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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. Not because my mother or grandmother taught me how to do it, as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Try making a Kiwi Jam! Make homemade jellies from your favorite varieties of wine!

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Making Snacking Delicious with Almondina and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

For generations his family loved his grandmother Dina’s most secret cookie, which she called Petit Gateau Sec. Almondina makes a great snack and Noah really enjoyed the crunch of it as well. Giveaway Making Snacking Delicious with Almondina and Giveaway' The chocolate and almond flavor was great!

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Book Nook: Catboat Road

Motherhood Moments

The Ragsdales, unmoored from social convention, well-meaning and decidedly modern, have learned to surf a wave of family tumult and weave their way into the rich tapestry of townspeople — often to comic effect. Our world is brutal, and if readers laugh out loud, as one blurbist did, that would make me happy.”

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pineapple upside down cake vintage recipe from 1920s

Coupons Do Work

When I was a kid, my grandmother said to me while making dinner one night, “one thing I regret is not learning my grandmother’s (who is my great-great grandmother Martha Henderson) recipe for upside down cake. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and whisk well.

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Visually Record Your Relatives??? History to Make Lasting Memories

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Take for instance, Clara Cannucciari, a 94 year old grandma and great grandma who shot to YouTube fame when her grandson began filming her sharing her experience living through the Great Depression as well as the recipes for the meals she and her family ate during that time.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I also splurge on our cat’s special allergen-reducing food, which makes it possible for Ms. We have a lot of free parks and nature reserves for hiking, and a wonderful library system that does free Inter Library Loans as well as lots of e-books. I make bone broth now! Allergic Girl (me) to have a cat again!

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I also had a blog several years ago (a little more on that below), but these days I write periodic essays at A Word on Substack as well as short, inspiring (I hope) messages most mornings at Good Notes. I was especially close to my maternal grandmother, though, and any financial education I got came from her.

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