My Thanksgiving menu doesn’t change much from year to year. It is made up of tried and true family favorites. I have included tips for how I organize my meal prep, so that I do not have to prepare all of the dishes on Thanksgiving day. While I am preparing dinner, I set out a veggie tray, nuts, andRead More
Wild Rice Stuffing and How to Make Croutons
Like many other people, I will be sharing Thanksgiving with people with varying dietary needs. Sitting at my Thanksgiving table will be 3 people who are gluten intolerant, 1 vegetarian, 1 person who is lactose intolerant, and 2 people with high cholesterol. Since I create a Thanksgiving buffet, I can easily make several dishes thatRead More
Freezing Berries
Even though my berry plants are only 2 years old, they have produced quite a bit of fruit! We have had several freezes and 2 light dustings of snow, but despite the bad weather my raspberries and strawberries are continuing to produce fruit! They have slowed down considerably, but the fruit still trickles in. MyRead More
Mashed Potato Tips
Today I shared my recipe for Pierogi Casserole at $5 Dinners, which is a delicious way to use leftover mashed potatoes. Since I have potatoes on my mind, I thought I would share a few more mashed potato tips. The easiest way I have discovered to make perfectly smooth, lump-free mashed potatoes is to use aRead More
Honey-Lime Pork Chops
I have been in a meat and potatoes mood lately. The weather change has made me crave stick-to-your-ribs comfort food…or perhaps it is the all of the extra manual labor that is causing my cravings. We spent the weekend winterizing the property for our first snow. We set up heated water buckets for the horses,Read More
Menu Plan – Week of November 8th
We barely made a dent in our freezer last week, so we are continuing with another pantry week. The first time my family saw me making Addictive Sweet Potato Burritos by Laura at I’m Losing It Here, they expressed doubt about the combination of ingredients (In their defense, even I thought cumin, soy sauce, andRead More
Attic Find Featured on Thrifty Threads
Earlier this year, I shared how we went shopping in the attic for my youngest son’s birthday. I also went shopping in the attic when I wanted to redecorate. I found some pictures that had been damaged in a move and then forgotten in the attic. I brought them down, repaired them and they areRead More
Mixed Berry Jam Sweetened with Honey
My strawberries and raspberries are continuing to produce fruit, despite two nights of 27 degree temperatures. I combined strawberries and raspberries with some homegrown blackberries that I froze this summer to make my boys some jam. When you make jam with honey you can use up to 1 cup of honey instead of sugar asRead More
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Butterscotch Pan Cookies
This is a favorite of my children and their friends. I like that I can make them gluten-free and it isn’t obvious to the glutenavores. For that reason it is a party staple at our house. Usually, I send home leftover desserts with our friends, but my husband always discourages me from sharing this one.Read More
Vegetable-Cheese Quesadillas: Real Food, Real Fast!
Even on busy nights, I like for our family to sit down together for dinner. We always have fun together sharing stories from our day, laughing, and relaxing. It is my favorite part of the day and I don’t like to skip it, if it can be helped. Sometimes, I make dinner on busy nightsRead More
Menu Plan – Pantry Party Edition
My pantry, freezer, and refrigerator are stocked and my garden is still producing, so this seems like an appropriate time to join Amanda at Coping with Frugality in her Pantry Challenge. I only plan to eat from the pantry for 2 –3 weeks, but it should allow me room in the budget for some delightfulRead More
Pumpkin Pie Spiced Sweet Potatoes Fries
I think sweet potato fries are one of those great compromise foods. My kids get to eat “fries” and I get to watch my children enjoy a vitamin rich vegetable! My kids love sweet potato fries. They will eat them just about any way that I cook them: plain, garlicky, spicy or coated with pumpkinRead More
Gluten-Free Chai Latte Cupcakes
I feel incredibly guilty sharing this recipe, not because you are going to become addicted to these cupcakes, which you are, but because they are so easy! Last month I won a Pamela’s Bakery prize package from Saxifrage at Sweet Sensitivity. I promised to share how I used the items and I didn’t make anRead More
Pumpkin Pie Fudge
Several years ago, we stopped in a fudge shop when visiting Monterey. Now why we stop in fudge shops I don’t know because my husband and kids pick their favorite flavor, and then complain while eating it that it doesn’t taste like my fudge or my peanut butter fudge. I never buy fudge; I alwaysRead More
Pasta with Vegetables and Alfredo Sauce
Homemade Alfredo Sauce is so much tastier and so much less expensive than sauce from a jar. It is easy to make and can be made in the time that it takes to cook the pasta. My husband and kids do not like parmesan cheese, so when I make Alfredo Sauce I only use mozzarellaRead More
Menu Plan – Week of October 25th
My garden is slowing down. Tonight we will have our first freeze which will kill off all of the tomatoes, peppers, and squash in the raised beds. I have already moved some of the plants to my container garden, so we can enjoy some home grown veggies all winter, but they will become aRead More
Minimizing Food Waste by Freezing and Frugal Glass Storage
My tomatoes are straggling in from the garden. I wanted to make salsa, but I didn’t have enough ripe tomatoes. So I left some sitting on the counter, along with the peppers, waiting for more tomatoes to ripen. Unfortunately, a couple tomatoes and one pepper went bad before I had enough tomatoes to make salsa.Read More
Lentil and Cauliflower Chili
I know it is weird, but I love cauliflower in my chili. I like how it stays a bit crisp even once cooked, providing a nice crunch to the chili. I also like how it takes on the seasonings of the chili. My first version was Black Bean and Cauliflower Chili and it is stillRead More
How to Make Pear Sauce in a Pressure Cooker
I enjoy “putting up” fruit at the end of the season almost as much as I enjoy growing it. This year we had lots of berries, but our fruit trees did not do well. We only had a few apples and our pear crop was not much larger. The pears were average size, but thereRead More
Keeping Color in Your Garden
You don’t have to put your whole garden to bed for the winter. There are some plants that will continue to flower late into the fall – some all winter long! Snapdragons will survive light frosts and even a light snow (as will the mums): Violas flower all winter long: Pansies are another flower thatRead More
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