by Millie Copper | Mar 12, 2012 | food thoughts, kitchen experiments, Meals, Someone Else's Shoes, Starting Out, USDA Thrifty Plan
$172 per week, two weeks, family of 5, real food. That is the current experience. We’re starting completely from scratch following the monetary guidelines put out by the USDA for the Cost of Food at Home Thrifty Food Plan. The USDA attaches a weekly dollar...
by Millie Copper | Feb 3, 2012 | Giveaway, Someone Else's Shoes
Yesterday I announced an exciting new series Someone Else’s Shoes. The first installment is concentrating on Real Food and Working and will begin on Sunday. This is the best Giveaway to help you with a ton of shortcuts in your real food journey and is the...
by Millie Copper | Jul 4, 2023 | Cooking, Recipes
I can’t remember the last time I bought salad dressing! This blue cheese salad dressing is so easy and inexpensive to mix up at home. This is a delicious adaptation from a recipe in The Complete Tightwad Gazette (page 231) This recipes was originally published...
by Millie Copper | Feb 20, 2012 | Cooking, Recipes
Several years ago in a Taste of Home magazine, I found a recipe for German Pancake with a Buttermilk Syrup. (The magazine has all of its recipes online now. You can see the original recipe here.) We have really enjoyed that pancake and syrup recipe, and it is even...
by Millie Copper | Jun 19, 2023 | Cooking, Recipes
Creamy, cheesy goodness… Pimento Cheese is perfect as a side dish or appetizer, and also goes great with any picnic or potluck! Pimento Cheese is of my family-favorite recipes, and my kids often request it when we have get-togethers. This comes together in just...
by Millie Copper | Jan 23, 2012 | Meal Plans
This past week was another busy one. We started redoing the girls/guest bathroom a few weekends ago. Sunday and Monday (a holiday) were spent working on it. I had the privilege of being the tile layer. I tell you, I could barely stand up straight for 2 days after...