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My grocery goal for this past week was pretty simple. Eat from the pantry/freezer and don’t go over $10. Thanks to a few of you adding up my spending total for the year, I found out I had spent $938.31 so far. Add this week’s spending {$9.72} and it brings my total to $948.03 which leaves Read More >>
This past week we spent less than $20 on groceries. That hasn’t happened in a long time {or so it seems}. So far this year we’ve spent $877.48, which if we were to stay on track for this year, puts us around the 3rd week in August spending wise. So, we are about 6 weeks Read More >>
5 Ways to Use Up and Preserve Fresh Peas Peas are one of those cool weather crops that both enrich your soil and thrive in weather that other plants, like tomatoes and squash just can’t. I’m not going to lie, watching them trail up a trellis and create the first wall of green in my Read More >>
It was another great week eating local and I could totally get used to eating this way. Now, if I could just get the boys to eat soup, salad and stir fry all the time… life would be easy. 😉 I didn’t buy any milk last week {because I’m still not drinking hot tea} nor Read More >>
Quote of the Day “Life is too short for fake butter, cheese or people.” Helloooooo Monday! Today, it’s suppose to be 80 degrees here. Holy cannolis  people. That’s warm for April. Guess what? Today over on Dig for Your Dinner we are giving away a Roo Garden Apron, and they are pretty rad let me Read More >>
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