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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

Rather, as an escape from all of the super fast, super processed foods that were on the market. I wanted to have foods in my pantry with ingredients that I could pronounce, and with as few ingredients as possible. Make homemade jellies from your favorite varieties of wine! I loved the stories that people would share with me.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. Homemade Crafts. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. There’s nothing better than a homemade meal that only needs to be heated up. What a delicious gift of food! Baked Goods.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

Rather, as an escape from all of the super fast, super processed foods that were on the market. I wanted to have foods in my pantry with ingredients that I could pronounce, and with as few ingredients as possible. Make homemade jellies from your favorite varieties of wine! I loved the stories that people would share with me.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Nothing makes me salivate more than the thought of roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and homemade bread piled on a plate with gravy poured on top. She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal.

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Frugal Friday 11.25.16

Family Balance Sheet

What We Ate this Week: Monday : Ham & Bean Soup , homemade sugar-free applesauce. Everyone chips in though, but my mom and two aunts cook the bulk of the food. Tuesday: Tortellini & Spinach Soup. Wednesday: Spaghetti night. Thursday: Thanksgiving. Gobble, Gobble. My mother hosted her side of the family.

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Super Saver Holiday Ideas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Other treasured items we reuse every year include huge a mottled green glass ball ornament from my grandparents, a set of 1950′s angel candle holders from a favorite aunt and two 3 foot tall paper nutcrackers made by my kids in elementary school in the 1980′s. Heaven knows, not many of us lack for food or sustenance!

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30 Mother’s Day DIY Gift Ideas

Couponing 101

This list has some simple and elegant gifts that anyone would love — mom, grandma, sister, friend, cousin, aunt, etc. From jewelry & sewing projects to body scrubs & homemade coasters, there’s something for everyone! Give the gift of homemade coasters. Do you enjoy making homemade DIY gifts?

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