My Latest Very Frugal Shopping Trip
In today’s edition of “What did Penny buy”…. Today I went to the open air market. I was nearly out of produce and wanted to restock, and I am trying to keep down my costs. I’m still essentially doing a pantry challenge, but not the standard one- my goal simply is to use up as […]
Corn Flake Covered Baked Tuna Balls Recipe- Gluten Free, Egg Free
Once upon a time, before I had Pinterest, I would clip recipes from magazines and use them to get great ideas of dishes to serve to my family. I had a little bag where I would keep these clippings, and when I moved to my new apartment, I think that bag of recipe clippings didn’t […]
My Latest Super Frugal Shopping Trip- And Why Salmon Heads Are Worth It
I know everyone is in Thanksgiving mode over there in America-land, and if I were there I probably would be as well… but being married to a non American living out of the US, tomorrow is a regular day here, so, my head isn’t so much in the Thanksgiving mindset, so you’ll have to forgive […]
A Really Fun and Frugal Double Birthday Party In A Teeny Tiny House
A Minecraft cake birthday cake for my Minecraft loving boys I totally believe in the mantra “better late than never”, which is why, despite my boys having birthdays in September, I made them both a joint birthday party today. I wasn’t able to make their party around their birthdays, because it was a crazy hectic […]
Wild Mustard Greens and Sweet Potatoes with Cashew Cream Sauce Recipe- Paleo, Vegan, and Super Frugal
The picture doesn’t do the dish justice! Sometimes the dishes that are the most delicious are the ones that look the funniest. Oh well. I’ll be honest with ya, I haven’t been doing much foraging lately, for a variety of reasons. Number one because it was a long and dry summer here and not much […]
The “Weird” Way I Shop To Save Money
My insanely large amounts of turkey gizzards, about to be cooked. A 5 liter and 9 liter pressure cooker filled with them! At the grocery store yesterday, I highly amused one of the workers behind the meat counter with my request. I literally had him cracking up with what I asked for, because, honestly, it […]
My Latest Frugal Shopping Trip- What I Bought and Why
Sometimes when you set yourself a really high (or in this case, low) goal, even if you don’t make it exactly as you’d planned, your coming close puts you in a better place than you would have been had you not attempted to reach that difficult goal. Two weeks ago I had a good shopping […]
Sekanjabin Recipe- Refreshing Persian Minty Drink- Refined Sugar Free Options
I’m not exactly sure the first time I heard about the Persian drink called sekanjabin, but it intrigued me. I like making and enjoying foods from around the world, but I’ll admit, Persian food is something I’m not very familiar with, and the recipes that I’d tried didn’t appeal to me so much. However, sekanjabin […]
Paleo Chicken Pot Pie Recipe- Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free
When I went shopping last, I bought a bunch of chicken necks, and as I was looking at the packages, I was wondering to myself what kind of delicious dishes I could make with it, and started thinking which recipes work well with deboned chicken. Chicken pot pie came to mind immediately, and then the […]
Finding My New Normal- Taking Shortcuts and Not Feeling Guilty
Anyone who’s been a long time reader of my blog, and has been keeping up with it recently has probably noticed a change. Less frequent posting, a lot of talk about not having the energy to deal with xyz, a lot of short cuts that I’m trying to do I sometimes wonder what type of […]
