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Author Archives: simply0637
Food Stamp Challenge – Week 1 Dinners
Usually we do not do a different dinner each night of the week. I might make a big pot of soup on Sunday along with a pot of rice, a pot of beans and one or two other things. From … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Homesteading, Recipes
Tagged beans, burritos, dinner, food stamp challenge, raviolis
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Food Stamp Challenge – Week 1, Lunch
I have gotten many comments that the grocery list and what we are eating is just all carbohydrates. Just like fat, carbohydrates don’t always get a fair rap. When planning our meals I had to take into account that my … Continue reading
Food Stamp Challenge – Week 1 Breakfast
Our breakfast isn’t going to change all that much – we will just alternate breakfast options. We will start off with eggs and toast made with homemade bread (post later in the week), oatmeal pancakes and smoothies. Not sure if … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged breakfast, food stamp challenge, recipe
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Food Stamp Challenge – First Grocery Shopping
I have to admit that we did not start the challenge until Sunday, February 2. The reason: we needed to finish up some food that was in the fridge. The rules I set for us were: we would start with … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged food stamp challenge, groceries, SNAP, week 1
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Peach And Blueberry Coffee Cake
Our last game night my contribution to the pot luck was dessert. I couldn’t think of what I wanted to make, but I knew I wanted a new recipe. With the cold dreary weather we have been having I wanted … Continue reading
Kids Infinity Scarf
Stella has been wearing my infinity scarf and asked for one of her own. My knitting fingers were getting antsy and needed a new project after knitting so many fingerless gloves (and yes Stella got a new pair of them … Continue reading
Chile With Sweet Potato and Cocoa
I have never really liked chili – or so I thought. Lately I have been having chili at other people’s houses and instead of saying I don’t like chili – I have been venturing out and taking whole bowls full. … Continue reading
We Are Taking The Food Stamp Challenge
Back in December we went to a film event in our town. I love our film series here – they pick films that will start a conversation. The evening starts with a shared meal, the viewing of a film, followed … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life, Nutrition
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Toilet Bowl Bombs
What? Toilet bowl bombs… I came across a recipe for toilet bowl bombs and just the title intrigued me. These are cleaners for your toilet. I wanted to see how well they worked – so I did not clean the … Continue reading
Kids Can Cook – Chocolate M&M Cookies
Sometimes you just have to let the kids go wild in the kitchen and bake some cookies. Stella had her buddy over for the weekend and they wanted to make cookies, which had been discussed many times – but this … Continue reading
