My grocery budget is $330 each month, including food, household items and toiletries. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the halfway point of the month. --------------- There are a good handful of blogs out there that make you feel bad if you're not fermenting everything, soaking everything and eating the absolute best food you possibly can 100% of the ... Continue Reading
Archives for June 2013
Toasted Coconut and Banana Sourdough Pancakes
I have this thing with tropical flavors. I just can't seem to get enough of them! My smoothies, our tacos and now breakfast all seem to have a slight pina colada feel to them... You know, that lying-on-a-beach-with-the-warm-sun-beaming-on-your-body type of feeling. Sounds nice, right? Anyone else closing their eyes, day dreaming about the Caribbean at the moment? No? Just me? Oh well. Toasted coconut and ... Continue Reading
How to Make Flour Without a Grain Mill
I have a really hard time spending money on appliances that I don't need because: a) they serve one purpose b) take up more room than I have available c) or cost A LOT of money That's why I don't own a yogurt maker. Or a quesadilla maker. Or a juicer. I use a heating pad to make yogurt. My standard cast iron skillet for quesadillas. And I have a super-cool Blendtec that will pulverize anything I feed ... Continue Reading
Flour Face Off: Which Wheat Makes the Best Wheat Flour for Cookies?
The average day in the life of a frugal food blogger is hard work. Bake bread, taste bread, think about bread... Geez, talk about a hardship! ;) Truly though, there are days where the work is just grueling. Like when you're baking cookies, tasting cookies, thinking about cookies... Goodness, can't a girl catch a break around here? I kid, really I do, because I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to ... Continue Reading
Flour Face Off: Which Wheat Makes the Best Wheat Flour for Bread?
This post contains affiliate links. Tropical Traditions has sponsored two giveaways here on Crumbs so far this year: first a quart of coconut oil in March and then a whole gallon of coconut oil last month. (The fact that they offered a gallon STILL leaves me amazed!) I have no doubt that their sponsorship is due largely to the overwhelming support and involvement of YOU. With that said, I'd like to take a ... Continue Reading
The Different Types of Wheat and What They’re Used For
Learning about carbohydrates has turned into a way more diverse trek than I ever thought it would be. The series on fats ended up with thirteen do somethings, and carbohydrates (with still a few weeks to go) is already up to ten. TEN!! I have so many ideas jotted down in my calendar, I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with twenty by the time we wrapped the series up! Man, I sure do hope ya'll like talking ... Continue Reading
Simple Sourdough Bread Recipe
I like to call sourdough bread the "lazy man's bread." Yep. It's that simple! The amazing benefits of sourdough are enough to give it a try. And then the idea of making "something out of nothing" in a sourdough starter is super exciting. You can make your own sourdough starter from scratch or get a sourdough kit to help speed along the process. You can even make a gluten-free starter and adapt this recipe for ... Continue Reading
Meal Planning June 16 – June 29: Finding the Discipline to Meal Plan Among Distractions + Giveaway
To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven The past couple months in the Crumbs household has been much like that Beatles song. We knew since February that May and June were going to be busy for us. Wait a sec. Let me rephrase. Insanely busy and overwhelming is a bit more accurate. 13 Days out of Town 8 Days Hosting Company 5 Nights of ... Continue Reading
{Counting Crumbs} The Streak Comes to an End
My grocery budget is $330 each month, including food, household items and toiletries. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the end of the month. You can read about the halfway point here, where I spent the first $319 of my budget. --------------- Well, I knew it was going to happen. With only $11 real dollars left of the grocery budget, going over was ... Continue Reading
How to Make a Sourdough Starter
My adventures in sourdough began a few years ago when my sister gave me a really awesome cookbook for Christmas. It's filled with make-your-belly happy "home-style" food, but with an underlying healthy, organic-like theme. Right up my alley, right? One of the recipes inside was for sourdough starter. I had no interest in making my own bread at the time (this was BEFORE I read labels, but having a newborn and a ... Continue Reading
