing than you would expect. However, as we made the final leg of our journey from airport to...

Using Herbs and Spices–Outside the Comfort Zone

7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Healthy Pantry Know-How, Herbs & Spices, New Ingredients, Uncategorized

Taking the Plunge into a New, Spicy-Herbalish Adventure I was throwing together a new stew recipe this morning. As I added the paprika and coriander I wondered why I used those two spices so rarely. No doubt it has to do with we humans being creatures of habit. And...
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