Foraged Mallow Leaves Stuffed With Wild Greens Recipe- Paleo, Gluten Free, Allergy Friendly, Low Carb
When I was foraging the other day, I came across this patch of gigantic mallow leaves– which seemed perfect for stuffing. I had to leave the house the next day for many hours to teach a foraging class in a far off city, and stuffed mallow leaves seemed like the perfect travel food, and a […]
Fun Foraging With The Kids Today
Clockwise from upper right- mallow, wild mustard, cat’s ear, clover, sow thistle, and fennel Some friends were talking today about wild mustard, and, of course, talking about wild greens makes me want to have some as well, so the kids and I went out in search of wild mustard, and whatever other wild greens I […]
Got An Insane Amount of Food for Pennies!
I love when I am able to feed my family for incredibly little amounts of money. Actually, I think that is pretty obvious from this blog- though its called Penniless Parenting, Penniless Cooking would probably a more apt name, from the percentage of this site that is dedicated to frugal cooking. Anyhow, there are just […]
Amazing Foraging and Photographing Trip Today
Today I took the kids in to the city to photograph wild plants for the foraging book I’m writing. I actually planned the trip especially to photograph some dock (rumex) which I don’t often see, but decided to photograph any wild edible that may end up being in my book. I decided to share some […]
Today’s Insanely Cheap Produce Shopping Trip
I talk a lot about frugal shopping, specifically my dirt cheap buys at the farmers market, mainly the grade b veggies and fruit. (Now I must admit that while I write farmer’s market on my blog that’s mainly for ease of translation, because it’s really an open air market with a variety of vendors selling a […]
Frugal Foraged Spring Rolls Recipe- Vegan and Paleo Options
I love getting food inspiration from my various foraging friends, because, while I sometimes come up with creative ways to use my foraged foods, more often than not, I just repeat the same methods again and again, which gets old. The other day, I saw Leda Meredith post pictures of her sow thistle spring rolls […]
Foraging Sow Thistle- A Versatile Wild Edible
It’s the middle of the best season for foraging where I live. Rain falls and plants grow, greenery is everywhere and most of it near me is edible. I find that I can spend less money in the grocery store since the greenery is so abundant that I use it to replace a lot of […]
How Mike And I Saved Money By Not Doing Things This Past Week
So when I was writing up this list of frugal things I did this past week, I realized that there was a theme. It was less frugal by action, but rather, frugality by inaction. All the things that I didn’t do, which ended up saving me money, instead of active things that I did that […]
Our Healthy Menu on Vacation, and What Frugal Things We Did
So last week we went on vacation, and we’re still sort of recovering from it, unpacking, catching up on sleep, etc… Sorry this post didn’t get up before now… But I wanted to talk to you about being frugal on vacation. Because other than groceries being more expensive on vacation, and transportation there and back […]
Frugal and Healthy Life Hacks For The Beach
Hey everyone, how are you doing? This week our summer fun finally has started- we’ve been just hanging around the house until now, trying to avoid the extreme heat for most of the summer, but this week we are spending in a coastal city, a few minute’s walk from the beach. We come here yearly, […]
