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Pantry inventory and menu plan drawn up for the rest of the month.

phoned a store I purchased something from, and had to return via mail. They are refunding the item, but not shipping. That’s...

We tried an Instant Pot mac and cheese recipe, with a tossed salad, for supper. Hubby was not impressed with the IP mac and cheese. He suggested I toss the recipe and stick to baked mac and cheese. ...

I wish I were close! Could use grapes and tomatoes. Both freeze well. I used to snack on frozen grapes when I was dieting. I roasted tomatoes and then froze them. Or froze them whole and raw to...

What a wonderful heartwarming change in your lives! I’m very happy for you! I hope the boat charter business continues to go well for you and your hubby.

Company was here for a week and left Friday. We provided accommodations. They provided all meals, entrance fees and gas costs. We had a great time travelling around showing them the area.
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I make my own rotisserie chicken in my Instant Pot. It’s a hit with everyone. I leave out a lot of the salt. Mostly it’s a lot of spices…and chicken…from our local discount butcher. ETA: I freeze...

Made Hearty Salmon Chowder. Hubby loved it! He commented it is much better than restaurant chowder! We have enough for two more meals heading into the freezer.

Last year I froze pickled beets. We tried them this spring and they were too vinegary for us.

Any ideas what we could do with them to make them edible?

Taking company on a tour of PEI. They paid for the ferry. We have free accommodation at relatives while they’re away. We brought food from home. Relatives told us to raid the garden. Life is good!

Tonight’s supper was lime chicken thighs, brown rice and home grown green beans. Very yummy. We haven’t had it in a while.

You are not alone. My birthday was the 4th. People kept asking me “what are you going to do?” “Don’t you want to go out for supper?” Well, I wanted to stay home and bake and make jam. I asked...

Tonight’s supper was hm chicken Caesar salad with lemon loaf for dessert.

My Instant Pot yogurt turned out watery, so I’m straining the liquid out of it. Out of a gallon of reconstituted skim milk I will get 2 quarts of whey and 2 quarts of yogurt. I’m not sure it’s worth...

Thanks rosarugosa! :)

Today I switched to baking. I made 24 blueberry oatmeal muffins and 30 two-bite brownies. I have yogurt making in my Instant Pot. It’s almost finished.

I’ve been a bit...

We had Beef Stew, which Hubby made. I served up sale baguette with oliveoil and balsamic vinegar dipping sauce. And I just pulled hm 2 bite brownies from the oven for dessert.

:laff: That about sums it up Chicken Lady! Totally annoys me. If it’s not there, I don’t bother with a raincheck anymore. I have better things to do than spend my time running around to grocery...

I actually made the red currant jelly last evening, along with some failed strawberry jam, which is now strawberry syrup. :( I’m not sure what’s up today. I hope to do some baking, but we’ll see.

I solved our heating problem during the day…I cook. Not frugal, as I’m sure the stove uses a lot more electricity than the heat pump! However, I’m still busy canning etc.

Today’s Frugal things...

What’s getting me now is the huge jump in prices. Cranberries and sugar are very high in price right now. A small 3 cup bag of cranberries (downsized from 4 cups) is $3.97 CAD. A 2 kg bag of sugar...

Our heat has been on the last two nights. We heat with a heat pump, so it is economical…relatively…compared to the otherwise electric baseboard heat.

Hubby and I had our monthly budget meeting...

I made chicken stock today. I used 6 cups of it to make chicken noodle soup, and the other 6 cups is heading for the freezer. Serving soup up with hm whole wheat dinner rolls and crackers....

Welcome Glenhelka!

I’ve been busy sharing my first round of canning with family and friends. Second round begins next week, after I check out the grocery stores to see what’s on sale. I have $165 CAD left in my...

Agreed. But with a caveat. Here in Canada we have something called a fee only financial planner. For a straight annual fee (in our case it was $1000) they come in to do a full financial assessment...

Cranberry muffins