Homemade Corn Tortillas Recipe- Gluten Free, Vegan, and Easy
I wanted to make enchiladas, and my friend Amanda, hearing that, offered to give me the masa harina she had in her house, which I could then use to make some great gluten free corn tortillas. I was really excited about this, because I’d wanted to get my hands on masa harina for a while […]
An Insane Cooking Marathon with Free Food
I mentioned once, when I got so much free milk, that I love getting free food, but too much of it can stress me out, and this was no exception… The other day they were giving out free past prime produce and nearly expiring rice milk, and because the weather was bad, nearly no one […]
Foraging Salsify or Goatsbeard- Delicious Wild Edible
When people first hear about foraging from me, a response I typically get is “Oh, so you eat grass?” I’ve noticed that most people who aren’t immersed in the world of wild plants sees large swaths of green and instead of noticing different plants, they just see a green blur, which they dub grass. I […]
My Mini Makeshift Edible Garden
In our old apartment, the first one we had when we got married, we had a yard, and much of the time we didn’t make too much use of it (to get to the yard you had to walk through one of the bedrooms). Eventually we got chickens and rabbits and that was fun, but […]
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 […]
Money Saving Tips for Shopping Locally & Online
I hope you find this post, written by a reader, useful. We all need to shop for necessities and whether you chose to shop your local brick and mortar stores or you enjoy the convenience of shopping online, each method has its ways in which they can be frugal. Here are a few tips that […]
Back to Paleo and Hopefully Back to Myself
Today’s Paleo lunch. From the beginning of November, pretty much, possibly a bit earlier (October perhaps), my life has been a little crazy. First there was the moving date that we had up in the air, not knowing when our new home would be ready. Then simultaneously I was working to finish up my book. […]
My Tiny, Beautiful, and Romantic and Frugal Master Bedroom- Sneak Peek
I wanted to be able to share pictures of my master bedroom in my new house already, but it’s been a work in progress, and still isn’t finished yet. But it’s getting there, and today my new sheets just arrived in the mail, and as I made the bed with the brand new sheets I […]
Our Frugal Family Wedding Attire
My family with my brother Dan, the groom. Funny expression, I know- we were trying to make the girls smile. A week ago, my little brother Dan got married to a wonderful woman named Margaret, and it was great fun, such a happy wedding! The thing about weddings is they can get very pricey- not […]
A Frugal Self Catered Family Weekend
My brother Dan got married on Tuesday, and in our culture we have post wedding celebrations. To do so, we spent a day and a half together this weekend in another town, and my family managed to pull it off pretty frugally, so I wanted to share with you what we did and how. (I […]
