Mushroom, Cheese, and Toast Frittata One of my goals for last year was to tighten up spending on the grocery/household line in our budget. Thanks to some good ol' fashioned discipline (and avoiding Target like the plague), I have shaved off over $300/month. Here are some of my favorite ways to save money on food: Cook your own beans. Eat more simple rice-and-beans dinners. Roast whole chickens (or buy at Costco). Use the bones to make & freeze chicken stock. Bake your own bread. I haven't bought store bread in months. Big savings! Eat more meat-free meals. Stop wasting food. Best way: keep your fridge cleaned out. Fried rice, Keep Reading
Cleaning and Organizing Tip: Just do one thing
Guest Post by Sarah Parsons Like all of you, I am busy. I have a six month old son. I work full-time in Corporate America. My husband is a freelancer, which means he works a lot, or a little, and here, there, and everywhere. We try to have a social life. We also have a home, eat food, and wear clothes. Am I the only one who is still surprised that dinner comes every single day? One of the many pieces of advice I was given as a new mom was to not worry about keeping the house perfectly clean. Those comments only intensified post-maternity leave. Trust me, I let perfect go a long time ago (not easy for this Type A personality!). At the same Keep Reading
Gluten & Dairy Free Peanut Butter Cups (recipe)
Peanut Butter Cups (Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free) Looking for a yummy dessert to make for those with food allergies or dietary restrictions? How about Peanut Butter Cups? This recipe can be vegan, dairy-free, and/or gluten-free -- it's flexible enough to be experimented with and still comes out delicious. Gluten & Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Cups Adapted from Oh She Glows; Makes 12 cups Ingredients 3/4 cup almond flour/meal (grind almonds in a food processor or high-powered blender if you can't find flour or meal in the store) 3 T coconut flour or oat flour (if using oat flour increase to 1/4 cup) 2 T peanut, almond, or sun butter 2 T Keep Reading
How to Save Money on Produce (part 2)
How to Save Money on Produce In a previous post, I talked about the first six ways to save money on buying produce. This post is part of a series on How to Save Money on Real Food where we cover how to save money on meat, produce, grains, and dairy. Here are a few more ideas on how to cut your produce bill. Shop farmer's markets and roadside stands for organic quality produce. If you're looking to incorporate more organic produce into your family's menu, shopping farmer's markets is one of the best ways to keep the cost down. Many small farmers don't want to spend the money to get their farms certified as organic, but they employ organic Keep Reading
Frugal fermented foods for your family
More and more mason jars are lining my countertops. Between the sprouting beans, the bubbling sourdough, and fermenting kefir, it’s starting to look like a little like a laboratory. But it’s worth it—frugal fermented food for my family! Cultured and fermented foods are becoming wildly popular. Kombucha is no longer just for hippies, and I’ve noticed Nourishing Traditions mentioned around the internet a lot. (Nourishing Traditions is a weird cookbook full of culturing and fermenting and sprouting … and recipes for beef-liver smoothies, but I’m not advocating those.) In short, I’ve learned this: Probiotics are powerhouses for building health, Keep Reading
How to Clean and Season your Cast Iron
How to clean and season cast iron I love my cast iron cookware. I am hoping to eventually replace all my pots and pans with cast iron options. My kitchen shelves might sag under the weight, but that is a small price to pay for true love. I just read in The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook: A Treasury of Timeless, Delicious Recipes (Amazon) that George Washington's mother treasured her cast iron pots so much, they earned a place in her will. A woman after my own heart. Anytime a good cast iron deal pops up, I can barely stand it. You know I have a serious weakness for Dutch ovens. There was this beautiful green enamel-coated Dutch oven that was calling Keep Reading
Graham Cracker Bread (recipe)
Graham Cracker Bread Thanks to these gray, rainy days I have been on a major baking kick. Granola bars, cookies, brownies, breads. If the sun doesn't come back soon, I am going to have to switch to elastic waistbands on all my pants. This week I was watching my kids roll out Play-Doh creations at the dining room table. It reminded me of one of my all-time favorite bread recipes, Graham Cracker Bread. The recipe involves splitting the dough into 3 equal portions, rolling each into a 12" rope, and braiding them together before tucking them into the pan to bake. The bread dough is really easy to handle and shape. Just dust off your Play-Doh skills, Keep Reading
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