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5 Simple grilling tricks

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EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 13,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

5 SIMPLE GRILLING TRICKS
The Do's and Don'ts ... in honor of Father's Day

Though fatherhood has nothing to do with a person's ability to captain a grill, Father's Day does roll around just as grilling season gets underway. So whether you're an alpha-griller dad or a guy who likes to kick back and watch someone else do the sweating in all those clouds of smoke, we veggie fairies salute you with these tricks for grilling fresh, local food!

Anything you can cook inside in your oven or on your stovetop, you can cook outside on your grill -- that includes fresh local fruits and veggies in season, as well as grassfed meats.

TRICK #1: DON’T use lighter fluid if you have a charcoal ...

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A vegetable storage cheat sheet

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EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 6,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

A VEGETABLE STORAGE CHEAT SHEET
PART THREE in a 3-part series on making fresh taste and nutrition last!

The following list covers this week’s harvest. For an all-season cheat sheet that you can download, print out, and post on your fridge, visit the Veggie Fairy Blog.

When the storage advice calls for plastic bags, you can always substitute plastic or glass storage containers for plastic bags. Store everything unwashed, uncut, and unpeeled. Wash and prep just before using.

BEETS: Remove greens, store separately in vegetable crisper, store greens like other greens.
BERRIS: store in single...

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