Month: August 2016

Laundry Basics

Hopefully you haven’t thrown in a red robe with a load of white t-shirts…and if you did, I hope you like pink.

Here is the main tip. ALWAYS READ THE LABEL.

Clothing: Buttons & Hems

The next two weeks are all about clothing. How to fix it, how to buy it, how to launder it, and a little bit about how to make it.

Today I going to talk about basic repair. Buttons and Hems.

Saturday Giveaway

This weeks giveaway is a handy dandy measurement conversion chart.

Cookbook Reviews: Top Five Cookbooks

I have so many cookbooks that I use on a regular basis, that it was really hard to narrow it down to the top five. But here goes, and in no particular order….

Basic Kitchen Staples part one: Food

Most recipes assume that you have some basics already in the kitchen. Here are two lists, one with the bare basics, and one with slightly more.

3 Simple Recipes

These recipes require very little preparation time, and minimal “chef” skills. After each recipe, there will be a link to print out a pdf. I make no claims about the nutritional benefits of these, just their simplicity.

Saturday Giveaway

As promised, here is the giveaway for this week. A combination meal planner and grocery list. I am including one filled in for myself as an example of how to use it.

Food Storage

Now that you have gone grocery shopping, there is the matter of what you do with things that you brought home.

Making a Grocery List and Going Shopping

  Now you have your food plan for the week, time to put that into a workable shopping list. If this is your first time going to the grocery store, group the items you need together in “like” groups. For example: All Dairy together (add eggs to this group), All Rice/Pasta together, All canned veggies…

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