by Millie Copper | Feb 7, 2011 | Food Storage, Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Week 6 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. I am really enjoying using this menu plan. It did take me some work to get the plan in place and I am still tweaking things a bit but it is so nice to open up the menu plan on Saturday night or Sunday morning and have most of...
by Millie Copper | Mar 3, 2011 | Food Storage, frugal options
I’ve been working on a 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan for our dinners. My goal for this is to make things easier for me at meal planning time and also to be able to have a nice storage of foods on hand. In essence, our own ‘store’ so to speak. Our...
by Millie Copper | Apr 4, 2011 | Food Storage, frugal options, Stretchy Beans
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been sharing my rotating menu each week. The other day, I was listening to a video and was reminded just why I put together this menu plan. Why we have Stretchy Beans three nights a week on the plan. Why the bulk of our meals...
by Millie Copper | Jan 4, 2013 | Food Storage, Preparedness
“Then the phone call came. One cold February afternoon, Jeff called to tell me his company did a 20% pay cut across the board. Two months later, it was a 20% reduction in hours on top of that pay cut. Just one month later, I got another afternoon phone call. ...
by Millie Copper | Nov 15, 2012 | Food Storage, Introduction to Food Storage, Preparedness
I like making lists. I make a ‘to do’ list almost every morning of the things I need to accomplish that day. I make a menu plan nearly every week. When we have a trip or vacation coming up my planning time usually starts several months in advance (yes,...
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...