Running Your Home for Fun & Profit
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Plan a Quick Fix Meal Daily One of the most frustrating parts of homemaking is the need to feed the family every day. It never stops. People need nourishment daily. The only way I have found to make it somewhat easier is to plan ahead and choose quick fix meals. So, I put together a simple menu consisting of several easy meals that my family really enjoys, that I pull out during those times when…
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In the early days of the modern-day nation of Israel, many people lived on a type of collective farm called a kibbutz. The kibbutz workers usually started their workday after eating only a snack. They then returned to their communal dining area mid to late morning to partake of a heartier version of breakfast, often called the Israeli breakfast. They could then continue on with their workday with renewed energy. This hearty breakfast is still…
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Set Work Spaces for Safety and Convenience Promote both your safety and your convenience in your kitchen. Set up your work areas to accommodate your height and your reach. This should be done only if, of course, you are the main cook! Always before now, I have been the main cook, producing a full meal most evenings. Usually, I was able to produce enough so that we could all have leftovers for lunch the next…
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Getting Past Burn Out Like a lot of people, I have a love-hate relationship with my kitchen. I want to share the way I’m trying — emphasis on trying — to lose the hate part. Over the course of a more than 30 year marriage, I cooked probably more than two thousand meals of various types. Once the marriage ended, I just didn’t want to apply myself that much. My physical and mental health are…
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Keeping a pantry is old hat to me. Do you keep a pantry in your home? I asked one person that question and the rather startled response was that she thought a pantry was a room and how do you get rid of a room if you didn’t want to keep it? The definition of pantry in Webster’s is “a small room or closet off the kitchen where food and dishes are stored”, so…
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6 June 2016 The word “breakfast” can bring contention and irritation to almost any person’s mind, especially if it’s connected to the words “selecting” and “preparing”. Our current culture of running our lives by the clock causes hurry and distraction in the mornings, and selecting breakfast dishes to prepare and then actually preparing them seems impossible. Our breakfasts – when we have breakfast – tend to be much the same. We have them because that’s…
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