To use my pumpkins: Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal To use my tomatoes: Slow Roasted Tomatoes Too good to resist:   Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Torte What about you?   Discovered anything yummy this week?
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Ever wonder what you are actually paying for ‘time-savers’? Here’s a great article about the cost of convenience. ======= I suppose that all year long we are the recipients of little ‘windfalls’ that meet our needs in unexpected ways. But I notice those blessings more when they come during a month in which I...
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When I went to the grocery store yesterday, which ONE item did I buy? The first person to guess correctly gets a signed copy of my book Family Feasts for $75 a Week. Ready, set, guess!
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I wanted to share this recent update from my sister Sophie, who moved to Ethiopia this summer to do medical missions work. Last spring on this blog many of you contributed money toward the work Sophie is doing there in Ethiopia. Sophie brought the money with her to Ethiopia, thinking she’d know more about...
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Today we celebrated my daughter’s 14th birthday. The company was excellent: grownups chatted and kids raced all over outside and in, playing capture the flag and half a dozen other things. The coffee cake turned out delicious. And the game of Signs at the tail end of the party was fun to watch as...
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MEALS TODAY I have a couple of new recipes to tell you about today! I love it when experimentation and cupboard-rummaging work out so well! Breakfast was ordinary– pancakes and OJ. We ran out of syrup– used almost a pint of jam instead!- yikes! Tomorrow I’m planning to make this easy homemade syrup. You...
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Today interspersed with math and history and reading and handwriting, we picked a few dozen pumpkins, tried our hand at toasting sunflower seeds, canned a few more tomatoes, and picked the last raspberries (only a few of which made it indoors). MEALS TODAY Breakfast: Granola and milk Lunch: Leftover lentils, chicken soup, and sliced...
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Our 9 hens are laying about 3 eggs a day so far. They’re young so they’re not in full swing yet, and I’m sure that figuring the per-egg cost would be distressing at this point. But we should be getting more eggs soon. Even now our 4 year old is having a fabulous time...
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The winner in my laptop giveaway (according to random.org) is commenter #931 Kristen, of Mommy Needs a Cocktail. Kristen, send me your address, and I will get that awesome laptop headed your direction! CONGRATS, Kristen, and thanks to everyone who entered! ———– PS– Be sure to scroll down– I’ve put up 3 posts in...
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