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Last night we had an enchilada bake for dinner. Kevin's sister, Julie, made this for us as a freezer meal after Carson was born. It ...

Today I made some crockpot cheeseburger soup from A Year of Crockpotting. I had some Velveeta cheese that I needed to use up, so I decid...

Kevin, Carson and I made a trip to the Swartz Creek farmer's market this afternoon. I picked up two quarts white potatoes, one bunch ca...

This afternoon, I canned a small batch of applesauce. I only used up about half of the apples I bought at Spicer's last weekend, so I...

On Thursday this week, I made a roasted chicken in the crockpot for dinner. After we'd eaten, I removed all the meat from the bones,...

I've been following the recent farm-to-school bills that have been circulating in the State legislature. Since having Carson, I've ...

Considering how busy we were this weekend, it was a rather productive weekend for me in the kitchen. On Saturday, we took a trip to an orch...

This morning I got up early and canned a batch of raspberry jam. I picked up a few quarts of fall red raspberries at the Davison farmer...

This past Thursday there was a big one-day-only farmer's market at the State Capitol. All Michigan vendors, all Michigan-grown produc...

Just for fun and b/c I have a little time to kill right now... Here’s what I want you to do: 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, in...

Tonight I made a crockpot recipe. I haven't used the crockpot much lately and I've missed it! The crockpot makes having a good dinn...

Well I didn't end up doing any preservation this weekend. Things came up with the family yesterday (when I was going to make a batch of...

This past weekend was a busy, yet productive one. We did drive by the Swartz Creek farmers market to see if the garlic lady was there, but ...

This afternoon I canned a batch of chopped tomatoes. Just simple tomatoes packed in water. I wanted to use up the tomatoes I'd harve...

This afternoon I canned a batch of pizza sauce using another recipe from my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. It was a pretty easy r...

Tonight I used up some of the organic tomatoes I picked up on Monday to make some tomato sauce. I used a combination of Jubilee tomatoes ...

I didn't make it to my normal farmer's markets this weekend with all that was going on for Jaime's wedding, but Carson and I did...

I've been lacking in my veggie gardening duties for the last few weeks. I don't think I've pulled weeds in the veggie garden in ...

Well, my meal plans last week never happened. The only meal we had that I'd planned on were the burgers from the freezer. My mom made ...

Tonight I tried another new recipe from RecipeZaar for a zucchini casserole. Its a great way to use up those veggies from the garden. I...

Kevin and Carson joined me at the Swartz Creek farmer's market again after church this afternoon. We didn't get much, just another ...

I went to the new farmer's market here in Mundy Township (the township in which we live) this morning. It was the first week, as the ...

This afternoon I made up a half-batch of salsa to can. I got the recipe from my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I've made fre...

I canned a batch of pickled banana peppers last night. I got the recipe out of my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. They were reall...

I came across some potentially useful recipes in the Tightwad Gazette and thought I'd share. I haven't tried them yet, but probably...

Kevin and Carson joined me on my weekly outing to the Swartz Creek Farmer's Market yesterday. Unfortunately, due to the weather there w...

This recipe comes from an old neighbor of my parents' - Winnie. My family has used this recipe for probably 15 years now. It is a very ...

So I tried my hand at making a pie for the first time today. I can't believe I've never made a pie on my own yet. Actually I gue...

I've been reading the Tightwad Gazette lately. I checked it out from the library a couple of weeks after Kevin lost his job in hopes of...

After weeks of wanting to make some blueberry syrup, I finally did this afternoon. I found a recipe in my Ball Complete Book of Home Pres...

I went to the local farmer's market again this morning. I love to see all the new produce each week. Each week there is even more ta...

Another recipe from RecipeZaar that I found to use up the rest of the cabbage. Other than the egg roll wraps, I had everything else on h...

I found the recipe on RecipeZaar . Horrocks Farm Market in Lansing had cabbage on sale this week for 15 cents a pound and I just couldn...

I found this recipe on RecipeZaar and thought it sounded like a good way to use up some of the fresh blueberries I have on hand. I made an...

This recipe is from Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals show on the Food Network. And believe it or not, it really did only take 30 minute...

This recipe comes from Sara Ross' mom. Sara and I used to make these when we were in college and eat them throughout the school year....

On Sunday, I went into Swartz Creek to the local farmer's market to pick up some cherries and blueberries. I decided to dry the cherrie...

I tried out another recipe I found on A Year of CrockPotting for parmesan chicken last night. This turned out very tasty and I'll de...