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Category Archives: Homesteading
Food Stamp Challenge: Week 3 Groceries
I have to say I am glad that there is only one more shopping excursion in the month of our Food Stamp Challenge. As I put the list together, looking what we have in the refrigerator and freezer (soup, pancakes, … Continue reading
Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2 Notes From Stella & Dessert
Hi, Stella here. Today I’m going to be writing about my school lunch. When my mom talked me in to getting school lunches I was like hey whatever. Here’s how it went. 99% of the my school’s lunches have meat … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged dessert, food stamp challenge, ice cream, recipe
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2 Another Dinner
I think I mentioned this earlier, but Stella is ecstatic that we have 4 choices for dinner this week. A friend was going out of town and gave me half of a pumpkin – so I decided to make a … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading, Life, Recipes, Soup
Tagged food stamp challenge, pumpkin, recipe, soup
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2 Dinner
We are a week and a half into our challenge and I am not sure that Stella is going to make it. I have really seen a change in her moods, energy level and color of her face. I keep … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged dinner, food stamp challenge, mac and cheese fish
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2 Breakfast
So far our breakfast menu had not really changed. We still alternate between soaked oats pancakes and eggs over easy with toast – both are paired with a smoothie. Our smoothies are made with either raw whole milk yogurt (when … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Homesteading, Life, Recipes
Tagged bread recipe, food stamp challenge, no knead rye bread
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Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2 Groceries
Last week I tried to buy our groceries using a fourth of the amount that we would receive for a month, but I went over that amount – so that left us with $174.26. So, again I decided that I … Continue reading
Food Stamp Challenge: Notes From Stella
We are almost done with our first week of our Food Stamp Challenge and I asked my daughter if she would blog once per week and share her experience, here is what she had to say. This month my mom … Continue reading
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
1 Comment
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
4 Comments