Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
A couple of our kids have a sensitivity to peanut butter. So when Keira made peanut butter cookies recently, she made a 2nd batch with sunflower butter for the kids that can’t have peanut butter. For some reason, we broke one of the cookies in …
I wanted to share an easy frugal tip. We make a lot of homemade bread & every time you slice homemade bread, it leaves crumbs on the cutting board. (Even if you use store bought bread, there are often crumbs at the bottom of the …
Ever wondered how to keep a pot from boiling over? There’s an easy trick! Put a wooden spoon in the pot. I used to think it would work if you just laid the spoon over the top of the pot, but it doesn’t work the …
We have noticed the past couple months that something has been off in our dishwasher & we’ve been having a hard water film on our dishes. It’s terrible! We tried to fix our water softener, we’re still trying to figure out if it’s working or …
Have you ever wondered how to easily “fold” foil to line a pan? Sure, you can just try to stuff it down inside the pan &try to smooth out the corners. 😀 OR… Turn the pan you want to line upside down, as shown in …
We have SOOO many fruit flies this time of year…can anyone else relate? 😒 How do you get rid of them? We have done some vinegar fruit fly traps on & off over the years with varied results. I know some people put plastic wrap …
In one of Logan’s history books, it taught him how to make an ancient Scroll. He wanted to make one for McKaylee for her birthday, with Psalm 113-118 printed on it. It was a fun process. First you make a strong “pot” of tea. Then …
We discovered a neat trick the other day. We had cooked some meat in the instant pot & it had a lingering smell. We wanted to make some applesauce in it without the smells mixing. We put about 1/2 – 1 cup of vinegar in …
When we have some leftover ham, I like to make little baggies of omelet fixings for the freezer. I buy a bag of frozen peppers & onions and put a mix of about a half cup (total) of ham, peppers & onions in each little …
One of the highlights of our summer is getting boxes of fresh blueberries. (Really I love all the amazing fresh produce of summer!!) We’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember, at least a dozen years. Some years we get up to …