It’s garden time again!  I just love this time of year – even though it keeps me VERY busy.  I feel so productive caring for, harvesting and putting away things from the garden.  Two of the first crops to fill our home this summer have been zucchini and onions.
I haven’t had much experience putting either [...]

I had the pleasure of speaking at co-op this week.  (Boy, do I miss those gals!)  We talked on the topic of healthfully and frugally making convenience mixes.  I talked about my reasons for even considering making homemade mixes in the first place – MSG and red food coloring – then added that being frugal [...]

Well, not exactly!
We’ve been doing all sorts of hands-on learning during our Colonial History unit and one of the activities I had planned was making butter.  At co-op over the years, the kids have had the opportunity to shake cream in baby food jars to make their own butter, so I didn’t think we needed [...]

A sinkful of fresh tomatoes in our house turns into about eleven quarts of diced tomatoes!

And here’s a new recipe I concocted to use up the canned tomatoes.  I had a quart that didn’t seal, plus some corn and peppers that needed to be used.  I didn’t have any ground beef, but I did have some [...]

Candace asked for these recipes.  I thought others might benefit, too.  So here ya go…..
Both of these recipes came from the cookbook I found at the www.msgmyth.com website.
Shake-n-bake Mix

4 1/2 cups dried bread crumbs, finely crushed
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp flour
6 Tbsp paprika
2 Tbsp + 2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp onion powder
2 tsp oregano
2 tsp [...]