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Growing your own food
Lately I’ve been thinking about how I can grow some of my favorite foods like spinach and herbs like rosemary. I’ve been slowly growing my avocado plant in a pot, but have started collecting aluminum cans in hopes that one day I can grow some seedlings in it.
I came across this local Orlando organization called Simple Living Institute, and they hold organic growers meeting every month. I think I’m gonna check them out and hopefully learn a thing or two about growing my own food!
Does anyone else grow their own food and have had success with it?
Reheating food without using the microwave
While I was preparing dinner tonight, I was about to pop in a bowl of last night’s leftovers in the microwave when I heard that click that signaled me that the rice is done. It usually takes an additional 5 minutes before the rice is really done (at least for me, I like it slightly dry and the grains not mushy). So I thought, why not let it cook but use that heat to warm up my leftovers as well? So I placed the bowl in the rice cooker, on top of the rice (making sure the bottom is clean first), and put the lid back on.
Five minutes later, the food is nice and hot throughout and my rice is perfectly done! And no tongue burns from the microwave!
