Feb 26, 2010 | Food & Cooking
You read it correctly. Welcome to Reality Blogging – in the kitchen, that is. Beginning March 1st, I invite you to follow along everyday as I share real time, real life, and the real budget of how I feed our family and friends well on a budget. Yes, this will...
Feb 16, 2010 | Deals & Couponing, Food & Cooking
I started to title this post “Cooking with Coupons”, but I don’t really cook with my coupons. 🙂 Yet I think I make nearly every meal where a coupon has been used to buy at least one ingredient. Now, this isn’t a scientific study, although I...
Feb 9, 2010 | Food & Cooking
Our kitchen is filled with my heart. It’s one of my favorite rooms and I strive to create an environment where people are drawn to linger. Stimulating the senses are important to me and I know my children will have fond memories of deliciously baked meals and...
Feb 1, 2010 | Food & Cooking
We have been snowed in for the last two days and it has been a slice of heaven. (Almost as amazing as the multiple slices of Homemade Cinnabons I ate while doing my bulk baking.) The rat race of life had taken over and having some much needed down time was delightful....
Jan 29, 2010 | Food & Cooking, Recipes
Even though the Pantry Challenge was a huge success, I failed miserably by the end of the month in having meals, snacks and creative cooking ideas ready and implemented. Even with adding on the Super Doubles week, where I shopped every day, we stayed at $200 for the...
Dec 29, 2009 | Food & Cooking
Yesterday I shared my goals and desire for the month to “Save Money on Groceries by Eating from my Pantry.” The first goal stated was to only spend $200 on groceries for our family of seven (with teen boys). When I mentioned the challenge to my husband, he...