In the interest of keeping it real here during my month of menu planning and budgeting, I figured I better log on and fess up. I had an unexpected outing today, so the dinner plans changed, and Andy went to pick up pizzas for him and the kids. That means […]
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Homemade Salad Dressing
There was a day last week, between the holidays, where I wasn’t prepared at all for an evening meal at home. I’m thinking it was Tuesday, because it was the first day in several that we were just home for the day. Andy and I were discussing dinner, and my […]
The Menu Plan
As I mentioned before, I really struggled with getting back into the menu plan groove this week. I have a few days every week that get a little tricky. We have one day that the kids eat at the dance school, so the evening meal must be portable. We’re not […]
Here We Go: The First Shopping Trip
I’m astoundingly pleased with myself today. 🙂 I spent a lot of time the last three days just trying to come up with a basic menu plan for the week. My brain just didn’t want to work, but since I had to grocery shopping today, this morning the pieces fell […]
A Grocery Challenge For The New Year
I’ve been thinking about doing this for years. Pretty much ever since I started blogging, I’ve wanted to really focus and do a month long grocery challenge. I’d been thinking about doing it again, and this time I was getting closer to actually doing it. I was going back and […]
A Celebration Cake
For Christmas this year I had the all-important task of bringing dessert along. It was a given that I was going to be bringing Coconut Creme Pie, but I needed something that was not coconut to bring too. I asked Zander what he would like, since he’s one of the […]
Whoopie!
Last week as I was assembling cookie recipes and ingredients for this week’s baking spree, Abigail came to me with a picture of a Whoopie Pie and asked if I could make something like it. Oh my, yes, yes I could! I recall making Whoopie Pies once before, and they […]
Luscious Lemon Bars
I had a surplus of lemons just hanging around from Thanksgiving, and in the back of my mind for the last few weeks was the idea to use them for lemon bars. But I was certain that the two lemons I had was not going to be enough for a […]
The Cookie List Grows
If you’d asked me a few weeks ago what Christmas cookies we were making this year, I would have laughed at you and said something like, probably none. When you have limited grocery funds, real food has to come first before cookie ingredients. But the grocery strings have been lightened […]
Gift Idea: Homemade Oatmeal
I swear that I’ve shared this before! In fact, I can hear the blog post in my head, yet a quick perusal through the archives, and I can’t find it. Which means that I can share it today, so that’s a good thing! One of the things that I’m always […]
Holiday Rush: Make A Batch Of Sloppies!
‘Tis the holiday season, and the hustle and bustle can be overwhelming for many. The drive-thru or the pizza takeout counter become frequented much more this time of year than any other. Why? Because we’re so busy, we forego real food for fast food, and our constitutions suffer because of […]
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Shortly after it started getting cold outside, Andy stopped by a roadside veggie stand. They had a plethora of pumpkins, pie pumpkins, squash and gourds, and since it had already frozen out once or twice, they were looking to get rid of them for a really reasonable price. Andy had […]