Cooking - Homespun Oasis

Budget Friendly Beans in Summer? Yes!

It is still hot and dry here in Wyoming. Even so, I find myself thinking to the cooler days of autumn. One reason I love autumn is the change of...

Embracing Thrift and Tightwaddery

frugal options

General Resources The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. This should be available in your local library. Back in 1999, I borrowed it three...

Millie’s Menu March 19, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

Happy Monday! Last week I shared my excitement of our new pantry being installed. I'm happy to report it's *almost* completed! All of the shelves...

Millie’s Menu March 12, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

Happy Monday! It's an exciting day here on the farm! Today my pantry is being installed. We've been living in our unfinished cabin for over two...

Millie’s Menu February 26, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

Happy Monday! Last week I didn't put a menu together. It was a busy weekend and when Monday morning rolled we started on a busy week. I thought it...

Millie’s Menu February 12, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

Happy Monday! We had an exciting weekend. On Saturday we went skiing at a nearby downhill resort. Joe had a birthday a few weeks ago and this is...

Millie’s Menu February 5, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

Happy Monday! It's cold and snowy at my Wyoming home. The new snow makes me excited for our upcoming ski day on Saturday. There's more snow...

Millie’s Menu January 29, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

I'm back home, after my work trip, and making yummy meals in my own kitchen. 🙂 I did okay staying on plan for Trim Healthy Mama while I was gone,...

Millie’s Menu January 22, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

I've dubbed this my traveling menu. 🙂 Last night, I arrived in Oregon for work. I'm here until I fly home Thursday afternoon. I'm staying at my...

Millie’s Menu January 15, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

I'm very much enjoying having a menu plan. I'd forgot just how much help spending a little time planning early saves me in the end. Joe has...

Millie’s Menu January 8, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

The second week of January and my second menu plan for 2018. I'm on a roll! I loved having a well-thought out plan last week for our food. It really...

Millie’s Menu January 1, 2018

Meal Plans, Traditional Foods, Trim Healthy Mama

For the first several years of my blogging journey I shared our menu plan almost every week. Those weekly menu plans were a very important part of...

Save Money: Stretchy Chicken Meals

Cooking

When you are on a tight budget it's important to get the most out of your food dollars. Stretchy Chicken is a wonderful way to turn one, whole...

Getting The Most Out Of A Whole Chicken AKA Stretchy Chicken

Cooking

Learn how to stretch one whole chicken into at least 5 meals with my Stretchy Chicken tips and ideas! There is something wonderful about cooking a...

Love Those Rice and Beans!

Food Storage, frugal options, Stretchy Beans

Just before Christmas one of the community Facebook groups that I'm a part of had a post from a family asking for assistance to help replenish their...

Woodstove Cooking

Cooking

With winter in full force we have a fire going in our wood stove pretty much all of the time. The wood stove is our main heat source. Originally we...

Instant Pot LOVE

Food Preparation

A few months back the Instant Pot came into my life. I'd heard great things about the Instant Pot from Wardee at Traditional Cooking School through...

Apple Recipes ~ A Baker’s Dozen!

Food Storage, Preserving Food, Traditional Foods

It's fall in Wyoming and I have apples on the brain! Each fall we like to stock up on apples. I often order these by the case from Azure Standard or...