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,Click to Continue »
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 atClick to Continue »
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 padClick to Continue »
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 breakClick to Continue »
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 isClick to Continue »
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’tClick to Continue »
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 sourdoughClick to Continue »
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 meClick to Continue »