This pumpkin pancake recipe creates a large batch of fluffy and delicious pancakes! It is time to start harvesting pumpkins, and we just happen to love all things pumpkin! After I make homemade pumpkin puree, I freeze it in 2 cup portions. When I thaw a bowl of puree, I make a batch of pumpkinRead More
Menu Plan – The Eat From the Pantry Edition
Last week was unusually expensive, so I have declared it a “eat from the pantry week” to save money on groceries. I have chicken in the freezer and lots of fresh fruit and veggies in the garden, so the only thing I will need to buy is milk. Monday – Teriyaki Chicken, Basmati Rice,Read More
Minimizing Food Waste When Things Go Wrong
Yesterday, I had the bright idea to multitask by making spaghetti sauce with some garden vegetables that needed to be used up while I was cooking something else for dinner. In between dinner tasks, I would chop vegetables and throw them in the pot. I let it simmer through dinner, and after the dishes wereRead More
How to Make Applesauce in a Pressure Cooker
Use these directions for making applesauce in a pressure cooker, to make a large batch of applesauce without added sugar. We have 2 apple trees so I have a lot of apples to process each fall and not a lot of time to do it. To speed up the process of making homemade applesauce, IRead More
Redefining Convenience Food
Every time I bit into a piece of fruit this summer, I was amazed at how sweet and delicious it was. At first I thought it was because I had become better at picking out fruit, but if you have read my food waste posts, you know this is not the case. What was differentRead More
Garden Update
We are having an unusually warm fall. It has been so warm that I have not yet brought out the boxes of winter clothes, the fall decorations, or started winterizing the horse pens. I think everyone in our house is getting anxious for the temperatures to dip, but there is one benefit to the warmRead More
Something From Nothing
I did not have any food waste this week! I wish I could say this was due to meticulous planning, but I have to admit that it is actually quite the reverse. Since I have been canning , I haven’t felt like cooking dinner. This week I have only cooked three dinners: white chili, vegetableRead More
Reusing Tea Bags
Yesterday, when I wrote about making my husband’s lunches, I mentioned that I made him tea. Not only is tea healthier than soda, it is a lot less expensive. I stretch our grocery dollars a little further by reusing the tea bags. I reuse each tea bag three times. I just steep it a coupleRead More
Brown Bagging It
I Really Pack My Husband’s Lunch Although it is old-0fashioned, my husband takes a sack lunch and a thermos of tea or coffee with him to work with each morning. Why do I pack his lunch? Mostly because I love him and want him to subsist on something other than Diet Coke and Doritos, whichRead More
My Victory Garden
This year’s garden was one of victories. I triumphed over surprise snow storms, extreme heat, and no precipitation. I lost some battles, but finally won the war against the rabbits. And as far as the weeds go, I made a rock path and called it peace: I shared the story of my ravaged rhubarb andRead More
Scalloped Potatoes Recipe with Ham and Peas
My favorite scalloped potatoes recipe was inspired by holiday leftovers. My mom usually made ham, scalloped potatoes, and peas for Easter dinner. The day after Easter I would take a little of each of the leftover dishes and stir them together and make my improved scalloped potatoes. With its origins in my early childhood, thisRead More
Extending Your Tomato Growing Season
I have left a tip for extending the growing season of tomato plants in the comment section on a couple of blogs that I follow. I realized that unless you follow the same blogs (which I highly recommend) and read all of the comments (even those left by incoherent, sleep deprived mamas at 2:00 a.m.),Read More
Menu Plan – Week of August 24th
I usually try to make a meal and then roll the leftovers into another meal or two. This week my menu is a little different because I have a surplus of vegetables from my garden. I will be preparing meals that either call for fresh vegetables or can be adapted to include them. Monday- ARead More
Berries Supreme
Berries Supreme is a delicious, easy dessert topping using fresh berries. I needed to make a dessert this weekend, but I was working under time constraints and had limited energy. Just thinking of cooking made me tired! While trying to decide what to make, I discovered angel food cakes on sale at the local market.Read More
Garden Fresh Spaghetti Sauce
Here’s how you make spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes! Most of the ingredients for this spaghetti sauce come from my garden, but you can use fresh produce, whether it came from your backyard, the farmers’ market, or the grocery store. I have been very busy in the garden lately. This is one day’s worth ofRead More
Salvaging Tortillas
My family enjoys corn tortillas. I like them because they are gluten free and have a longer shelf life than flour tortillas, my husband likes them because they have half the calories of flour tortillas, and my kids like them because “they are flavorful”. Oh, and they are also inexpensive. I can buy a bagRead More
Menu Plan – Week of August 10th
The lettuces in my garden are going to seed, so we will be eating a lot of salads this week. I am also continuing with my plan to create menus using what I have readily available, so I am somewhat constrained in what I am able to plan. Once I can see the backRead More
Garden Update
Last week I told you how I protect my baby sunflowers from the rabbits, and this week I am thrilled to be able to show you the first sunflower to bloom. It takes a while for the seeds to develop and give the center the black appearance that we associate with sunflowers. The seeds areRead More
Black Bean and Cauliflower Chili
Here’s an easy slow-cooker recipe for preparing a turkey-based Black Bean and Cauliflower Chili that is good for using up leftovers. I know some of you are just driving by real slow to check out the accident. I realize this recipe sounds weird. Let me reassure you that it does taste better than it sounds.Read More
Memorization Tips for Kids
Here are a few ways that I help my kids when they have to memorize something. Whenever my children have something they have to memorize, whether it is a Bible verse, physics formula, or Latin conjugations they write the information on a piece of paper and place it in an old plastic bag. Then theyRead More
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