Category Archives: Vegetarian

Rage Against the Gluten

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

Last weekend, I was listening to The Splendid Table, a food and cooking show on NPR. Lynn Rosetto Casper was interviewing a foodie, who discussed the joys of [..]

Allergies, Baking, Food, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian , , ,

Continuing the Journey of Rediscovering Simplicity

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 6

In addition to the milk in our delivery yesterday, I had requested a soft cheese-making kit. We have a bit of an overstock of milk currently, and I [..]

Cow Share, Food, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian , ,

The P-Diddy Post

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

Some five or so years back, P-Diddy made an announcement. In his mind, it was an announcement of epic proportion. For those of you who don’t know who [..]

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Vegetarian , , , ,

Pickles for Mom, Pickles for You!

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

My mom’s financial and health situation right now is dire. She’s at risk for losing her home and she’s already lost her career as the result of being [..]

Canning, Fermented Foods, Food, From the Garden, Gardening, Gluten-Free, Harvest, Vegetarian , ,

The Disgruntled Door-to-Door Meat Salesman

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

This past week, a salesman nearly had a psychotic break in our driveway. It was about 9pm this past Wednesday night and I was in my jammies, getting [..]

Food, Vegetarian

Making Pickles, Part Next of (N)

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

The dills I made for Mike got to a point yesterday I deemed “finished.” They are salty and garlicky and pretty tasty, but not quite my thing. Three [..]

Canning, Fermented Foods, Food, From the Garden, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian

Making Pickles, Part 2 of (N)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

Because I’m new to This Canning Thing, I’m not fully equipped properly. For instance, I don’t have “a canning pot,” which is somewhat, y’know, important for the whole [..]

Food, From the Garden, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian , , ,

Making Pickles, Part 1 of (N)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

In our last episode, we saw A Giant Pile of Cucumbers. All told, it yielded about six pounds of sliced cucumber – with another 2.5 pounds left untouched. [..]

Canning, Fermented Foods, Food, Gardening, Gluten-Free, Harvest, Vegetarian , , ,

Holy Giant Pile of Cucumbers

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

Today, I decided to learn how to Make Pickles. The bread and butter recipe I’m going to try calls for 2.5 pounds of cucumbers, so I sallied forth [..]

Food, From the Garden, Gardening, Harvest, Vegetarian , ,

Cleaning Up My Life

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

This post first appeared on my other blog, Confounded by Quilting, and basically cemented my desire to have a more appropriate blog title for the homesteady bits of [..]

Cleaning Products, Commercialism, Gluten-Free, Illness, Kombucha, Personal Hygiene, Personal Responsibility, Planning, Politics, Product Recommendations, Vegetarian , , , ,