Making Homemade Miso- Recipe and Cost Breakdown
My new homemade lentil miso Growing up, my mother did much of the day to day cooking in our home, introducing me to various dishes and cuisines from around the world, but it was my dad that did the funky stuff. The earliest memory I have of him doing interesting kitchen stuff was making port wine, […]
Does Bundling Insurance Really Save You a Bundle of Money?
I really appreciate this post by one of our readers, Ema, because I know next to nothing about insurance, and how to get the best rates, and I’m thrilled to be learning more. If you’ve seen or heard a commercial for insurance, you’ve probably heard this common call to action: “Bundle and save!” The implication […]
Surviving or Thriving on a Budget… What Is The Difference?
My super frugal grocery shops- for me a pleasure, for others, just barely surviving Today I got into a discussion with someone who is familiar with my blog, and I was mentioning to her about how the focus of my blog is about living as well as one can within their means, however small, and not just […]
I Got a Book Deal!
Not the cover we’ll be using in the end I’ve been sitting on this news for a while already, until everything was set in stone and it was a done deal, but now I can finally share… my book, Penniless Foodie in the Wild, my adaptable cookbook suitable for foragers and frugalistas alike… is not […]
Miso Glazed Chicken Wings Recipe- Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free and Delicious
I love chicken wings! They are my favorite kind of chicken for a variety of reasons. I love crispy chicken skin, and wings are the highest ratio of skin to chicken as far as I can tell, but even better is their very low cost. Not only are they cheap per pound- locally I can […]
Tips to Drastically Lower Your Family’s Grocery Bill
In a local group I’m in someone today asked if it is possible to spend $575 a month for a family of six. Of course everyone pointed them to me because I do that exact thing. Only I do so for $375-575 a month and that’s with eating gluten free and mostly processed food free, […]
