Amaranth
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Mrs. B, I like how you got a mix of food that would provide calories, plus some more intensely flavored food to spice it up. Great that you figured...

In a wonderful, amazing irony, AGirlCalledJack's recipes that she used for the challenge plus other similar ones are being given out to food bank...

See What's in the Pot? at http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ Discussion under comments in each recipe...

Another thing that might be going on is that generic complements are not very satisfying. They often indicate: manipulation, not paying enough...

Also if anyone is connected to Suzanne's facebook page, she has a good photo how to use strawbales to make a coldframe.

It is hard to figure out some of the items in the photo. From the info in the book, the Bhutan family has Red rice Flour Red Potatoes Barley ...

Cathy, that's interesting about the 2 different bales. Wonder if the looser one would work better for root vegetables? Steve, how about lettuce...

Redfox (and anyone else who has been thinking about the Bhutanese family), what would you make for a day from their ingredients? Lhamo, what would...

Love the Hungry Planet book and What I Eat. It would be fun to have an SLF version of either of these. And a followup thread of some of the...

The banana and Hungarian wax are longer and thinner. This is as big as a bell pepper on the top and looks like a bell pepper on the top if you are...

5 gallon food bucks such as soy sauce or tofu. Earthbox http://www.earthbox.com Salad Table, but make a deeper version with more bracing and a...

A contribution to their college fund account.

Mrs.B, like how you founds ways to make the soups more hearty. Is it turning out to be close to enough food or are you hungry some of the day? ...

Who's planning to participate? Would you like us to help brainstorm ideas with your area's most frugal ingredients?

Also it's pretty easy to rig rain barrels in series in the back of the house. Plumb them together so that when the one attached to rainspout is...

If you are doing the challenge and would like to also do guest posts on Jack Monroe's blog you can email her at jackmonroe@live.co.uk Here are...

Thanks Peggy. If we put something like a banana into the bread, do you cut back on buttermilk or oil?

Morra is going as healthy and whole foods as possible with brown rice, black beans, greens and eggs plus some fruit....

33 cent meals from Ms. Jack Monroe http://agirlcalledjack.com/category/below-the-line-budget-recipes/ Meal #1 22p Jardaloo Ma Murghi (Curry With...

Inspired by this thread, I started a thread over in the food forum for a minimalist grocery list for people to post their favorite choices.

So far I've got 21 Items plus 4 slots for the seasonal and farmer's market items. Debating peanuts or sesame seeds though. Would welcome thoughts...

Anyone with a tentative grocery list or menu yet? Max Deane’s Shopping list and menu. Tea with milk is an important component. Flavored...

Zoebird, I wish all parents did that with college students. Saving up for housing that way is ideal too. The Amish have a similar system for...

Steve, how about doing the future warranty or recall repairs at a different dealership that is honest and has a loaner car? Also might be worth...

Lauren wiil be blogging about doing the challenge while living in a college dorm here. https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/laurenbosche Her initial...

Sometimes it also works to move to where you can get a job that pays a good deal of money but where there is a creative culture in your area of...

What other soup cookbooks do people like? Or cookbooks with a really good soup chapter?