Tag: food
Food Dehydrating 101 | Saving Money with Food Storage and Dehydration
Don’t miss the awesome giveaway at the bottom of the post! I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of throwing out food because we didn’t eat it before it went bad. It’s a waste of money and it’s just … irresponsible. Especially when I think of all the people who have more »
Frugal Leftover Ham, Cheese and Potato Casserole
Not long ago I was at my parent’s house when my mom handed me some leftover ham. We’re not really sandwich people at our house, so I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it. I brought it home, stuffed it in the refrigerator and then eyeballed it for a couple of days, more »
Hello Kitty Pirate Princess Cake
This year for my daughter’s fourth birthday she requested a Hello Kitty Pirate Princess birthday cake. You just have to know our daughter to know that this isn’t a weird request. Last year she asked for a 3D triceratops dinosaur cake. Purple. Instead of doing what normal parents do–pay someone to make the weird cake more »
Clipix Helps Make Family Meal Time Easier
I’m just going to lay it on the line: family meal time sucks at our house. At the beginning of any give week I have all these grand plans about getting organized and planning out meals days (or weeks!) ahead of time so that I’m not scrounging around last minute or ordering take out more »
Snowman Cheese Ball
If you’ve never made a cheese ball for a party, you will be shocked at how easy they are–some plain or flavored softened cream cheese mixed with onion powder, garlic powder, chives or green onions and some shredded cheddar, shaped into a ball and refrigerated and you have yourself a cheese ball. (Seriously.) The great thing is you can more »
Perfect Pumpkin Cookies
Don’t tell anyone, but I have found the perfect pumpkin cookies. I’m totally serious. If you’re looking for an awesome addition to your Fall classroom treats, your Thanksgiving dessert table or even a take-along to a gathering, these are it. I found the cookies on Pinterest from a blogger named Allison on her House of more »
High Fructose Corn Syrup | Is it really bad?
You’ve seen the commercials–one tells you that high fructose corn syrup is the devil, while the other tells you that it’s just…corn. Like most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. However, I have been wondering about it lately. HFCS: So, what’s the real story? High fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, is more »
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