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It’s hard to believe that we are on week 3 of eating down the pantry and still eating well. No cravings, no burning desire to make anything that I don’t have the ingredients for, but most of all, here we are a little over one and a half months into 2026 and so far we’ve Read More >>
Get Back To The Basics + Learning to Unplug I love winter! I love staying inside, working on projects and looking out the window. This past week was a bit of a treat though because the temps got above 30 so I actually went OUTSIDE. While it’s still a bit of a frozen tundra out Read More >>
Is it just me, or does it seem like the birds only get the flu around the major baking seasons? Christmas… Easter, you know what I mean. Because seriously, $4.69 for a dozen store bought eggs because of “bird flu” is a little nuts to me. I would happily pay $5 a dozen from the Read More >>
In this week’s edition of food we bought and things we ate… Hannaford $33.20 When we decided to make a truly British haddock pie last week, I had no idea that 1. Haddock cost $12.99 a pound and 2. That my husband would buy so much of it. True, the recipe did call for 1 Read More >>
Do you want to know the cheapest way to “buy” food? Shopping your freezer and your pantry. You know, using up what you already have. I think it’s been about 4 or 5 weeks now and all we’ve bought at the store has been milk and loaf of bread. Which is pretty darn amazing if Read More >>
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