Frugal kitchen tips – why? For my family, groceries represent the biggest line item on the budget. We spend more on food than housing. Therefore, working to spend less on food is one of the fastest, most effective ways for us to save money. Maybe the same is true for your family. Welcome to my […]
Back to school menu for a month
One of the things on my back-to-homeschool to-do list was “create a month-long back to school menu”. Things like this make the start of the school year, with its transition and busy schedule, much easier. Since I had been procrastinating on this, I sat down with 10-year-old Sadie and a few cookbooks to help […]
How to use that last bit of peanut butter and jelly
This is some serious tightwaddy, folks. Yesterday I threw away a peanut butter jar with likely a teaspoon or two left clinging to the inside of the jar. I wish I had seen this post first! How to use up the last bit of peanut butter in the jar I LOVE the Asian peanut dressing […]
Figuring out which meals really cost less
I appreciated this post by Penniless Parenting: Figuring out which meals really are cheapest for our family “Most people have all these misconceptions about what kinds of meals are cheapest and what kind are not, and I’ve discovered sometimes that what people thought was cheap wasn’t actually that cheap, and what people thought was expensive […]
What we ate last week
Instead of posting meal plans with good intentions, I promised to post what we actually ate last week. Here goes. Sunday we ate at the Flip Burger Boutique, where I ate the leftover bits of burger from my little girls’ plates, and a Cobb salad (greens, bacon, Bleu cheese, tomatoes, hardboiled eggs). Both were amazing. […]
Why I (still) love ALDI
Recently I saw a discussion about ALDI on a social network. The chain seems to elicit two opinions: love and hate. Seriously, I do not understand the haters. ALDI has by far the best prices in this market (metro Atlanta), and their product lineup gets better and better. Last year, the big news for ALDI […]
What we ate last week
When I write, I want to move people. (Speaking of which, I wrote an essay for DesignMom’s blog about my high-risk pregnancy and subsequent premature delivery of my 27-weeker, if you’re interested, read it here.) At the very least, I hope to help people. So sometimes I feel silly writing about something as banal as […]
Hug a fat
Did you know it’s Hug a Fat month? Yes, that’s a thing. Even if it wasn’t a thing, I would still be happy to proclaim my love for KerryGold butter. Butter from grass fed cows definitely qualifies as a healthy fat. We need fat, people. Our brains and gonads are made of the stuff, and […]
Food waste and taking one for the team
I ate oatmeal, leftover from breakfast, for lunch today. Topped with blackberries, butter, walnuts, flax seeds and a sprinkling of brown sugar, it was hardly pauper fare. Still, I would much rather have had a hot ham and cheese sandwich (what I served the kids). I took one for the team. (I have Katy of […]
A Monthly Back to School Menu
One of the habits that keeps me sane is menu planning. I’ve been thinking of ways to make our schedule a little easier once homeschool starts, and creating a month long menu sounded like a great way to save a little time. We eat gluten free in this house all the time, so things that […]