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Author: Calamity Jane

  • Kitchens Part 2: The Sink

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    Calamity Jane

    So. Let’s start where meals end. At the kitchen sink. This is a good spot to pick at, if yer gonna pick. As I said in my intro kitchen post, this area needs some good brainstorming. When you’re looking at a sink, you need to know whether it’s a dishwasher afterthought, or the actual location…

  • Leftover Queen

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    Calamity Jane

    I hate to toot my own horn, but it’s true. I’m good at cooking a planned special meal, great at looking at what’s in the pantry and designing a meal, but my true genius is re-purposing leftovers. A good skill to have for thrifty eco-wifeys like us. Consider this. The other night I looked in…

  • Real Life Kitchens: Part One

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    Calamity Jane

    I’ve been wanting to do a series about real life kitchens ever since my last blog life, over a year ago. When Rhonda at Down to Earth started the kitchen sink photo series, it really put the fire back under my kettle– so to speak. To top it off, my MIL is getting her “dream…

  • Sunday Dinner Any Day of the Week

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    Calamity Jane

    What I’m talking about here folks is good old fashioned Pot Roast. You know you love it. Unless you’re among my vegetarian readers, in which case you’re already clicking your back button. See ya later, in a veggie post. Pot roast has some unexplainable mystique surrounding it. As if it’s difficult, or expensive, or otherwise…

  • HOT Hot Chocolate

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    Calamity Jane

    Yup, let’s see how much fat and sugar we can pack in to keep the belly fires burning. This is dark, rich, thick, cold-weather fighting stuff. I can’t believe it took me so long to come up with a HOT hot chocolate recipe for my dear Hubby who adores spicy. Y’all better feel special, ‘cuz…