Inexpensive Weekend Trip Idea
This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, who enjoys writing on the topics of family and frugality. I appreciated the ideas here, despite my never having been RV camping- it sounds great! One thing worthwhile noting is that it’s actually cheapest to take vacations now, now that summer is over, as there are fewer […]
Apple Crumble Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free, Sugar Free Options (And Regular)
One of the hardest things about baking with gluten free flours is that without gluten, these flours are more crumbly than wheat flour. To be able to bake gluten free goodies properly, therefore, usually requires a mix of specific different (and expensive) gluten free flours, or lots of eggs to hold it together. This doesn’t […]
Homemade Cupcake/Muffin Liners
Some friends and readers have asked if it would be possible for me to include some quick and easy money saving tips on my blog for people who are short on time. I mean, I am aware that not everyone has the time or inclination to be traipsing off into the fields to collect wild […]
Foraging Cactus Paddles- Nopales/Nopalitos- and Prickly Pears- Tunas
Do you know how often people pick or eat one part of a vegetable or plant, having no clue that another part of that same plant is also edible, and in many cases, even more useful and tasty and versatile than the part they’d been eating until then? (If you want to know more about […]
Hearth and Soul Blop Hop
Welcome back to yet another edition of the Hearth and Soul blog hop. This is where you get the chance each week to share your favorite food related posts with the other visitors to the hop, and you get to check out theirs as well. The Hearth and Soul Hop is about food that not […]
Chickpea Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies- Gluten Free, Dairy Free
I’m going away this weekend and was asked to bring along dessert. While most people who want me over are happy to accommodate me and my food needs, and cook for my restrictive diet, dessert usually is a bit beyond the ability of most of my hosts who aren’t used to cooking with gluten free flours. My […]
Foraging Olives- Homemade Pickled Olives and Olive Leaf Medicine
One of my favorite things to do is to start chatting with older women, ideally non Americans, about their life as a child, and about various food preparation methods from when they were growing up. I find I learn so much this way, much more “real information” than I’d get if I’d just open a […]
Edible Container Gardens with No Space, No Green Thumb
I’m very ambitious. I come up with all sorts of projects and ideas that I want to do to save money and be self sufficient… but often my dreams end up falling apart when hit with a big dose of reality and my time constraints, not to mention physical constraints. Gardening is just one of those […]
Hearth and Soul Blog Hop
Welcome back to yet another edition of the Hearth and Soul blog hop. This is where you get the chance each week to share your favorite food related posts with the other visitors to the hop, and you get to check out theirs as well. The Hearth and Soul Hop is about food that not […]
Money Management Lessons for Children
This is a guest post by freelance writer, Nancy Evans, who enjoys writing on the topics of frugality and families. Raising children takes up a lot of time, patience and financial resources. Parents need to tackle the budget with a lot of creativity especially during back-to-school season when spending spikes because of school requirements and […]
