April of The 21st Century Housewife and I would like to welcome you to our weekend blog hop: Gallery of Favorites! This week we are featuring three posts on herbs: The Joy of Lavender, Herbs Around the House – Lavender, and The Easiest Way to Preserve Herbs. In The Joys of Lavender, NancyRead More
Gluten-free Chai Spiced Coffee Cake
This recipe caused a debate at our house. Our dilemma: Can you call a cake that contains tea, coffee cake? The one thing we all agreed on was that it was the best cake we have ever eaten for breakfast! This cake contains chai tea and the topping includes chai spices. It is a deliciousRead More
How to Save Money on Organic Popcorn
Are you looking for ways to include healthy snacks in your diet? Here is an easy way to save money on organic popcorn. Most people look for and buy popcorn on the snack food aisle. On the snack aisle, a 1 pound package of popcorn sells for over $3.00, a pound of organic popcorn starts at $5.00, andRead More
Gluten-Free S’more Brownies
We made s’mores last week. And as always happens we each had one or two and then I had lots of marshmallows and graham crackers leftover. Instead of letting the marshmallows and graham crackers get stale in the cupboard (have you noticed how the chocolate bars never go stale?) I decided to use them toRead More
Grilled Honey-Lime Chicken
When 96 degrees feels cool, you know you are experiencing a hot summer! It has been too hot to cook inside, so we have been grilling a lot of our dinners. When we have our act together (which doesn’t happen that often) we batch grill several pounds of meat at a time and then useRead More
Gluten-Free Cookies and Cream Bundt Cake
I love house guests that double as guinea pigs! My sister is a good sport, so I had no qualms about experimenting on her (multiple times) when she visited last week. One evening I decided to try an idea I had for making a gluten-free cookies and cream cake. The result can only be describedRead More
How to Eat Healthy While Traveling – Tips and Recipes
We travel quite a bit and sometimes for lengthy periods of time. Eating out 3 meals a day when you are out of town can be expensive, unhealthy, and quite difficult if you have food intolerances. I can avoid all of those problems by preparing some of our meals in our hotel room. This requiresRead More
Beat the Heat by Cooking on the Grill
Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken and Potatoes We’ve been having August temperatures since June. I have tried to sell my family on the advantages of eating a cold cereal for dinner without any luck, so I have turned to my trusty old grill to help me feed my family without turning my kitchen into a kiln.Read More
Gluten-Free Caramel Apple Snack Cake
We didn’t have a large apple crop this year, but we have enough to make a couple of batches of applesauce and enjoy tart apples in our desserts. Our pear harvest is quite small this year as some animal(s) ate most of them the day before we planned on picking them. I know that IRead More
Pizza Toast
Pizza toast is a quick and easy recipe that is a hit any time of day. While your kids will think they are getting a treat for breakfast, you can feel good because you have complete control over the ingredients. I use a whole grain bread, my homemade pizza sauce, and quality cheese. You can addRead More
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Raspberry Pancakes
Or Why We Ate Next Week’s Breakfast for Dinner Last Night: I have mentioned the $5 Dinner Mom Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook before. It is a great resource for helping you save money while preparing quick and easy breakfast’s and lunches from scratch. I also like it because it is a wonderful source of baseRead More
Gluten-Free Shrewsbury Cakes
My daughter was a tomboy growing up, so I was quite pleased when she discovered American Girl books and fell in love with Felicity…until I read the books and realized that the reason she liked Felicity so much was because she snuck out of the house at night, wore boy’s clothing, and “borrowed a horse”.Read More
Dairy-Free “Creamed” Spinach
My dad insists the person who was the inspiration for Popeye was a distant cousin of ours. Yep, my mom’s side is related to a Mayflower passenger and Revolutionary leaders and my dad’s side is related to Popeye. I haven’t researched my dad’s claim, but my husband believes him and frequently complains about how “freakishlyRead More
Homemade Strawberry Sorbet
Sorbet is delicious, low in sugar, naturally dairy-free, and so expensive at the store. Today I am sharing my easy, frugal homemade recipe for Strawberry Sorbet at $5 Dinners. Disclosure: I am a contributing writer at $5 Dinners.
Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms
Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms could be an expensive dish, but I am going to share how I kept it affordable. Often when I share tips for saving money on groceries, someone will mention that it is harder to find coupons on produce. And that is absolutely true. However, just because it is harder does not meanRead More
7 Easy Tactics for Saving Money on Groceries
You can seriously cut your grocery bill with these easy tactics for saving money on groceries. In recent years, consumers have been paying more for just about everything. With the increases in the costs of food, shoppers have noticed that feeding their families is consuming a substantial part of their monthly budget. Fortunately, there areRead More
The Impromptu Cook Strikes Again
Today I am sharing my recipe for Cilantro-Lime Chicken Casserole at $5 Dinners. I set out to make a different casserole, but I was missing some ingredients and then my spontaneous side took over and the only thing that was the same from the original recipe was that they both contained chicken. I wish IRead More
Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce
I am planning on making a few recipes that use caramel sauce. I want my oldest son to be able to enjoy them too, so I decided to modify my homemade caramel sauce recipe to make it dairy-free. We have been enjoying sweets made with Organic Coconut Sugar, so I decided to use it inRead More
Sharing my Love of Gardening with my Children
Whether you are growing flowers or a vegetable garden there are ways that you can involve even young children in the garden. Teaching them how to do a task takes time, but it is worth taking the time to do it while they still enjoy imitating you and are enthusiastic about playing in the dirt!Read More
Gallery of Favorites – Frozen Desserts!
April of The 21st Century Housewife and I would like to welcome you to our weekend blog hop: Gallery of Favorites! This week we are featuring two delicious frozen treats: Rhubarb Custard Ice-Cream from Aunt B on a Budget and Avocado Fudgesicles from Fox in the Kitchen. Beth shares some excellent reasons for making ice-creamRead More
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