I'm pretty sure I promised to have these up ages ago, but for some reason or other, this post ended up on the backburner. Such is life! Since I wrote up these plans, most of my garden has been planted and things have changed just slightly, though they've stayed mostly the same so far. Here's…
As promised, here is a rundown on what I'm doing for this first week of working with what I've already got! Beth asked me what kind of things I have stockpiled in my freezer and pantry right now. Glad you asked! Here's a basic list of the inventory I created last week: Canned goods from…
I found out a way to get blackberry stains off my little girl’s off-white blouse and pumpkin baby food off my little guy’s white/green shirt… without any heavy chemicals, and with minimal effort and cheap ingredients? Do I have your attention yet? 🙂 Here are the ingredients: Liquid Dish Detergent, Glycerin, and water. The glycerin…
I've always thought I was a pretty decent, healthy, semi-granola-y mama, but I'm finding myself stumped lately. I have a 3 year old and can't seem to think beyond the old peanut butter and jelly for lunch. And for my 1 year old, I'm stumped for car snacks. Tomorrow we're leaving for Nana and Papa's…
I am really enjoying my two week menu planning! It feels so good to get it out of the way all at once, rather than to have to meal plan each week, and it takes much less time to just do an extra week while I'm already at it. For me, this is definitely the…
For those who may have been wondering where I was yesterday, I was celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving! This is the picture of my table centerpiece, which I unfortunately didn't think to take a picture of until after dinner, instead of when the table was first set and looking beautiful with cloth napkins, etc. I also…
(Jars of the most delicious wild blackberry jam I made last week!) As I am only in my second year of canning, I don't feel quite ready to start giving lots of advice and tutorials quite yet, but I've been fortunate to find so many great resources this year, so I thought I would pass…
Welcome to the second edition of the Nourishing Frugal Food Carnival (if you missed the first week of main dishes at The Nourishing Gourmet, catch it here)! This week I am honored to host the carnival, where we will focus on frugal yet nourishing salads, side dishes and desserts- yummy! If you have a blog…
As this series draws to a close, I thought it would be helpful to share a list of our favorite, healthy and easy-to-make snacks, and I’ve given you the opportunity to do the same below. If you have missed any of the posts in this series on Raising Healthy Eaters, here is the link to…
Last week, I mentioned that I use honey to replace regular white or brown sugar in all of my recipes. Since it’s difficult to find recipes for doing this, I thought I should elaborate on the why and how’s of doing this. The primary reason that I don’t use white or brown sugar (which, by…
This household loves smoothies!!!! My husband’s affectionate nickname for me (especially when he wants a smoothie, hmmmmm 🙂 ) is the “Smoothie Queen”. Last Christmas I was incredibly blessed (and spoiled!) with a Vita-Mix blender to help support our habit (our daily smoothie habit, that is). I’ll try to share some of my favorite recipes…