Since my mind has been going in many different directions again lately and is losing focus rapidly, I will attempt to refocus here and torture you all with it too. #1 Kids and injuries go together. Right? No? We have a 50% injury rate among kids right now with a pulled groin muscle and a broken arm. The other 50% knows they should not get injured right now. Mama may end up doing something crazy like order huge rolls of…
Last night, after a majority of my kids went to bed, I tried to watch the debates. I couldn’t watch much of it because I thought it was a joke. I do apologize if you thought differently and it’s okay if you do think differently. I just wanted a straight answer out of both candidates, not have the moderator think they were a reporter, and honestly have a debate. I thought one was doing better than the other, but the…
This year I have been learning to can tomatoes. Truthfully they intimidated me. All the work and the questions surrounding how to can tomatoes would be enough for me to avoid it! With my newish attitude to produce some of own food, not waste food, and preserve it has caused me to view tomatoes a bit differently. Because…. We eat a LOT of tomato-based products. Pasta sauce, anyone? Lately, I have had a lot of people ask me how I…
Does anyone else find it easier to clean someone else’s home instead of their own? I cleaned Rob’s last weekend as a thank you for changing car brakes on Shali’s car and because it was his birthday weekend. The thought of cleaning my own house in that manner just doesn’t do much for me, but it needs a major fall-cleaning. Maybe because I know my house will not stay that way after it is clean. Rob’s house will stay clean…
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned we are incorporating more legumes into our diets. This recipe is one that I have used for awhile with excellent results. The meal is also very quick and easy to put together and serve. The bonus for my family is that we eat it with tortillas. They will eat just about anything when tortillas are involved. The legume involved is the fast and easy kind – a small can of baked beans. I usually use…
Before life interrupted the Food Storage series I started writing, I had covered spices, condiments/sauces, and grains. Today I am going to cover legumes.Quite frankly, I am still working on this area with my family. I am still experimenting with incorporating more legumes in our diet. Legumes are peas, beans, peanuts, and lentils. These are all very cheap to purchase. Beans and lentils make an excellent alternative to meat in one’s diet when paired with a grain or something made…