by Millie Copper | Jan 10, 2012 | Tuesday Twister
From August of 2009 until February of 2011, Wardeh from GNOWFGLINS hosted a weekly blog carnival known as Tuesday Twister. The purpose of the carnival was to share through words and pictures what was ‘twisting’ in our real food kitchens. I really enjoyed...
by Millie Copper | Jan 3, 2012 | Meal Plans
A second long weekend in a row and it was great. Except that this was the weekend my oldest (Sierra) moved back to Oregon. We took her to the airport on Sunday morning for a 5:50AM flight. I missed her before we were even out of the airport parking lot. Sierra is my...
by Millie Copper | Dec 30, 2011 | Budgeting, Food Storage, Nourishing Traditions
> When I first began this blog, one thing that I did was share our monthly food budget and the results of achieving (or not) that budget. Toward the end of 2010 I stopped that sharing for reasons I can’t even remember. Even though I haven’t been sharing...
by Millie Copper | Dec 15, 2011 | GAPS, Recipes
Do you ever find yourself with just a small amount of leftover whatever? In my quest to keep our food spending under control, I’m trying to limit food waste and using those small amounts of leftovers has been a challenge. In the fridge I had 3/4 of a leftover...
by Millie Copper | Dec 5, 2011 | Meal Plans
> Last weeks menu plan was very successful. Going back and looking at some of the old menu mailers that I had was a good idea. Oriental Crock Pot Chicken and Orange Crock Pot Beef were both delicious. Both of these are from Cooking Traditional Foods menu mailer. I...
by Millie Copper | Dec 2, 2011 | Budgeting, Food Storage, frugal options
A couple of weeks ago one of my friends gave me a lesson in pressure canning. A different friend taught me how to water bath can a couple of years ago but pressure canning is totally new to me. My pressure canning lesson was on meat. Using this post with instructions...