Swiss Steak is one of my fall back recipes. It uses items that I usually have in the pantry, refrigerator, and/or freezer. And when I cook it in my pressure cooker, I don’t have to plan too far in advance. The recipe is fairly flexible; adapt the ingredients to use what you have on hand. The pressureRead More
Making Croutons and Wild Rice Stuffing
You can make croutons from any leftover bread including the heals of bread loaves and uneaten hamburger buns. How to Make Croutons: Brush both sides of the piece of bread with olive oil and dust with garlic powder, onion powder, and any other spices that sound good ( I added sage to the croutons pictured).Read More
Cornbread Casserole
One of my husband’s cousins makes a delicious cornbread casserole using packaged cornbread mix. My kids and I loved it and each year I vowed to come up with a similar cornbread casserole recipe from scratch. One Thanksgiving after tasting my cousin’s corn casserole, I came home and finally modified my cornbread recipe to create myRead More
We are Swimming in Tomatoes
We had our first freeze last weekend; we even had a bit of snow! It melted quickly here on the valley floor, but enough stuck in the mountains that some ski runs will open this weekend. Before the temperatures dropped, I was determined to harvest every thing I could from my garden. I picked everyRead More
Frugal Fun: Fall Art Projects
Have you read Lois Ehlert’s book, Leaf Man? It is filled with pictures created with leaves and served as the inspiration for Andrew’s masterpiece: The Turtle. We went on a walk around the property and collected leaves, twigs, and dried flowers. When we came inside, he used a glue stick to create a picture withRead More
Garlic Mashed Potatoes (Dairy Free)
This is my family’s favorite mashed potato recipe. Instead of butter and milk, I use olive oil and vegetable broth. It is is so flavorful that nobody will ever miss the butter and milk. I use a potato ricer to easily create super creamy mashed potatoes. I like to make my mashed potatoes a couple hours before dinnerRead More
Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Bundt Cake
I found a recipe for a pumpkin pie spice bundt cake using a box of spice cake mix in a from a homeschool friend. I didn’t have any spice cake mix on hand, so I modified the directions to make it work with the yellow cake mix I had in my pantry. The Pumpkin PieRead More
Sweet Potatoes Khmer
As those of you who regularly frequent my blog know, on Fridays I document our food waste. One of the most obvious ways that I know to avoid food waste is to cook food that your family actually likes. But sometimes there are those food items that you prepare at holidays because they are aRead More
When is Food Waste Not Waste?
When it provides hours of entertainment for my little apple thief! Caught in the act of stealing apples. I lost 5 cooking apples to an invented bowling game last week. This week, I lost 6 to Rew’s interpretation of marbles. Here are 8 apples that I was able to salvage, because they were just usedRead More
A Free Day at Disneyland Just for Volunteering
Disney’s new campaign “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program will provide certified volunteers with a one-day ticket to any park at Disneyland or Walt Disney World in 2010. The volunteer work must be certified through HandsOn Network, a clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities, which helps connect people with projects. You can read the entireRead More
Menu Plan – The "Preparing for the First Freeze" Edition
The high today was 95 degrees, but Wednesday night it is going to dip down to 25 degrees! I was too busy today making preparations for our first freeze to make Split Pea Soup, so I will make it on Thursday when it will be too cold to play outside. We will be continuing toRead More
Easy Sugar Cookies and Butter Cream Frosting
Decorating Sugar Cookies is a traditional holiday activity. Below are tips to make decorating cookies a little easier. Tips for Decorating Sugar Cookies How to Make Colored Sugar: Put plain white sugar in bowls and then add a couple drops of food color to make colored sugar. I also make colored coconut in this manner.Read More
Frugal Fun: Part 1
I put fun in the title, but I am going to start off by telling you about a disaster. We lived in Virginia Beach when it was hit by hurricane Isabel. We did not suffer any damage in the storm, but rain had blown in under the door and soaked the carpet and we wereRead More
Pumpkin Pancakes, Pumpkin Muffins, and Cinnamon Apple Syrup
It is time to start harvesting pumpkins, and we just happen to love pumpkin muffins and pumpkin pancakes. After I make pumpkin puree, I freeze it in 2 cup portions. When I thaw a bowl, I make pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin muffins since they each require 1 cup of pureed pumpkin. You can use canned 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, andRead More
Minimizing Food Waste When Things Go Wrong
Yesterday, I had the bright idea to multitask and make 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 on how to make 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 homemadeRead 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
Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
I have sacrificed the first pumpkin to the toddler in hopes that he will let the others live! I have so many plans for the others; pies, muffins, pancakes, fudge, and my favorite, cookies! Frosted Pumpkin Cookies 2 cups sugar2 cups shortening1 – 16 oz. can pumpkin (I will use home pureed pumpkin)2 eggs2 teaspoonsRead More
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