Diana D'Abruzzo

• Goodbye, readers

  Hi readers, Me again, for the last time: I've wrapped up the experiment, and the final story was published in today's paper. If you'd like to read it, here's the link: http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/and-finally-one-bloggers-cabinets-are-bare Thank you so much for reading -- I've enjoyed this experiment (as much as one can, eating canned peas) and thank [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 8:30am EDT
  

• Stamp Out Hunger (and clean out those cabinets)

  As someone who has gone on and on (and on and on) about her cabinets being full of nonperishables, I find it necessary to tell you about a wonderful fundraiser coming up this weekend. Not only can you help the needy, you can use the opportunity to see what "repeat" [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2008, 11:43pm EDT
  

• Shopping Day!

  With the final article of this experiment set to print this Sunday -- and with next to nothing in my kitchen -- I set out for Harris Teeter this morning, ready to do some damage. I was going to shop like I hadn't shopped since 2007. I was going to go [...]
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  Posted: May 07, 2008, 7:53pm EDT
  

• Correction

  The final story updating this experiment will run on Sunday, May 11, in the Gracious Living section. P.S. I ate my very last packet of oatmeal this morning! [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2008, 1:05am EDT
  

• To Be Continued...

  So very sorry for my disappearance. The experiment is wrapping up, and I will write a final article for May 7th's newspaper. I hope you'll check it out to see what I've learned and how it went. But for those curious, I still have not gone "real" grocery shopping. Soon. Soon. [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2008, 3:13pm EDT
  

• Soon to be pastaless

  Two things to report today: [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 5:06pm EDT
  

• Couldn't do it

  I looked at the tuna noodle casserole as I was packing my dinner the other day and felt sick. I thought, "Well, I'll skip a day of it and eat something from the cabinet." But all I found were soups and it was nearing 80 degrees outside. There also was [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2008, 10:24am EDT
  

• Not gonna happen

  Five more days of this quasi tuna noodle casserole? It may be the end of me (or this experiment). [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2008, 10:06pm EDT
  

• Just me and the Popsicles here

  The freezer is finally empty! (With the exception of -- and, come on, can it really be counted? -- one more box of Popsicles that I am trying to dig through, gummy as they are.) [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2008, 1:52pm EDT
  

• Yum, ice-crystal-covered corn

  Over the past two days, I've taken the time to prep some healthy meals for work: salmon and sweet potato and, yesterday, salmon, corn and lima beans. Thus, I officially have cleared my freezer of salmon! And the frozen corn! And cleared my cabinet of the last can of lima beans! [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2008, 11:55am EDT
  

• Just browsing...

  On the way home from a trip to Roanoke this past weekend, my boyfriend and I stopped at Trader Joe's. He needed more of his favorite rice and a few o ... [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 8:23pm EDT
  

• Mmmmmm.....memories

  As I type, I am eating dinner at work. To prepare the dinner, I had to open up the freezer in the office kitchen. I haven't done this in months.. ... [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 9:26pm EDT
  

• Breakfast courtesy of The Pilot

  I was about to pull out another packet of instant oatmeal for breakfast this morning, when my eyes settled on the little yellow package covered in pl ... [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2008, 5:48pm EDT