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Food stamp challenge

Every so often I see various food stamp challenges – the idea is to see if you can eat healthily within the dollar guidelines that

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Weekly menu plan

With all the holidays, it’s been a while since I’ve posted my weekly menu!  Now that cold weather here, I’m shifting into winter fare –

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Book repair glue

About a month ago, we signed up as members of a privately owned Jewish book library.  They have loads of great books to check out,

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Making first aid salve

In the beginning of the summer, I shared how we made a salve for poison ivy.  That worked well, but we discovered one problem with it

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How to make elderberry syrup

Last night I made my first batch of elderberry syrup.  It is filled with antioxidants and is good for preventing colds or treating them, depending

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Preparing for flu season

Last week a couple of people asked me what I’m doing to prepare for the upcoming flu season, particularly regarding swine flu.  The first thing

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Gardening discoveries

Remember a couple of days ago I mentioned that the pears we were planning to pick were picked when we went camping?  Yesterday I accidentally

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