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
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. I also know that if I left out the word cauliflower and called it Black Bean and Garden Vegetable Chili, itRead 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
Kitchen Tip: Make-Do Food Processor
We lived in Southern California during the Northridge Earthquake. We were very fortunate and only had one item break! The glass blender attachment for my food processor was our only loss. (Disaster Tip: Instead of earthquake proofing your house, toddler proof it! My in-laws who were even closer to the epicenter than we were sustainedRead More
Dinner Menu Plan -Week of August 3rd
Monday – Grilled Chicken, Rice with Garden Vegetables, and Italian Squash Salad Tuesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken to make Pasta Salad and TBD Wednesday – Use 1/2 pound of leftover chicken and leftover rice to make Chicken and Rice Soup, and Garden Salad Thursday– Black and White Turkey Chili*, GF Corn Bread,Read More
Thrift Store Challenge
I challenged my daughter and her friend to see how much they could buy with $20.00 at our local thrift store. My daughter is naturally frugal, so I knew she would do well, but I was still surprised with all that she was able to purchase. My daughter came home with 2 pairs of pants,Read More
Recipe Ideas for Summer Squash
Is your garden overflowing with squash? Did your neighbor play ding-dong-ditch and leave a bag of squash on your step? (Sorry! Please don’t egg me!) Or did you buy too much when your local store was selling it for .49 cents a pound? I was inspired by Amy’s wonderful list of zucchini recipes to createRead More
Squash Julienne
Have you noticed how simple my recipes are? This one is not an exception. The hardest part is cutting the squash into thin strips (mine are not perfect 1/4 inch thin strips). I have seen pictures of a kitchen tool that will julienne your vegetables for you, but I have never tried one and don’tRead More
Italian Squash Salad
This side dish is easy and does not involve any cooking. Ingredients: 1 yellow squash, cut into thin slivers with a peeler 1 zucchini, cut into thin slivers with a peeler 1 small onion, finely chopped Italian dressing. Use a peeler and cut across the cross section of the summer squash and zucchini to makeRead More
Using Vinegar On Mildewed Towels
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 haveRead More
My Husband Willingly Bought Me…
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?Read More
The Squash Has Left the Garden
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 linkRead More
Easy Homemade Fudge
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 makesRead More
GF/DF Peanut Butter Cookies & DF Butter Substitutes
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 vegetableRead More
Volunteering When You Have Young Children
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 withRead More
Semi-Wild Flowers
Last year we had quite a few flowers pop up that we had not planted in the three years that we had lived in our house. We called them our volunteer flowers. The flowers that showed up included lupines, a rose, a daisy, a snap dragon, and poppies. Of all of our volunteers the poppiesRead More
Road Food Waste
Most of my food waste for this week comes from not planning well for outings. I ended up buying food that we do not normally consume, so it went uneaten. Bring a sandwich because eating your friends is awkward We think of the the local shop that sells t-shirts with the above saying printed onRead More
Bee Proactive
Last week as I was perusing the blogosphere looking at gardens, several people commented on the lack of bees in their garden. Their plants were healthy and flowering, but they were not producing fruit. If you are having that problem you can google “how to hand pollinate________” (insert the name of the plant you wantRead More
Orange Chicken: From Crock Pot to Stir Fry
A conversation with a friend about reusing leftovers ended up being the genesis for this blog. I had thrown a party for twenty, but cooked enough for thirty. My friend was helping in the kitchen afterwards and lamented the amount of food that would go to waste. I told her that I would use itRead More
Frugal Mascara Tip
Disclaimer: If you have looked at my profile picture you know that I should not be giving beauty tips (but if you want to leave some comment love saying that I don’t look old enough to be the mother of a 3rd year college student, feel free! :-). I wear very little makeup, but sinceRead More
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