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Free Food… Who wants it? This past week I was able to pick up 3 boxes of “chicken scraps” from my local produce store. There would have been even more delicious refuse to take home, but I had to call ahead and let my produce guy know I needed to pick my stuff up about Read More >>
If you were wondering how much food I was able to salvage from the “chicken scraps” the other day… Here you go. Not only does Monkey Boy and The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird have enough veggies for their lunches this week, there’s enough for a stir fry dinner as well. I have 3 Read More >>
Yesterday, I collected another load of “chicken scraps.” This time there were 4 boxes. I almost fainted. The first thing that came to mind was, what’s wrong with the watermelon? What’s wrong with the carrots? And then it hit me. There was nothing wrong with them. It would just be to time consuming to pick Read More >>
Last week I shared a link to a woman in France who has a flicker account titled, These Days in French Life. It’s basically a photographic journey of this woman’s life in France. What makes her pictures so extraordinary, is that this woman feeds her family on a diet of “scraps.” Food that has been Read More >>
