Tips to Healthier Eating & a Slimmer Budget

It seems everyone has back to school on the brain. Supply lists, back packs, class schedules, 1 st day fashions, and more. It can be a bit overwhelming and costly! Besides the growing school lists, feeding our kids during the school year can easily throw a budget into total chaos. With a few tricks, you [...]

Basil Pesto & Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Recipe

Summer is the perfect time to enjoy a flavorful pasta made with basil and sun dried tomatoes. This is an easy recipe that you can whip up in no time, and it is packed with flavor! If you have fresh basil in your garden, I have a basil pesto recipe posted on Madame Deals.

Basil Pesto [...]

Blueberry Dessert

Blueberry Dessert: This cool creamy cheesecake-like dessert is a family favorite

Preserving Summer Vegetables With Freezing

Mid-summer is here, and that means that gardens are plentiful with yellow squash, zucchini, green beans and carrots. While it is delightful to eat these fresh vegetables straight from the garden, many times you will have more than your family can consume before they start to spoil. To preserve these tasty vegetables for winter, try freezing them.

The [...]

Tomato Bread Recipe | Guest Post

Recipe for Tomato Bread
Another last-minute experiment right before Christmas, this is on its way to becoming a favorite at our house!

Ingredients:
¾ cup + 1 Tbsp (warm) water
4 cups bread flour
2 Tbsp sugar
1½ tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
¼ cup + 2 Tbsp tomato paste
¼ cup + 2 Tbsp pumpkin puree
¼ to ¾ tsp rosemary leaves, crumbled
6 to 8 fresh oregano leaves, minced
1½ [...]

Crab Quiche | Guest Post

From Jessica at Paulsbride
Crab Quiche

We like to try new foods and about a year ago I started buying imitation crab to make crab patties for us. We all enjoy crab patties, but that was about the only thing I had ever made with crab.
Earlier this week I had a pound of crab in the fridge, [...]

Visions of Sugarplums

Presented by: Lizzie at A Dusty FramePrice: $7Available at:  A Dusty Frame Description: Visions of Sugarplums: A Collection of Christmas Cookery is a delightful ebook published by Lizzie of A Dusty Frame, filled with those exceptional recipes of holidays past. My mouth waters as I examine the contents:Gingerbread WafflesWarm Cranberry PunchSweet Potato [...]

TOS Crew: Growing Healthy Homes- Nutrition 101

Mel participated in this review with the Crew.

Learning about nutrition can often be overwhelming; there are so many opinions and books and ideas out there on what is healthy and what is not. It can often lead to information overload because you’re just not sure whose advice to follow. Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is a [...]