You know those days when you stare in your cupboards, seeing only the most basic ingredients, and declare there is "nothing to eat?" Yeah...me too. The things is, over the last 4 years, I have made it part of my habit to learn how to make the things we love most ourselves. Through that, I have … [Read more...]
Making Flour Tortillas from Scratch
Don't you hate it when you have plans to make something for dinner, have everything prepped and then realize you forgot a key component? What's even worse is you are flat broke and can't go buy what you need, let alone spare the fumes in the car to get there and back. Ya...that happened to me last … [Read more...]
Getting 4 Different Meals From One Roast
In our household, there are just the two of us to cook for. It seems no matter what I do, there is always enough leftover for at least one more adult to eat. Though we don't mind leftovers, eating the same thing for three days straight doesn't exactly get your appetite roused. I do my best when we … [Read more...]
Cooking with Home Canned Food
Cooking with food you canned yourself is a real joy to experience.Not everyone has experience or are intimidated by cooking home canned food. When it is cold and snowy in the middle of February, is there anything better than opening a jar of jam you made yourself? The sweet taste of summer teases … [Read more...]
Fighting the Biggest Food Storage Enemies
Since the beginning of time, humanity has been learning about how to preserve food to last through the winters and hard times. Starting with simple drying or smoking, we worked our way up to freezing, canning, and vacuum sealing. All of these methods have one thing in common: they remove the … [Read more...]
What to Do With All Those Apples
It's apple time! I LOVE this time of year. All the apples are ripe in the orchards and on sale in the stores. The grocery stores here have case lot sales and we take full advantage of them. I have seen a lot of people asking for ideas about what to do after they make apple sauce and apple butter but … [Read more...]
Make Your Food Stretch and Cut Waste
The cost of food is not going to go down anytime soon, if ever. People are spending more on food now than they ever have before and if you want to actually eat healthy, it is even more expensive! The majority of our population live in 'food deserts' and the further that produce and meat has to … [Read more...]
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