Q: I've recently found out I cannot eat grains (any!) or eggs. I'm running out of breakfast ideas (only so many smoothies I want to slurp down per week). Help?

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Q: Does the expiration date of food "reset" after it is frozen? For example, I bake a large ham on Sunday and freeze the bone on Friday. When it is thawed and used in soup or stew, is the ham still considered to be 5 days old and should the soup/stew be eaten very quickly? More

Q: I'm having trouble with tiny flies in my kitchen! They are about 1/16" wide, have two tiny fly-type wings, and are slow-moving. I find them mostly around my front door, my kitchen window, counter tops and walls, but they don't seem to be interested in food. Any idea how to get rid of them?

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Q: I'm a single mom with a toddler. My usual cooking strategy is to make a few big casserole-type meals and eat leftovers throughout the week, but recently my son decided he doesn't like interesting food, so I'm either stuck with a boring meal or too many leftovers to finish. More

Q: I recently started baking — nothing fancy, just cakes and muffins — and was really starting to get into it when my husband was diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Most cake and pastry recipes I've come across require butter. Is there a non-dairy alternative I can use? Please help! More

Q: Vegetables like beets and peppers are super-nutricious, so why do the canned versions have such depressing nutrition labels? A jar of commercial beets in my pantry has 0% vitamin A, 0% vitamin C, 0% calcium, 0% iron! How can this be? Does canning kill the nutrients?

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Q: I am looking to make blueberry jam to give as a wedding favor when I get married next June. I want to can in small 2-ounce jars, but I am having trouble finding information on how to process them and how long the jam's shelf life will be in these mini jars. Any help would be greatly appreciated! More

Q: My brother-in-law, who is not yet 30, was recently diagnosed with diabetes. My sister doesn't want to cook separately for her husband and her three kids, and she asked me for help finding recipes. What are some low-carb, diabetic-friendly dinner recipes that the whole family will love?

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Q: I've recently found out I cannot eat grains (any!) nor eggs. I'm running out of breakfast ideas (only so many smoothies I want to slurp down per week). Help?

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Q: Any good advice for getting rid of roaches? I've only seen them a few times, but they're big and I don't want to see more! I've put down roach traps and I try to keep my kitchen clean, but it's an old apartment full of holes and dark corners. Any and all thoughts are appreciated!

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