Chocolate Peanut Butter Buckwheat Banana Bread

I was supposed to host a group of friends this morning around breakfast time, and last night I was trying in vain to think up something baked and yummy that I could make to serve then. Since it was breakfast time, I didn’t want to serve something too cakey or sweet or unhealthy, because, you […]

What To Do With Lots of Free Expiring Milk – Again!

This is 1/10th of the milk I got, free Because I live in an area that is considered to be of a lower socio-economic background (gotta love a community like this, as we’re all in the same frugal living boat, so not much pressure to keep up with the Jones), from time to time we […]

Top Tips On Getting The Best Mortgage For Your Individual Needs

We recently bought a house, after being sure that we’d never be able to own anything, because our financial situation wasn’t allowing us to save up the enormous down payment required in my country, not to mention the fact that housing is really expensive compared to salaries where we live. Even once my mother provided […]

VIPKID- Earning Money At Home While Having Fun

My husband and I got married young, without any real means to support ourselves. Throughout the years, I did many part time work from home jobs, from telemarketing to customer service to content writing to child care and every one of them had their down sides, but at the same time, I realized how beneficial […]

A Fun Lacto-Fermentation Class

Yesterday I gave two women a private fermenting class in their homes. Though I’ve discussed many times how to ferment various things on my blog, some people prefer a more hands on approach, to have their hands held while they’re being walked through the steps in fermenting. I decided to share with you here, in […]

Homemade Date Seed Coffee Substitute Recipe and Instructions

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself! I had a hard time bringing myself to write coffee on here, because it isn’t… covfefe worked well as a replacement….  Growing up, I never liked or drank coffee. I didn’t understand the appeal of the bitterness of the drink. I did always like the smell, though, just never drank […]

Cooking Dinner With No Inspiration

People think of me as a foodie, as someone who is always chock full of ideas and inspiration for cooking my family and myself delicious meals. I’ll admit, lately it has happened to me many times that I’ve had literally zero inspiration, that I can’t even begin to come up with ideas of what to […]

Book Swap Treasures!

Last night I went to a book swap with friends and made some new friends there too. I came home with so many books! Yes, this many! Total cost? 0. I should mention that I love reading. And that the library system in my country is nothing like the library system with which I grew […]