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Reclaimed Food Show and Tell

By Mavis Butterfield on January 8, 2013 - 17 Comments

This past week Mr. Produce Guy gave us 3 banana boxes filled with produce. Since we are still swimming in lettuce from last week, I decided to give all but a few leaves to the chickens. This time around we salvaged lettuce, watermelon, strawberries, apples, broccoli, carrots, and blueberries. Holy cow man, there was a Read More >>

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Gardening

Mavis Garden Blog – Seed Starting Trays

By Mavis Butterfield on January 7, 2013 - 7 Comments

The weather today pretty much stunk. So I stayed inside and made a batch of lemon marmalade, caught up on some emails, and washed 3 loads of laundry. Then, needing to get at least a little bit of gardening in, I went outside and fetched all my seed starting trays from beneath the potting bench. Even though I Read More >>

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Canning Recipes, Recipes

Meyer Lemon Marmalade

By Mavis Butterfield on January 7, 2013 - 19 Comments

I love eating fresh fruits and vegetables when they are in season. So last week when I picked up 4 pounds of Meyer lemons from Costco, I knew right away what I was going to do with the first 6 of them. Make marmalade. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE marmalade. Especially on buttered toast. This Read More >>

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Frugal Living, Money Saving Tips

Money Saving Tip – Make Your Own Foaming Hand Wash

By Mavis Butterfield on January 7, 2013 - 16 Comments

In an attempt to avoid the sniffles, I find winter time brings around more frequent hand washing. Needless to say, hand soap goes pretty quick around here–and a girl could go broke buying those fancy-schmancy bath store soaps, so I say, why not make your own? I make mine in a foaming hand wash pumper Read More >>

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Weekly Shopping Trips

Mondays with Mavis – How to Feed Your Family for $100 a Month – 21

By Mavis Butterfield on January 7, 2013 - 73 Comments

Seriously, who buys this much mayonnaise? Alright, let’s get this party started, shall we? For those of you who thought I was going to bag the idea of couponing, and go Whole Paycheck on you, you were totally wrong. Believe it or not, I am going to try {for the third year in a row} to Read More >>

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Weekly Shopping Trips

Shopping with Mavis – Target 90% Off Clearance Sale

By Mavis Butterfield on January 6, 2013 - 8 Comments

While The Girl and I were running errands today we stopped by Target to check out their 90% off Christmas sale. *Thanks Monique for the heads up. We went late in the day, so by the time we got there the stock had been pretty picked over. There were lots of boxed ornaments, gift bags, Read More >>

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Arts & Crafts, Frugal Living

Easy Kids Crafts – DIY Bird Feeders Ideas

By Mavis Butterfield on January 6, 2013 - 8 Comments

{photo credit – Cocktail Mom} {photo credit – Sweet Paul} {photo credit – Kate’s Life} {photo credit – Spoonful} {photo credit – Intimate Weddings} {photo credit – The Art of Doing Stuff} Have you ever made a homemade bird feeder? Did it work? Did your feeder attract a lot of birds? Above you’ll find a few cool ideas and links. Simply Read More >>

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Dinner, Main Dish Recipes, Recipes

Baked Potato Casserole Recipe

By Mavis Butterfield on January 6, 2013 - 31 Comments

I made this baked potato casserole last night for dinner and it was so stinkin’ awesome, I’m making it again as soon as I get my hands on another head of broccoli. The Handsome Husband had 3 servings and couldn’t stop talking about how good this dish was. Simple food baby, that’s what I’m talking about! ~Mavis

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