Loaded Potato Salad with Bacon I swear, camping trips with friends is the only way to go. You split meal making and fire starting and kid wrangling. Someone remembers all the things you forgot. Someone else is ready with a pot of coffee when you haven't slept. Kids keep each other busy, and adults keep each other laughing. Conclusion: camping solo is for the birds. We eat meals in a wandering sort of way. Breakfast at one site, dinner at another. Snacks tossed out whenever kids are hungry (which is always). One of my favorite little memories of a recent trip is sitting around eating this potato salad with the adults while our kids rode bikes in Keep Reading
Sour cream & onion baked eggs (recipe)
Sour Cream & Onion Baked Eggs (recipe) The first time I ate these baked eggs, I was with family up in Washington. I sat at the kitchen counter drinking coffee and watching my uncle as he cracked eggs into a pan and sprinkled them with salt and pepper, sour cream, shredded cheese, and green onions. That's it. Nothing fussy. Nothing fancy. He slid the pan into the oven and 20 minutes later we were all dying over something so simple but so crazy delicious. It was like a magic trick. We watched him do every step, but the ending was still a happy surprise. I now serve them to pretty much every single overnight guest in our home. They might have to Keep Reading
How to Flash Freeze Berries
How to Flash Freeze Berries One of the best ways to preserve the bounty of summer fruit is by flash freezing. This technique freezes the berries individually instead of bricks of rock hard fruit that are hard to identify, much less use, come January. Having sweet, frozen berries to use throughout the year in smoothies, milkshakes, pies, muffins, or coffee cake will make you feel so smart and prepared. Give your frugal self a pat on the back. Thankfully, flash freezing fruit is an incredibly simple process. First of all, wash, sort, and hull (remove the stems) the berries. Next, dry the berries. You want to get as much water off of Keep Reading
Watermelon Feta Mint Salad
Watermelon Feta Mint Salad Summertime is so close I can almost taste it. A few more weeks and we'll have kids in the sprinkler, burgers on the grill, tomatoes in the garden. And watermelons rolling in as fast as we can eat them. I don't mean to brag, but one of my life skills is picking out the perfect watermelon. I've only had a handful of bum ones in the last decade. I know everybody has their own routine in the produce department, sniffing-shaking-patting, but I personally stick to the heft and the thump. You want a melon that feels heavy and sounds hollow when you knock your knuckles on it. I learned it from my dad who learned it from his Keep Reading
Caprese Skillet Eggs (one-pan, gluten-free recipe)
Caprese Skillet Eggs (gluten-free recipe) Most of my summer afternoons are spent around our half-deflated kiddie pool. Four little bodies splash and shriek, while I watch behind my sunglasses and hold a magazine (I never actually read it, I just look at the same sentence over and over). Their life is pretty much the kid version of an all-inclusive resort. I am the nurse-lifeguard-chef-concierge. I'm not sure why 5 o'clock surprises me every single day, but it does. We're out by the pool, doing our thing, and suddenly all these little people think they are starving. I am out of snacks. It's time for dinner. Fast. This dish is one of those summer Keep Reading
How to Can Sweet Cherries {A Step-By-Step Guide}
After a few fun-filled days around the Fourth of July spent in Lyle, Washington last year, my little family headed over to Maryhill, Washington, land of vineyards, orchards, hot weather, and wind turbines. We had one thing on our minds: sweet cherries. My sisters had stopped by the Maryhill Fruit Stand earlier in the week. They kept talking about how they bought a bag of cherries and ate it before they even made it back to the car, the fruit was so sweet. U-pick was just $1 a pound (apricots, too). My husband and I had talked about picking cherries for years; we needed to track this place down. Pulling up to the fruit stand, the sign Keep Reading
45 Savory Snack and Appetizer Recipes
Have you ever been invited to a party or backyard barbecue and just been stumped at what to bring? (side note: remember parties and backyard barbecues? Those were fun.) Or maybe it's summer and the kids are asking for yet ANOTHER snack. Goldfish crackers are fine, but sometimes we all just need something a little more filling. Bookmark or pin this post so you can just quickly reference and find a great recipe without having to think too terribly hard. Dips and Spreads: Buttermilk Ranch Dressing | Frugal Living NW Cilantro Coconut Chutney (gluten-free recipe) | Frugal Living NW French Onion Dip with Carmelized Onions | Frugal Living Keep Reading
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