by Millie Copper | Jan 13, 2010 | frugal options, Recipes
We love having pancakes on the weekend. One our favorite pancake recipes for a few years has been Oatmeal Pancakes from Hillbilly Housewife. With a few changes to the recipe it is now a perfect economical pancake for a Real Food breakfast. Oatmeal Pancakes 2...
by Millie Copper | Feb 4, 2013 | Meal Plans
First week of February. I am amazed at how fast 2013 is going. Have I mentioned that one of my girls is graduating from high school this year? Kiki will be 18 on May 1 and then a few weeks later. I also have a nephew (who happens to turn 18 today) and two nieces...
by Millie Copper | Jan 21, 2013 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
The previous couple of weeks I’ve shared our menu plan after the fact. What we planned to eat and what we actually ate. And I had fully intended to do that again for this week. BUT… my week sort of fell apart. I usually make new menu plan on Sunday but...
by Millie Copper | Jan 14, 2013 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Beginning last week (and continuing for the next couple of weeks) I’ve posted our menu plan after the fact. I wanted to share how even though I use a menu plan almost every week we do not necessarily stick to it 100%. Rather, my menu plan becomes more of a...
by Millie Copper | Jan 7, 2013 | Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Most weeks I make a menu plan. Some weeks I share it with you. I find that a having a pre planned menu to follow works best for me to be able to provide the nutritional meals that are best for us. For the next few weeks I thought instead of sharing our planned menu,...
by Millie Copper | Jan 2, 2013 | Budgeting, food thoughts, Starting Out, Traditional Foods
Happy 2013! With the new year here I thought it would be a great time to give an overview of our food philosophy and this blog. When I started this blog late in 2009 I struggled with a name for it. I had been writing about food on a family blog that I...