Gluten Free Dairy Free Meals that Everyone Can Make

When I was in the US in January, I stayed at my sister in law, Michelle’s house. She wanted me to write a post about how it was when I stayed there, that the biggest lesson for her was that, though it sounds scary for her at first to make food for me that I’d […]

Frugal Accomplishments This Week

This week, I think I did ok in terms of frugality, etc… Nothing super spectacular in my opinion, certain things I did regularly the past few weeks, in terms of cloth diapering and potty training, etc… lay by the wayside. It was very rainy and icky weather this past week, so I felt it curtailed […]

Frugal Accomplishments This Week

How was your week? My week was pretty good, pretty frugal. I am proud of myself and my frugal accomplishments this week. Some of them were easy, but some definitely took a lot of self control, and that’s where I am most proud of myself. Sunday– Acquired some kitchen utensils (soup tureen, a metal tea […]

Carrot Soup with Crunchy Chickpeas and Tahini Recipe

Have you ever had a ton of carrots and wondered what delicious foods you can make with them? Wonder no more. I bought close to 10 pounds of carrots when I saw them at a ridiculously low price, and then I was wondering what to do with them. This carrot soup recipe was the perfect […]

Frugal Accomplishments This Week

You have no idea how frustrated I am! All week long I was tracking my frugal accomplishments this week, and I was in the middle of editing my post when the whole thing got deleted, and no amount of CTRL Zing would get it back… So now I have to rewrite the post, filling it […]

Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent Recipe

Since this seems to be the time of my life when I am doing a lot of “confessing”, I guess I have another confession to make- despite posting a recipe for homemade liquid laundry detergent 3 years ago on my blog… I haven’t used it in nearly that long. There’s a few reasons, but the […]

My Frugal Accomplishments This Week

I recently started reading a great blog that is very up my alley, called “The Prudent Homemaker” who lives extremely frugally, but seems to have the same attitude as myself about it (trying to have the best life on as minimal a budget as possible). One thing she does each week is share a round […]

Pineapple Rind Drink Recipes- Zobo and Tepache

A few weeks ago I found pineapple really cheaply at the local farmer’s market- a special treat because pineapple is usually a fortune. I bought 5 pineapples, and we really enjoyed them! I had read about many uses of pineapple peels, and decided that I wanted to get the most from my pineapples, and not […]