The Fund: Sending Your Kids To College

This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, a freelance writer who enjoys writing about families and frugality. Almost every parent wants to set up a fund that will help pay for their kids’ future college tuitions and bills. Unfortunately not all parents know how to do this in a way that will yield the […]

Homemade Garam Masala Spice Mix Recipe

To say that I love Indian food would be a tremendous understatement, as Indian food is probably my absolute favorite type of cooking, for so many reasons, among them that it is ultra flavorful, generally gluten free, pretty frugal, very versatile, and dare I say it- relatively easy too? You don’t find this combination every […]

Perfect Homemade Pasta Dough Recipe- Gluten Free, Vegan, Pasta Maker Friendly

I made pierogi yesterday, and while I was thrilled with the results from using my standard gluten free buckwheat flour pasta dough recipe, buckwheat isn’t one of the cheaper grains where I live, or where most people live, so I wanted to see if I could make the recipe a bit cheaper. The thing is though, […]

My Health Story- Part 2- My Other Health Issues and Attempts to Treat Them

Image credit Yesterday I posted part one of my health story in response to people wondering why I keep on restricting my diet and my family’s diet even more and more if my health and my family’s health doesn’t seem to be getting any better, and that maybe, the solution to everything, is just to […]

My Health Story, Part 1 (Or- Why Don’t I Just Eat Normal Food?)

Image credit I’ve gotten some comments lately about my diet and my health, some worded more politely than others but all wanting to know the answer to the same basic question- I keep restricting my diet further and further and don’t seem to be getting any healthier so why do I bother? Why don’t I […]