Well, I finally tried a new recipe in my THM (Trim Healthy Mama) book. I have had the book for several years and made many of the...

I cook from scratch all the time. Better for our health and my pocket book likes it too. The other night I was needing a healthy snack. I...

Well, it is now 2025 and a few small events went on with our quiet Christmas. We had ham and 2 veggies and homemade rolls. My hubby...

One of my very favorite desserts was chocolate pudding. My mom would buy the boxes with the powdered mix. My auntie would buy be the...

The season of baking is upon us. You open up your recipe book and many seasonal desserts have sweetened condensed milk as an ingredient....

I have made this recipe and it went well with hamburger patties I made the patties on the stovetop. Very low cost to make and very...

I haven't tried this recipe yet. Though I will with my next big pot of soup. This recipe does come from an old WW2 cookbook. I carry on...

Lentils are one of my favorites to add into soups and stews. They soak up the flavor of whatever you have put them in. Packed with lots...

Well, I still have some butter in my freezer. Eventually it will run out and I will not be buying anymore. The price is just not worth it...

Life has been extremely busy. My garden is doing fantastic and have canned, dehydrated and freeze dried foods from my garden and...

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For the last 4 years I have been rationing our meat. Yep, I said that word. Inflation continues to rise and I could see things coming...

Recently I needed to rotate and use some of my canned items. So, making some salsa was the task. This turned out amazing and very tasty....

On our property we have anice sized wild black berry patch. Yep, they have thorns and have been poked several times since we have been in...

This meal is one that has no recipe honestly. I have several of those. No measurements. On my meal plan calendar was turkey pie. Well, I...

This was a new recipe I tried recently. It turned out like a soup which was fine. Tasted really good though. I did add some frozen turkey...

This oil is a fun one to add into many different types of food dishes. Feel free to download the image. My favorite essential oils: Get...

I finally took out the beef bones that were in my freezer from the previous cow we had purchased. The process of making beef bone broth...

I put this recipe on my meal calendar once a month. It is one of our very favorites. You can easily add any type of meat to it. This time...

So, you are most likely trying to figure out what "Leftoverville" is. Well, I take leftovers in my freezer and fridge and make something...