by Millie Copper | Nov 23, 2009 | food thoughts, frugal options, Starting Out, Traditional Foods
Are you at a point where you know you need to make some improvements to your diet to include more nutrient dense items, higher nutrition and less processed foods? These easy and inexpensive suggestions will help! Stop Buying Cold Cereal Cold cereal is a huge waste of...
by Millie Copper | Nov 22, 2009 | Meal Plans
Thanksgiving Week! This year has gone by so fast. We will be staying home and having just the seven of us for Thanksgiving. Our plan is to eat around one o’clock in the afternoon. My daughter, Angel, has to work at 3:30AM on Black Friday so her plan is to go to...
by Millie Copper | Nov 22, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
One of the early changes that we made to our food was to soak our oatmeal. Why? In a nutshell, oatmeal is high in phytic acid. Phytic acid blocks the absorption of some minerals in the body and is basically an anti-nutrient (you can read more detailed information here...
by Millie Copper | Nov 18, 2009 | Recipes
As a little girl I always looked forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas partly because my mom made all different kinds of amazing foods. It was nothing short of a feast. We had turkey as the centerpiece (for both holidays), mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with...
by Millie Copper | Nov 18, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
I thought I would share with you how I make broth. If you are a broth/stock purist, you will not want to read this post. If you are a busy, slightly scatterbrained person (like me) that’s working with a tight food budget (also like me) then this might interest...