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Cool It This Summer
The heat of summer is upon us. Growing up on the farm in Illinois, for me, July and August were centered around baling hay, harvesting oats, and then baling the oat straw. That meant spending those 90-degree-plus, extremely humid days…
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Undressing Your Salad Dressing
Warm weather means salads, and salads typically need dressing. Most grocery stores have a large portion of shelf space devoted to a premade liquid dressings, which may well end up populating the back of your refrigerator shelf before becoming a…
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Cool! Salad’s for Dinner
Believe it or not, we did not have a vegetable garden on our 400-acre farm. Fresh vegetables were out of the question. That’s why I did not grow up with a history of green salads. Other than iceberg lettuce, the…
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Strawberries for Dinner?
Your kitchen is filled with the intoxicating scent of fresh strawberries. You just couldn’t resist picking up a couple of quarts. But you really need to make dinner. What’s a body to do? Here’s an idea that combines fresh strawberries…
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Green Bean Salad with Red Onion and Feta Cheese
A quick side dish or main-meal salad
