This post is basically a commentary on Simple Dollar’s post The Challenge – and the Advantage – of Going Minimal I’m only using snippets here.. but the whole article is worth your time to read and I am going to assume (oh yes I am) you have read it before you read the rest of [...]
Life without a working kitchen has actually been pretty fun. With no pressure to create big meals, we are eating a lot of raw fruits and vegetables and grilled meats. I am VERY thankful it’s summer. Beverages has proved to be one of our challenges. Not that it’s hard.. but just seems to be messy. [...]
I may have overscheduled my almost 3 weeks off between semesters with about 3 months worth of projects. Instead of beating myself up about it – I am choosing to acknowledge the fact that I needed some downtime. The last few months have been mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausting and I needed to just hibernate [...]
I bought the 30 day gourment software about a million years ago and I’m just now getting around to using it. I love the concept of bulk cooking, but my family is really great about eating leftovers so we usually eat the same thing 2 meals in a row. That means that I’m cooking in [...]
Are you feeling like you’re in a no-win situation? Either blow your budget or feed your family food that you know is less than optimal? Kitchen Stewardship has an answer that is so simple.. it will leaving you slapping your forehead and saying “why didn’t I think of that?” Unless of course, you DID think [...]
I got this in my Martha Stewart emails today and I can’t wait to try it! Perfect for quick cheap and healthy meals and snacks. LINK
This lady reminds me of my nana. I can’t wait to have time to sit and watch some of these! thanks to HappyHousewife for the link on twitter. Right now I can hear my Nana saying “you know if you’d just get started on that laundry it would get done faster” wise, wise woman
update… As yummy as that recipe looks, I just didn’t have time for the deep frying last night. I went with the Country Living Baked Sweet Potato Fries instead. They were a HUGE hit, quick and easy to make, and definitely going into my recipe rotation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m gonna try cooking up some sweet potato [...]
THIS blog post by sewhooked seems to be hinting that Nutella is very much like the filling of Ferrero Rocher. Could this be true? This could be a very very bad thing for my slimming down-ness. oh.. and how scrumptious do those Faux Rocher’s look? I’m in trouble here.
Call it laziness, call it frugalness but I wasn’t up to going out and fighting the crowds for a Valentine’s Day supper. I’ve pawned all my kids off on family members, and I didn’t want to waste a night alone with my sweetheart at a restarant. BUT I wanted a good steak and some crab [...]
