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Real Food on a Real Budget: Eat Local, Eat Seasonal

May 7, 2010
gorgeous watermelon

This is the last of the excerpts from my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. It was taken from Chapter 7- Eat Local, Eat Seasonal. This month one of the topics here at Keeper of the Home is local and seasonal food, so this seemed a fitting topic to share!
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What It Means to Vote With Our Dollars

December 3, 2009
certified-organic-mandarins

Today's grocery shopping outing was a bit of a disaster. Hungry, upset children, a crying baby and a frazzled mom. By the last store, I was barely looking at prices anymore as I tossed things into the cart that appeared to have at least some semblance to what was written on my trusty list.
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