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Real Food Stockpile: Fruits and Vegetables

May 20th, 2011 · 30 Comments · Frugality

Luckily, most kids like raisins. When you’re talking long-term food storage or preparedness, chances are you might end up with some foods and/or forms of food preparation that are a little foreign to your family. When it comes to fruits, it’s just fun. In the style of yesterday’s meat, protein and fat long-term storage post, [...]

Real Food Stockpile: Preservation and Storage Techniques

May 18th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality

When we hear reports about the potential for $25 loaves of bread, whether that’s “out there” and a knee-jerk, fearful reaction to some of the economic stress we’ve seen over the past few years, or a completely rational and possible prediction, my husband and I raise our eyebrows at each other. We’re in the market [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: Food Sources in Michigan and the Midwest

April 19th, 2011 · 36 Comments · Frugality

People seem to love knowing what others spend, don’t they? Whether it’s to assure yourself that you’re doing okay, compare and wonder what the other person knows that you don’t, or just to have a peek into someone else’s life, it’s amazing what a hot topic budgets can be, especially grocery budgets. I’ve often been [...]

5 Ways to Preserve Your Apples

October 12th, 2010 · 43 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Frugality, Recipes

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many doctors are bored because we’re averaging 2-3 per person around here this fall? My husband went out with friends Friday night. They had pizza, he had an apple. The next day they tailgated; he had grilled chicken and an apple. My 2-year-old daughter Leah [...]

POP! The Best Sound Ever Heard in a Kitchen

September 8th, 2010 · 29 Comments · Do It Yourself, Organic Gardening, Recipes

If you’ve ever canned anything, you know exactly what I’m talking about. After all the prepping food, filling jars, carefully lowering into the water and trying not to get burned getting the jars out, while they’re sitting on the counter, you start to hear: “Pop!” “Pop!” “POP!” It’s the sound of something done right, of [...]

Organic Gardening Series: The End – Final Thoughts from Rene

August 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Organic Gardening

The last of the organic gardening series by Rene of Budget Saving Mom: How To Be Self Sufficient When You Garden: We try to be pretty self sufficient, and grow most of the fruits and vegetables that we use throughout the year. We also raise our chickens, guineas and ducks which provide meat and eggs [...]

Organic Gardening Series: Preserving Produce by Freezing

July 15th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Organic Gardening

What can I freeze? It’s a common question as gardens begin to be ready for harvest and Farmer’s Markets tempt people with bushel baskets full of gorgeous fruits and vegetables. One of my early posts here at KS was when I granted myself the title of “freezer queen”: 10 Easy Prep Foods I Always Have [...]