It is summer and in our house that means mildew. Somebody forgets a wet towel in a hot car or bunches it up in a pile in the laundry room or leaves it wadded up in the beach bag, etc… the possibilities for creating mildewed towels are limitless for my creative family. But I have [...]
My Husband Willingly Bought Me…
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Painting tape! Some girls ask for pearls, I ask for painting tape. I asked my husband to buy me 2 inch blue paint tape the last time he went to Home Depot. I was waiting for the usual questions: What was I painting this time? Was it going to be a crazy color like taupe? [...]
Food Waste Friday
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I had another bad food waste week. We had company, so the food that I cooked before they arrived was pushed to the back of the refrigerator and not found until we ate our way through the food in front. I did think about freezing the pulled pork and spaghetti, but convinced myself that the [...]
The Squash Has Left the Garden
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The squash has left the safety of the raised garden beds. The rabbits have not touched it, but since I am overwhelmed with summer squash right now, I guess I wouldn’t mind sharing. I am putting together a list of recipes that use squash. If you have one that you like, please leave a link [...]
Easy Homemade Fudge
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One of my earliest memories is of my Dad making this fudge at the holidays. My Dad handed over the recipe and the responsibility for making fudge to me when I was in my teens. It is quite easy to make. Like my peanut butter fudge recipe, the marshmallow cream simplifies the process and makes [...]
Almost Free From the Garden: Salad
On our weekly menu plan I have garden salad listed several time a week. It probably sounds a little monotonous, but the salad is different every single time I make it. When I make a garden salad, I go out to the garden with a colander and pinch, pull, and cut until the colander is [...]
Nutty Broccoli Salad
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A couple of weeks ago I saw a recipe for broccoli salad on a blog that looked very good, so I printed it out…and lost it. I can not remember what blog I saw the recipe on (I’m so sorry), but I left a comment; please let me know if it was you! Last week [...]
$1.50 off Kraft Dressing Coupon
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I don’t usually talk about coupons on my blog, (though I do use them) but this one was too good not to pass on! To get your coupon for $1.50 off a bottle of Kraft dressing, which can only be used at Publix grocery stores, click here or here. You can print two coupons per [...]
GF/DF Peanut Butter Cookies & DF Butter Substitutes
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To make this recipe dairy free substitute vegetable shortening for the butter. Here is a conversion chart: 1/4 cup butter = 1/4 cup vegetable shortening + 1 1/2 t water1/3 cup butter = 1/3 cup vegetable shortening + 2 t water1/2 cup butter = 1/2 cup vegetable shortening + 3 t water2/3 cup butter = 2/3 cup vegetable [...]
Volunteering When You Have Young Children
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No matter how much you want to volunteer, it is difficult when you have young children. I thought I would share some ways that my friends and I have volunteered when our children were/are young. These are things that you can do for your favorite charities and service organizations either from your home or with [...]
