101 Ways to Use PUMPKIN in Kid Friendly Dishes

Okay…maybe not 101, but a lot! Canned pumpkin finally showed up at our store a couple of weeks ago and at 99 cents a can I stocked up! I’ve been doing a lot of on-the-fly cooking lately and have enjoyed experimenting with this nutritious staple. It’s a super easy way to get the kids to [...]

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Real Food Part One: Dinner and a Movie

Maybe some of you remember the $5 Food Challenge invitation? Yesterday was the big day. I admit, I was a little worried. Because of time and money restraints I wasn’t able to go shopping until the day before.  But due to the generosity of friends and being able to go shopping at a new wonderful [...]

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Take the $5 Challenge

This showed up in my email today: I want to eat healthy, local food but I have no time, not much money and no clue how to pull it off. What can I do?” – pretty much everyone Yes..yes…have heard this SO many times, often from my own mouth. I’ve done A LOT in the [...]

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Homemade Baby Food

It’s that time again. Little guy is getting bigger and his appetite is increasing. Time to start  putting aside some baby food. Sure, I could go to the store and pick up some food. Seems pretty cheap in a jar. Seems to be nutritionally sound…just some fruits and veggies, water, and ascorbic acid. They even [...]

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Being a Farm Girl

I  hate it right now that my camera battery is dead. Oh how I wish I could’ve taken a picture of tonight’s masterpiece: From-Scratch Chicken Pot Pie!!! A recipe I found in my MaryJane Farmgirl magazine! I’ve felt like a true farm girl all day. I’ve baked six loaves of bread – 4 sandwich loaves [...]

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The cost of food today…

Received this link to my email through Food Declaration.org. Reading the comments reminds me a lot of our own household debates on eating healthy. Go check it out for yourself: Why a Salad Costs More Than a Big Mac Some comments I found particularly telling: From mythago ~ …poverty and obesity are strongly correlated in [...]

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Saturday’s Movie Night

With Saturday being our usual library day, the kids are excited to watch whatever new videos they picked right away. This practice has naturally turned our Saturday nights into movie nights. It is the one night where I try to stop what I’m doing (i.e. housekeeping) to just sit and spend time with them doing [...]

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