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All About the Green: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day the Right Way

If you’re going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the right way, then you need to know one thing…it’s all about the green! I’m not only talking about the color green, but the “green” and eco-friendly aspect of your celebrations. You’ll want to have green foods, green clothes, green decorations and all of it should be biofriendly. Celebrating a green holiday by causing harm to the environment is just counter intuitive. So, let us help you tap into the luck of the Irish by being as green as you can be. Here are some simple ways to make your St. Patrick’s Day activities biofriendly: Opt for a Repurposed Style While many parties you’ve been to in the past have probably had...

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My $100 A Month Grocery Budget – Week 10 of 52

It was another great week in the grocery spending department. I only spent $4.69 on groceries {milk} as most of my meals were eaten on vacation in Vermont. The HH said he survived on leftovers and crackers.   Here’s a look at most of the meals we ate last week: The Girl and I enjoyed giant taco salads from Loco Coco’s Tacos for lunch in Kittery, Maine on our way out of town. They were so huge that we didn’t eat anything else for the rest of the day.  The next morning we ate the “free” breakfast that was offered at the hotel.  Then before our first day of class at King Arthur, we each had a big salad. After class...

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Cast Iron Roasted Spatchcock Chicken

Here is a favorite Sunday Supper recipe for Spatchcocked Chicken with a simple tarragon pan sauce. Serve it with mashed potatoes for a comforting classic homestyle dinner the whole family will enjoy. This post contains affiliate links. I originally shared this recipe on April 22, 2014. I have updated some of the content to share it with you again today. Table of contents Why You’ll Love This Cast Iron Spatchcock Chicken Ingredients For This Recipe How To Make This Spatchcocked Roasted Chicken Recipe Serving Suggestions Leftovers: Storage and Reheating Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe Why You’ll Love This Cast Iron Spatchcock Chicken If you are craving the comforting simplicity of roast chicken then this recipe is for you! After perfecting my...

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A Fine Evolution at Mandarin Grill

In restaurants, as in nature, “adapt or die” is usually a pretty good rule to follow. So when longstanding top-flight restaurant Mandarin Grill not only revamped its menu, but retooled and refocused its entire approach, it was as much a way to keep things fresh on a micro scale as it was to adapt and survive on a macro scale, existing today in an ever-more competitive landscape of fine dining choices. When this beautiful venue opened over two decades ago, posh restaurants in general – and superb steakhouses in particular – were exceedingly few and far between in Kuala Lumpur. In 2023, that is absolutely no longer the case. So in order to remain counted among the city’s finest places...

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