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The lovelies at Skip to my Lou have sweet recipe cards you can type on and print for free.  

...Perfect as part of a pretty little gift.

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Using What You Have....

Today's installment: Orange Juice.

Since we didn't finish the pitcher of OJ this weekend, I'm going to use it to jazz up my dinner.  

My marinade is simple, and chicken is the lucky winner.

1 cup of OJ, juice from 1/2 a lemon, 2 minced garlic cloves, a sprig of thyme a little S&P.

Simple, and it's great on the grill.

VIE Water.

At the east village farmer's market in LB Saturday, there was a booth for VIE Water.

It is a non-profit started by a Haitian born, Los Angeles based Mickelson Civil.

Through donations and sales of VIE Water labeled bottles, VIE Water helps to build wells and bring clean water to the poorest areas of Haiti.

"Did you know that children in Haiti have the highest death and disease rate of any children in our hemisphere? Many die during their first year of life. These children die from cholera, typhoid, and chronic diarrhea, all of which are all waterborne diseases.  With clean water these children would live."

Their website has a paypal set up to accept donations, or ytou can help by volunteering in a number of ways.....according to a recent post of their's on facebook, 

"$10 can provide 1 person with clean water for decades."

Profile: Conflict Cafe

The next time I find myself in Pittsburgh, this place is on the top of the list!
Friends or family in PA?  Pass it on.

Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with.

Their first iteration, Kubideh Kitchen, is up and running.

"The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country.  Each Conflict Kitchen iteration will be augmented by events, performances, and discussion about the the culture, politics, and issues at stake with each county we focus on."

It was developed in collaboration with members of the Pittsburgh Iranian community, the sandwich is packaged in a custom-designed wrapper.  The wrapper includes interviews with Iranians both in Pittsburgh and Iran on subjects ranging from Iranian food and poetry to the current political turmoil. Very creative, informative and witty.

I'm curious to see the next project they have planned.  Ideally it's be great if they ran out of countries.  I love take out, but peace wins.

She Says It Best.

Do yourself a favor & visit Nikki McClure.

Canning?

Here is a round up of free printable labels for your home made jams, salsa, relish, etc!

Merriment Design: modern and adorable

Domestifluff: simple and also adorable

Wendolonia: lemon, lime & oranges for you to customize.

Eat Drink Chic:  so damn cute that I want to print them out and put them on all the jars that are already in my fridge.

HP: Sweet vintage designs from HP

...and of course, the woman who needs no introduction, Martha Stewart- enough said.