Let me help you save some money and make you think you are a frugal genius! I used to be one of those that bought dried chopped onions in the grocery stores paying anywhere from $.99 to $3.99 for a container of that stuff. Then I got my mom’s old dehydrator. I played around with the dehydrator and put it away not realizing its invaluable contribution to our household. Silly, silly me. One day I ran out of dried chopped…
I want to tell you all about a great cookbook that is available for sale today and thereafter. I won’t hesitate to say that I love her recipes on her blog and love her wisdom in canning, cooking, and other things in life. The fact that she put her recipes in a cookbook – in one spiral bound cookbook – is just wonderful! Please check out her cookbook and buy one too! I have this down on my Christmas wishlist…
What you see below was my total crop of potatoes from the garden this year. I planted three rows of 15 plants each and this was it. I might have to set a better watering system next year. Dang heat. I knew I wanted to can potatoes again this year. I love the convenience of opening up a jar, draining it, and dumping the potatoes into a frying pan. Almost instant fried potatoes! You don’t need garden potatoes to do…
Today is my 36th birthday! Yeah! For those who are saying, “why advertise your age?”, you will find out soon enough. In honor of my 36th birthday, I will attempt an list of 36 things about me and observations I would like to make. 1. I am not ashamed of my age or fear growing a year older. I have always looked forward to aging because my life has gotten better every year older I have become! 2. I have…
In setting up your food storage, a tough area to address is meat. When I started this series, I stopped because I wasn’t certain how to address this myself along with the fact that I had changed my mind a few times about how I was going to address this area.The best way to address the issue of meat in your food storage is to understand that you will need a few different plans. You have heard of others saying…
What can I say? I am dumbfounded. This election was going to be close. I knew that. I wasn’t going to say anything afterwards because I knew no matter who the winner was going to be, we as a country were going to have problems. Heck, we already have problems. Many, many problems. However, I am in shock but not speechless. I don’t believe the right man won. I struggle greatly with an America who is cheering for a man…