In the kitchen

Recipes and Ideas for Gluten Free Holiday Entertaining

November 16, 2011

Guest Post by Janelle
With the holidays approaching fast, many of our minds are turning to the inevitable Christmas party. Entertaining on a budget is challenging.
Entertaining GLUTEN FREE on a budget: Even more challenging. But, not impossible. Here are some ideas to help you keep it simple and yet delicious, whether for yourself, or a guest [...]

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11 Simple Meals for Busy Nights

November 15, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, we’re sharing helpful lists to help you save money, stay healthy, get organized, creatively repurpose, frugally gift-give, intentionally celebrate and more in our “11 Things for 2011” series throughout these holiday months.
Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer
It's already mid-November. Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and after that is Christmas, [...]

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11 Ways to Use Stale Bread

November 3, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, we’re sharing helpful lists to help you save money, stay healthy, get organized, creatively repurpose, frugally gift-give, intentionally celebrate and more in our “11 Things for 2011” series throughout these holiday months.
If there is one thing that I truly disdain, it’s waste in my kitchen. I firmly believe that [...]

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Tips for School Lunchtime Success

September 30, 2011

Written by Diana Bauman, Contributing Writer
September has been an exciting month for my five year old son and I. He started kindergarten and I became a first time parent with a child in school.
My husband and I met all of his teachers including his principal, art teacher, gym teacher and music teacher. We toured the classes, [...]

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Resources and Recipes to Make Your Meal Planning Successful

September 15, 2011

With the Plan It- Don't Panic meal planning challenge beginning this Monday morning, now seemed like the perfect time to share some really helpful resources to help you succeed with your menus.
Learn more about how to make meal planning work (and some different methods for doing it), find tons of my favorite online recipes and [...]

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Gardening with Herbs 101: Preserving Your Herbs

September 14, 2011

Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer
Last time we talked about how to harvest your herbs - now that you've harvested them, what are you going to do with them?
Here are my favorite ways to preserve herbs for out-of-season use:
Freezing
This method best preserves flavor. Rinse the herbs and chop coarsely. Place about 1-2 teaspoons in [...]

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Small Batch Dehydrating for the Summer Bounty

September 5, 2011

There's a woman who lives a few blocks down from me with this miraculous garden that seems to go from a freshly tilled plot to a wildly abundant gardener's delight in about one month flat (my husband keeps telling me not to be jealous because she probably uses Miracle-Gro or something of the chemical-sort).
She grows [...]

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Benefits of a Protein-Rich Breakfast (and a Protein Pancake Recipe)

September 2, 2011

Written by Stacy K, Contributing Writer
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but with so many choices (and conflicting information), it can be difficult to know what to serve our family.
While cereal or toast may seem easy and convenient, these high-carbohydrate choices lead to elevated blood sugar levels which [...]

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How to Peel Peaches and Tomatoes for Canning

September 1, 2011

Although I've been canning for 4-5 years now, it was only about 2 years ago that I learned this simple trick for peeling peaches that has made canning an easier task. I was missing out!
My 6 year old and I made this short video the other night, while peeling 40 lbs of peaches. She's behind the [...]

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8 Unique Recipes With Zucchini

August 19, 2011

Written by Stacey T, Contributing Writer
About this time of year, people are wondering what to do with all the zucchini that just keeps coming from gardens. Zucchini is nutritious - a great source of fiber, antioxidants, Vitamin C and many B vitamins - and it's delicious too!
But we [...]

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