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Homemade Organic Soft Gingerbread Cookies

December 17, 2011

I previously posted a gingerbread cookie recipe here at GAGF. However, over the years, I’ve realized that the more I make this specific recipe the less I like it. First of all I think the recipe above lacks enough molasses and I wasn’t getting the spices perfect. Secondly, while it can turn out softer, chewier cookies, if you [...]

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Homemade Organic Butter Pie Crust

November 12, 2011

Have you read Homemade Organic Pie Crusts 101? If not you may want to do that, before looking at the tutorial below. There’s also a recipe for organic shortening pie crust dough you may want to check out. I made the butter crust below for an organic apple pie. Here’s what you’ll need to gather: Organic Butter Pie Crust [...]

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Homemade Organic Shortening Pie Crust

November 12, 2011

Have you read Homemade Organic Pie Crusts 101? If not you may want to do that, before looking at the tutorial below. I made the shortening based pie crust below for a pumpkin pie. Here’s what you’ll need to gather: Organic Pie Crust Dough Ingredients *Makes enough dough for a double crust pie or two [...]

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Homemade Organic Pie Crusts 101

November 11, 2011

You can go straight to the pie crust tutorials linked below, but if you’re new to pie crusts, I suggest reading this entire post first. Homemade Organic Shortening Pie Crust Homemade Organic Butter Pie Crust I can cook well-enough, but I won’t win an innovation cook award anytime soon or all of a sudden learn [...]

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Kroger decides organic confusion is the way to go

November 1, 2011

So, yesterday I grab the mail, start sorting it and notice a huge Fred Meyer flier.  Fred Meyer is our local Kroger store here in PDX and we shop there often. Here’s the flier below… The flier states: “What’s the easiest way to enjoy all natural and organic? Keep it Simple. Naturally Preferred and Private [...]

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Blog Action Day 2011: best food posts of the day

October 16, 2011

It’s Blog Action Day 2011. Blog Action Day is the one day a year when all bloggers join together to discuss one important issue. I’ve been participating since 2007, and it’s not only fun, but informative to read what all these different types of bloggers have to say about a single issue. Last year’s topic [...]

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Go organic without going insane – tips to make the organic transition easier

October 16, 2011

Today is Blog Action Day 2011. This year’s topic is food, which is a little redundant here at Growing a Green Family, since we discuss food all the time. With that in mind, I thought we’d take a peek back at my favorite food issues – organic food. When I decided to go organic, I almost went nuts [...]

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Easy Autumn Recipe: Homemade Organic Applesauce

September 26, 2011

During Autumn, organic apples are at their peek, fresh and delicious. Plus apples are healthy, packed with fiber (if you eat the peel) and vitamin C. You really need to go organic with apples though. Apples topped the Dirty Dozen list this year, meaning, conventional apples are packed with pesticide residue. Ick. Below is a [...]

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PDX Fun: The Oregon Berry Festival

July 20, 2011

Celebrate summer in PDX with the The Oregon Berry Festival. July 22nd & 23rd you can head to this fun family event which includes stuff like… Children’s activities Live entertainment How-to pie making demonstration (5pm Friday) A PDX chef berry cook-off Comedy juggler Agribusiness Tour – Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island Ice Cream Making [...]

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PDX Fun – Portland Farmers Market Celebrates 20th Birthday

June 15, 2011

Just a quick FYI to my PDX friends, the Portland Farmers Market will be celebrating it’s 20th birthday with a fun party. There will be festivities, such as crafts and farmer dunking (so I hear) and of course, plenty of fresh birthday treats served up by local chefs. As an added bonus, this year’s reusable [...]

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