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
Kitchen Tips for Cooking in the Summer
I keep forgetting to prep the corn on the cob, so that my husband can grill it when he is grilling the meat. I am determined to remember this Saturday, but in case I forget again this is how I cook it using a minimum amount of heat: Put the cleaned corn in a largeRead More
Super Easy Sauteed Summer Squash
My mother-in-law shared this fast and easy recipe with me. I have made it with different summer squash and it always delicious in its simplicity. I layer the squash on top of the onions and cook them together. Super Easy Sauteed Summer Squash Recipe Ingredients: 3 summer squash, thinly sliced 1 small onion, chopped 2Read More
Groceries and Menu Plan – Week of July 20th
We have been eating from the pantry, freezer, and garden for the last couple of weeks. I realized that I had meat in the freezer that was approaching the four month mark and pantry staples that were approaching the six month mark, so it was time to use those items or risk having to tossRead More
Garlic Pasta with Vegetables
Ingredients: 1 pound of pasta (GF $1.99) 2 cups of uncooked peas (free from garden) 1 cup of uncooked carrots (.25) 2 T butter (.13) 2-4 garlic cloves, minced (free from garden) 2 T flour (GF .14) 3/4 C vegetable broth (.25) 3/4 C milk (.10) 1 T parsley, finely chopped (free from garden) BringRead More
White Chicken Chili
My family loves this easy white chicken chili recipe. It is made with chicken, white beans, rice, and corn. I realize that a lot of people view chili, soups, and stews as winter foods, but as soon as temperatures dip below 80 degrees, I make a batch of chili and serve it with a largeRead More
Making Your Own Legal Stimulants
Last summer I added up the cost of my husband’s daily drive-through coffees. We were both shocked with the monthly total! I offered to make him coffee at home, since it would save both time and money and he reluctantly agreed to give it a try. Our coffee maker has a delay brew setting, soRead More
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