by Millie Copper | Nov 13, 2012 | Cooking, Recipes
Homemade broth is an important part of a real, whole, traditional foods diet. Making broth was one of the first things I started doing when we began to transition to real foods. The homemade broth is wonderful for making soups, cooking beans, making sauces, etc. Broth...
by Millie Copper | Nov 12, 2012 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
It is quite cold here! We had snow and single digit temperatures over the weekend. I think it is supposed to warm up later in the week. Last week’s menu plan kind of fell apart. Christopher came down with a flu bug Sunday night. He was sick all day Monday which...
by Millie Copper | Nov 8, 2012 | Food Storage, Introduction to Food Storage, Preparedness
What would you do if you could not go to the grocery store? If you were not able to go to the farm and pick up your eggs, meat and milk? And your weekly produce CSA delivery was no longer running? What if all of the restaurants in town were closed? I’ve read...
by Millie Copper | Nov 7, 2012 | Food Storage, Introduction to Food Storage, Preparedness
Last month I did a few posts on some of the methods we use for tightening our financial belt as far as food costs are concerned. We are smack in the middle of several months of belt tightening. The reason for this is we have a new debt that we are paying. And that...
by Millie Copper | Nov 5, 2012 | frugal options, Meal Plans, planned overs, Stretchy Beans
Last week’s menu plan turned out great. Planning for breakfast, lunch and dinner really helped me with my organization– something that had been lacking quite a bit lately! We didn’t 100% stick to our breakfast and lunch plan but having it was a great...