One of our favorite side dishes is Honey Glazed Carrots. They are quick and easy, and wonderfully delicious. Even my girls who don’t care for a lot of other vegetables, love these. I don’t really think of it as a fall dish, as we eat it year round. It is also a frugal side [...]
Last month I wrote about changing my budget. Things went pretty well, though I did have a couple of issues. The biggest budget eater was our buying soft drinks. When you have 7 people drinking a couple of sodas a day, it really adds up. When I was working on our [...]
Kitchen Tip Tuesday May 5, 2009
Tammy posted about ways to cook beans so that they have less gas. In south Louisiana, where I lived for 13 years, we cooked a LOT of beans. A tip I learned while living there was to add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to each pound of beans as you are cooking them. [...]
I have been assessing many areas of my homemaking life and trying to implement several different changes. One of them being getting on a stricter budget. In the past I would basically buy what I wanted not being extravagant, but not keeping to a strict budget. Now, I have a strict budget [...]
Yes, once again I’m posting my menu on Tuesday, but better late than never. Things are actually becoming a little more sane around here, and I am beginning to plan a little more. You would think that planning during all the illnesses would help, and it does to a degree, but, it’s difficult to plan [...]
Since I have been attempting to reduce our food expenses, I have been trying some new recipes. I found a recipe for Lentil Chili at Hillbilly Housewife, but I changed it a little to make it more to our liking. It was really good, and everyone enjoyed it. I served it over brown [...]
This is the first post on this new blog; until I transfer the archives over you can find them at the old address. We have been moving things around a lot with our blogs, trying to set them up more efficiently. When you have 5 bloggers in one family, things can tend to get a [...]
