by Millie Copper | Feb 11, 2012 | Feeding Children, food thoughts, Starting Out, Traditional Foods
I think it is important to realize that when beginning a real/whole/traditional food journey it does not necessarily have to be all or nothing. Even eliminating the processed junk a little at a time will help your health tremendously. Not to mention will help you...
by Millie Copper | Feb 10, 2012 | Eating Real Food and Working, food thoughts, Someone Else's Shoes, Working Full Time and Real Foods
This is the first installment of the series Someone Else’s Shoes. This experience is Working Full Time and Real Foods. Each month my family will be “living a week in Someone Else’s Shoes” specifically to see how real/whole/traditional foods can...
by Millie Copper | Feb 1, 2012 | food thoughts
The fabulous Erin from Homestead Host has been fine tuning the technology on this blog. She’s updated the subscribe feature so… Please unsubscribe from the old feed homespunoasis.com/feed and resubscribe to the new feed at...
by Millie Copper | Aug 29, 2010 | Budgeting, food thoughts, Shopping Trip
My budget for the month of September is $490 divided between Cow share ($54), Beef CSA ($50), Azure Standard ($135.23), Dining Out ($50) and Grocery Store ($200.77). I say the budget is for the month of September but it actually coincides with my husband’s once...
by Millie Copper | Nov 29, 2009 | food thoughts, frugal options, Meal Plans, Starting Out
I have been using meal plans/menus for a couple of years now. When I worked a full time job outside the home it helped so much to be able to know in advance what we were having instead of standing at the fridge at 4:30 hoping to have something thrown together before...
by Millie Copper | Jan 11, 2012 | food thoughts
I remember the first time that I connected food with my mood. I was a freshman in high school and had experienced a particularly stressful day (at 15 it seemed I had many of those). I had to stay in town for something and somehow decided that the few dollars I had on...