Food Rules
Recently, I picked up Michael Pollan’s Food Rulesfrom my library. It’s basically a condensed version of In Defense of Food…just the, “How then should I …
Posts from: May 2013
Dirt Cake (er, pudding)
I’ve seen these here and there over the years, in magazines, on blogs, and in cookbooks, but I’ve never actually made one until now. I’m …
Don’t forget to download your ebooks!
Just a quick reminder that if you bought the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle, you should download the books that you want, because I believe your download …
Monday Q&A | Homemade Greek Yogurt, plus Homeschool Schedules
Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in …
Food Waste Friday | pineapple and salad, plus a bread update
Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. Why do I do this? Because in …
If you shape your loaves of French bread…
…and then sit down in the office to bury yourself in the task of updating Quicken and writing a monthly money report, you will wander …
Frugal things from yesterday
Yesterday I: -made a batch of homemade yogurt. This stuff costs less than $1 per quart, which makes it a total bargain. -used my honey-glazed …
Miscellany
You know the drill…a post full of random bits of things that don’t go together. ______________________________________ I’m really happy that all of my tulips from …
Homemade Fish Cakes
After trying some fish cakes at a restaurant a while ago, I was inspired to make some at home. I’m generally not a huge fish …
I rarely have criticisms of Aldi…
(And this one isn’t terribly serious anyway. It’s about packaging colors!) But here it is. Due to this packaging, I feel certain that I am …
This and that from around the web
I rarely do roundups like this, but I keep coming across articles lately that make me think, “Ooh, I should share this with my readers!” …
Pineapple Salsa
Every now and then Aldi sends me a small gift certificate along with a list of seasonal projects or the option to go it on …
Monday Q&A | Kids and Shopping Requests, Knife Recommendations, and Cereal Bag Reuse
Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in …
This looks worse than it is.
Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. Why do I do this? Because in …
Overdressed, part two: What should we do?
So. Yesterday I wrote about Elizabeth Cline’s book, Over-Dressed, but I didn’t have space to really delve into how the information in this book should …