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Plastic Free July: Cut These Top 4 Single-Use Plastics

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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If you don’t know how to start Plastic Free July, cut the Top 4: the very common, very swappable sources of single-use plastic pollution.

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How to Make a Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter

Posted on June 11, 2021September 28, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

I ground up teff grains in my grain mills to make a gluten-free sourdough starter but store-bought flour also works as do various grains.

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How to Cook With Preserved Lemon Brine, Pulp and Rinds

Posted on June 2, 2021April 25, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Preserved lemon pulp and brine stashed away in your refrigerator is like having a genie in a jar on standby, ready to transform your dishes.

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How to Deal with Your Sourdough Starter When You Travel

Posted on May 26, 2021May 8, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

If you plan to travel after a year plus of lockdowns, during which time you adopted a pet sourdough starter, will you have to find it a sitter?

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15 Easy Ways to Conserve Water in Your Kitchen and on Your Plate

Posted on May 19, 2021May 29, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Directly conserve water flowing out of your kitchen taps and indirectly conserve it on the farm by considering how and where your food grows.

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How to Make A New Sustainable Habit Stick

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Are you attempting to adopt a new sustainable habit but find sticking with it difficult? These 11 strategies will help you succeed.

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A Remake of Julie & Julia: Monique & Anne-Marie

Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Make way Julie & Julia for Monique & Anne-Marie. Monique has vowed to make 75 recipes from my cookbook in 75 days. Here are nine.

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How to Make Homemade Paneer (from Rescued Milk)

Posted on May 5, 2021May 11, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Don’t cry over wasted milk. Instead, make paneer—a soft, non-aged cheese similar to ricotta—and neither waste milk nor cry over it.

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15 More Creative Ideas for Cooking with Food Scraps

Posted on April 28, 2021June 2, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Think like Grandma, use every last bit of your food and elevate food scraps to their rightful status in your kitchen: ingredients.

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