J&H from Beyond The Stoop's Profile
| Display Name: | J&H from Beyond The Stoop |
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| Personal URL: | http://www.beyondthestoop.com |
| Member Since: | 11/10/10 |
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we buy in bulk. it's SO hard not to when we live so close to BJ's... selling spinach in giant cheap packages is a great motivator to eat healthy. vitamins at less than half the price of target is motivation to take them. and hellllooooo to cheap gourmet cheese! we may have to buy our gorgonzola in huge blocks, but hey, I won't EVER complain about having too much cheese in the house ;) Small Home Living: Do You Buy in Bulk? |
5/8/13 5:24 PM |
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my mom's friend has a CRAZY huge rhubarb plant, and me (lil city-dweller with no garden) wanted some of that rhubarb even though I live 600 miles away. luckily for me she chopped it up and saved some for me by freezing it! needless to say, I had delicious rhubarb jam in the middle of winter last year ;) Don't Let the Rhubarb Party End! Freeze It Now to Use Later |
5/8/13 2:57 PM |
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bugger! i'm out of town for both events. I hope they are hits and you keep having more ;) For Fans of The Kitchn in New York City: Two Upcoming Events |
5/1/13 12:35 PM |
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watercress at our neighborhood bodega is SO cheap! and so delicious. we recently used it in a modified version of thekitchn.com's crostini with strawberries and pea shoots recipe, but used watercress instead of pea shoots! see it in action here: Perk Up Spring Dishes with Watercress! Ingredient Spotlight |
4/29/13 2:14 PM |
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seriously you guys are all geniuses!! thanks for all of the great tips. unfortunately i had been staying in the cheapest downtown hotel in boston, where the fridge and microwave don't come standard to the extra-cheap, tiny room that i stayed in, and the awesome recommendations for making things in the coffee-maker wouldn't work either because they stock all rooms with keurigs :( all good thoughts for when i run into a similar situation in the future though! ....i will definitely be using the idea of making melty cheese sammiches with the blowdryer and grilled cheese sammiches with the iron. a small cooler and the ice machine are good thoughts, and if i wanted to cool something extra small like a small block of cheese, i suppose i could keep it inside the ice bucket with the ice... thanks again for the tips!! Ideas for Real Meals I Can Make in a Hotel Room? Good Questions |
4/10/13 10:29 PM |
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we use ones that look like the first ones, but they are from ikea for $3 or $4! Pitch the Plastic: Glass Water Bottles |
2/16/13 8:29 PM |
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pickled red onioins ;) My Food Valentine: Love Letters to Food |
2/7/13 6:58 PM |
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ANYTHING squashed in a panini press. a good crunch makes for a good sammich :D Mark Bittman's Guide to Sandwich Nirvana |
1/18/13 2:52 PM |
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the lighting/seating store by fish's eddy in manhattan has one on display for anyone local who wants to try sitting in it!!! i, personally, hate the look, but LOOOVE how it sounds inside and how it feels. i could fall asleep in a minute! Get the Look: 5 Sources for Ball Chairs |
1/9/13 10:12 PM |
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this sounds amazing! adding it to smoothies would be my take on it. Get Your Daily Dose! Wheatgrass Ingredient Spotlight |
1/9/13 1:13 PM |
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love this idea!! bringing new and old friends together is always a fun time too :) Invite Someone New Over for Dinner At Least Once a Month Reader Resolutions 2013 |
1/7/13 10:04 PM |
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i also think dinner parties are on the rise. we live in a tiny space, have no dining table, and yet we once hosted a group of 10 (8 guests). as long as we had a place to sit for everyone, they were good! we make the food, they bring the booze: Are Dinner Parties a Thing of the Past? |
12/7/12 3:09 PM |
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we are completely spoiled in jersey city (and the whole new york city area in general). the little groceries have the best produce, including cheap herbs in giant bundles, all year round. i'm not sure where it comes from, or how they can sell it so cheaply, but i'll take it! a giant bunch of basil at our local store (P&K in jersey city) is only $1.29, all year round. it's bundled in a twist tie, and the stems sit in water. it looks like someone literally just picked it from their garden. all herbs are like this, parsley, dill, cilantro, thyme, rosemary, practically anything we want! when we lived in hoboken we had a similar go-to store for cheap herbs, when the local Shoprite was selling tiny plastic packages of wilty basil for $3.99 a pop! Check It: Fresh Herbs For Just A Buck! |
11/12/12 3:15 PM |
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sounds so delish! we have a VERY similar dish with practically uses the same ingredients, except its flavored with leftover juices from pan-frying beef or pork (obvi this no longer makes it vegan or vegetarian, but it's SO good!) Two Fall Favorites, Together: Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Apples Oh My Veggies |
10/19/12 2:56 PM |
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our food processor came with an attachment that connects to the top that shreds... we use it ALL THE TIME for slaws. you just push your carrots or whatever through the top slot in the lid and it just shreds away! What's the Best Way to Shred Hard Root Vegetables? Good Questions |
10/18/12 12:24 PM |
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this was my FAVORITE cheap thing to eat in college! top it with thinly sliced tomatoes and english cucumbers with an extra spritz of lemon, roll it up, and i was good to go! Flatbread Recipe: Manakish Zaatar Recipes from The Kitchn |
10/10/12 11:37 AM |
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though i never drank coffee after 12:00pm anyways, when i stopped drinking it at ALL for about 6 months, i was naturally sleepy at around 9:30 or 10:00, which was the time to go to bed to get a good night's rest.... coffee tastes SO good, but ironically can be the enemy in staying awake and being sleepy at all the right times... Steal These Habits For A Good Night's Sleep |
10/10/12 10:13 AM |
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parmesan cheese! we never use a block before it goes bad, so we keep ours in the freezer and just grate it frozen! What Are Your Top 5 Freezer Essentials? |
9/28/12 12:43 PM |
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plants. something with BIG BRIGHT green leaves. it will bring a LOT of life to the room i promise :) What's Needed in This Room? Good Questions |
9/25/12 11:05 AM |
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i thought it was restoration hardware too!! i was shocked, and completely overwhelmed when i got mine that i just threw it right in the recycling... Fall Catalogs: How Much is Too Much? |
9/25/12 10:59 AM |
