For those gardeners out there or aspiring gardeners, help is available and hot off the presses.The brand new 2009 Sacramento County University of California Master Gardeners Gardening Guide and Calendar is here and chock full of what the green and not-so-green thumbed among us need to know about growing plants in Sacramento County. “Savoring Home [...]
It turns out that you can get something for nothing. In fact, if you want to be part of the Freecycle Network, they insist on it. Part of a global movement rapidly nearing 6 million members, Rancho has its very own local group of people who, according to the freecycle.org website are, “giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.”
Convenient to Rancho Cordovans, and open to all, the Master Food Preserver Program of the University of California Cooperative Extension will be offering two food preservation classes during the month of September.
It was bound to happen. My children staged a coup. They rebelled against my endless efforts regarding bean cuisine and declared the kitchen a temporary legume-free zone. OK, fine. I know how to pick my battles. It’s not a retreat. It’s a “tactical withdrawal” (I checked). I’m switching gears and this week’s target is the tomato. I realize [...]
What about peas? Maybe a lentil or chickpea or two? For the sake of our penny pinching quest, designed to help the helpless (i.e. any human who has to eat) make their food budget go farther, we continue on with dried legumes. A quick lesson in agriculture here will include the fact that all beans are legumes, but not all legumes are beans.
Have you had your beans today? If not, you might want to think about working some into your daily diet. This is the second installment of “How to Pinch a Penny Till It Screams” and this time around we’re featuring the humble legume, which in fact, does include beans, peas, chickpeas and even peanuts! For now we are going to concentrate on your grocery store variety canned beans.
We’re all feeling the pinch of rising prices—at the pump and at the grocery store. I say its time to pinch back and make those pennies give up a little more! With food prices going up nearly as fast as gas prices, in an upcoming series of articles we are going to explore some simple ways [...]
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? The Gedatsu Church in Rancho Cordova is having its annual Japanese Food Bazaar and Rokujizo Festival this Saturday and Sunday, June 28 & 29.
Photos of the 11th Annual Cordova Christmas Tree Lighting
BloodSource Encourages Holiday Giving that Truly Matters
Free Yoga 101 Workshop at Body Investment Studio
Third Suspect Arrested in Connection to Homicide on Hillsdale Boulevard
Photos of Tour of Rancho Cordova with Congressman Dan Lungren
Rancho Cordova Yoga – $27 for $60 at Body Investment Studio
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