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Brighten Your Kitchen with a Ceramic Canister Set

January 6, 2009

In my kitchen I find myself reaching for a lot of the same things each day. For instance, there is my favorite licorice spice tea in the morning and chamomile in the evening. My husband is a big coffee drinker so we always have a least one or two containers of his favorite French Roast on hand. And of course there are the kids, always looking for bags of fruit snacks or mini pretzels in the afternoon.  It felt like I was always digging around the pantry or into the back of the cabinet for things. Then I saw this beautiful Ceramic Canister Set in my friends kitchen and I knew I had found a solution to my storage issue. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Bean Soup and Corn Muffins

October 16, 2008

I’ve had a bag of dry black beans sitting around my pantry for months now. I picked it up on a whim at the grocery store and never quite knew what to make with it once I got home. That was until I stumbled across this black bean soup recipe last week. This past weekend, when I had some extra time, I gave it a try. Saturday night we had black bean soup and a batch of sweet corn muffins for dinner. Very yummy and there was enough soup leftover for lunch after church on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »