July 2008

Shop Local Farms

July 31, 2008

My frugal tip for today is to try to buy local in season produce. I try to buy as much local fruit and vegetables as I can. I do not have a CSA near me, so that is not an option. I do however have several farms and orchard near where I live. There are [...]

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Cowboy Cookies

July 31, 2008

I really have not been cooking too much lately. Well, I have been cooking, just not anything too exciting. I feel like I have just been trying to catch up on things since I got back from vacation and then had a house full of company. I thought I would post a cookie recipe that [...]

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Fudge Cake Brownies

July 29, 2008

I found this recipe in a Southern Living Magazine quite a few years ago. It is one of my favorite brownies to make. I have doubled it and used a 9×13 pan, just cook them a few minutes longer. My favorite way to fix these is to leave off the powdered sugar and place a [...]

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Easy Lemon Pie

July 28, 2008

I made this pie to take to a church dinner on Sunday. It is not the healthiest pie recipe but it is really easy and good. My mom gave me this recipe a few years ago. I think she found it in a magazine a long time ago and she has made it many times [...]

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GratitTuesday

July 28, 2008

Last week we had a missionary family with seven kids stay with us. We have had this family stay with us several times. I always enjoy the time with them. They have given so much to serve Christ in a foreign country. Each time we have had missionary families stay with us it has served [...]

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Meal Planning Monday

July 27, 2008

I am still trying to recover from vacation and company. But I think I have this week’s menu figured out. We are now getting a lot from the garden. We have quite a few cucumbers, tomatoes, and melons. Plus some carrots, zucchini, and onions. I am going to try to incorporate as much as those [...]

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Buying In Bulk

July 24, 2008

I like to buy items in bulk. It is not cheaper on all things but on some things it is quite a savings. For example we like homemade pizza. Pepperoni is my husband favorite type of pizza. Pepperoni is expensive and not an item I see on sale very often. Yes, we could do without [...]

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Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chipsters

July 24, 2008

This cookie recipe comes from the cookbook “Baking From My Home To Yours” by Dorie Greenspan. My sister told me about this cookbook a few months ago. Since then I have checked it out of the library three times. I know it is a cookbook I like when I check it out multiple times. I [...]

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Oregon Foods

July 23, 2008

One of the things I like about visiting OR during the summer is all the fresh berries and fruit. This year was no exception. We had a bunch of fruit while I was there. On the drive to my parent’s house are several road side fruit stands. We stopped several times to buy some things. [...]