Confession: I love spaghetti o's. The kinda cheese-y but definitely tomato-y sauce with all the fun little noodle o's that would nestle into each other... I used to pick out all the tiny o's and eat those first. Unless there were meatballs. Meatballs trumped all the noodles. ... Continue Reading
Archives for July 2015
Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Vacations
This is Part 5 of our Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck series. You can find all of the previous posts in this series HERE. Written by Mr. Crumbs Upon reading the title of this post, you’re probably saying to yourself “isn’t vacation… entertainment?” As in, you just wrote a post on trimming entertainment expenses, now you’re going to talk about vacations? Yup. Here’s why. People spend as much on a one ... Continue Reading
How I Taught My Kids to Make Their Own School Lunch
Back when I read the Healthy Lunchbox by Katie Kimball, I was intrigued when she mentioned that her kids were responsible for emptying their lunchboxes every day. My kids were still homeschooling at that point, but we made the switch to public school a couple months later. Mornings found me scrambling for clean lunchbox containers. Not what I want to be doing at 6:15 in the morning. So we started a new habit. ... Continue Reading
Five School Lunches in Less Than an Hour (free printable)
School lunches. Dun dun dun… They’re a plague on parents far and wide. Deciding what to pack, finding the time to pack, fighting the kids on what you just packed and potentially losing your pretty reusable containers to the school trash can. The whole thing is battle I’d rather not fight, but the kids have to eat and it’ll be goldfish and gummies if I don’t step in and do something. ... Continue Reading
Einkorn English Muffins
Nooks and crannies guys. Nooks.And.Crannies. You know you love them. You know you love them more when they're filled with butter and jam. Or just butter. Because really, when you have a great einkorn English muffin, jam just complicates things. Let's keep it simple for now. ... Continue Reading
13 Ways to Use Food Scraps
Ever wondered what to do with those beet tops? How about ways to use fruit and veggie peels? Do you feel like you are wasting half of your food? The more I learn about the way today's food is grown and how the chemicals are affecting us, the more I'm determined to buy organic as much as possible. BUT, organic isn't cheap. Even after pulling out all my "buy organic cheap" tricks, organic can still be ... Continue Reading
DIY Homemade Bubbles
One the cutest things my little toddler does is bring me his shoes. It never fails that he brings me one left foot and one right foot, but they are always mismatched shoes! Then he brings me my shoes. And then he goes and bangs on the door begging to go outside! This ritual happens several times a day. Needless to say, we spend a lot of time outdoors. Besides walking down the path near our home and splashing ... Continue Reading
Republic Wireless: Switching Wireless Carriers After 15 Years
This summer marked a big event for me. For the first time in 15 years, I looked for a new cell-phone carrier: Republic Wireless. You see - I'd been with the same cell phone carrier since college - Verizon - and frankly, I hadn't run into any issues. That is, until a couple of months ago when I went to upgrade our two Verizon phones to last years model "iPhone" - for 99¢ each.... They wanted to charge me around ... Continue Reading
Savory Pasta with Onions, Bacon and Greens
Before the beets there was lacinato kale. There was also red chard, Swiss chard and rainbow chard. In fact, we’ve had almost every dark green leafy vegetable that summer could possibly produce come into our kitchen via the CSA box. It's been quite interesting... did you know that the LEAVES of the broccoli plant are edible? And guess how you cook them - just like every other green! Coming up with a staple recipe ... Continue Reading
Get Rid of Green Hair and Heal Swimmers Ear Naturally
Ah … summer! The joys of sun, sand and surf. Lazy days floating in the water and sipping refreshing drinks while relaxing under an umbrella. Enjoying good times with friends and family. Unfortunately, spending hours in the pool, on the lake, or at the beach don’t come without their sometimes uncomfortable and embarrassing consequences... Green hair, anyone? ... Continue Reading
