Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Beans and rice, rice and beans I could pretty much live off the stuff. Thank goodness I had the hindsight to stash a bunch of guacamole in the freezer before I started the whole no spend craziness. Other than milk, I think the only thing I’ve missed since during this whole challenge started has been Read More >>
The Girl came for a visit last week and decided to surprise her dad with 4 cartons of Almond milk! Can you believe that? No milk for me though… probably because she knows that when I take up a challenge like not buying any food for the rest of the year I’m pretty hard core Read More >>
Pizza Pizza! Last week was a fantastic week for eating out. The Girl and my in-laws were here and so we mostly went on mini adventures and ate out at seafood joints and we even picked up some lobster at the dock and had ourselves a feast on the back porch. With no more bookings Read More >>
It was easy and delicious in the meal department last week. Half of our meals were gobbling up little bits of leftovers I had stashed in the freezer this summer {I used some leftover beef tips in the beans and rice bowl pictured above} and the other half of our meals were homemade soups served Read More >>
Last week while The Girl was here we made a bunch of freezer meals so she could stash away a bunch of homemade meals in her freezer for nights when she was short on time, or didn’t feel like cooking this fall. And while I’ve been whipping up freezer meals in the kitchen for years Read More >>
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