Trader Joe's: Pumpkin products & prices This is not a sponsored post, but it's no secret how much I adore Trader Joe's. Joe! You have my heart! Clearly, I spend too much time in the grocery store. Just when I think I could not love Trader Joe's more, fall arrives and with it so many great seasonal products, especially ones containing pumpkin. Word on the street is that pumpkin is the new bacon. Trader Joe's got the message. They offer everything from pumpkin baking mixes to cold cereal to frozen pies. Ravioli? Check. Bagels & cream cheese? Of course. Body lotion? Got you covered. I picked up several of the baking mixes for $2-3, as Keep Reading
What’s for dinner? This week’s menu plan (10/6)
I scrapped menu planning during the summer, and it worked great. Late nights, last minute plans, garden produce. Not having a plan just fits the way we live in the summertime. Once September arrived and school started, it's a different story. If I don't make a plan for dinner, I feel like I'm constantly scrambling at the last minute to pull something together. Meal times feel chaotic because they are often late. And then there's the whole grocery budget. When I don't regularly menu plan, I spend more on food because I am either running to the grocery store for a handful of ingredients or we are eating out more often. Menu planning just makes good Keep Reading
Frugal homemaking ideas for October
October arrives on Wednesday! I am looking forward to the rain and the slower pace of fall. Fall Produce My garden is starting to wind down. The tomatoes, cucumbers, and green beans are almost finished. My pepper and kale plants are still producing like crazy. In about two weeks, I'll plant garlic. For more information, check out this complete post, How to grow garlic. The kids have picked the pumpkins. We'll use the smaller ones to make Pumpkin Puree. I'll bring in the last of the butternut squash soon. This recipe for Butternut Squash Carbonara will move to the top of our menu plan. Apple season will peak in the next two weeks. Check Keep Reading
September: Produce in season for the Pacific Northwest
September: Produce in season for the Pacific NW September is such a crazy month. We have the hot temperatures and peak produce of summer + school starting and fall arriving. I have been canning and freezing as much as possible the past two weeks. I have finished 160 pounds of apples and 100 pounds of tomatoes. This week I'm going to tackle 50 pounds of peaches ripening on my table right now. For fruit, look for local melons, prunes, plums, late peaches, and early apples and pears. In the vegetable department kale, herbs, green beans, cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, onions, and peppers are still producing like crazy right Keep Reading
Panzanella Bread Salad recipe
Panzanella Bread Salad My parents came over for dinner last week and brought a big bowl of Panzanella with them. We sat down to dinner, I took one bite, grabbed my camera, carried everything outside, and took a few close ups. (My family didn't skip a beat and kept right on eating. I am sure my children will grow up thinking it is perfectly normal to document our dinner plates.) I loved the salad the first night when the bread still had a slight crunch to it. And as leftovers for a picnic lunch the next day when the flavors had all come together perfectly. And then later that night as we drove home from a football game at 10 o'clock, and I ate the Keep Reading
15 Refreshing Summer Drink recipes
Looking for ways to cool off this summer? Check out this big list of refreshing summer drink recipes from bloggers around the web! 15 Refreshing Summer Drink Recipes Electric Lemonade Recipe | The Frugal Girls Cucumber Beverage | Crafty Spices Raspberry Lemonade Smoothie | Melissa Kaylene Skinny Almond Joy Milkshakes | Sally's Baking Addiction Orange PushUp Smoothie | Averie Cooks Pomegranate Sunrise (Non Alcoholic) | Favorite Family Recipes Lemonade Spritzers with Berry Ice Cubes | Just Putzing Around The Kitchen Pink Watermelon Lemonade Slushies | Half Baked Harvest Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie | Melissa's Cuisine Strawberry Banana Keep Reading
Different types of sugars and sweeteners: A basic guide
Different type of sugars and sweeteners Last week, I shared our family's journey to cut back significantly on our refined sugar consumption. Journey sounds dumb, but it wasn't a fast change for us. Over the course of the last five months, we reduced our refined sugar consumption from multiple times a day to a few times a week. Ideally, I would love to cut out refined sugar entirely. I am convinced, both through personal research and experience, that it does nothing beneficial for our bodies. But man, it tastes so delicious. We'll see where the next five months takes us! For now, this is where we try to land: Eat sugar in moderation, saving it Keep Reading
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