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$185, Food Stamp, One Income.

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Times are tough; you can either spend your time crying about how stressed you are, or you could look for a solution. I decided instead of ‘surviving’, I was going to find ways to use everything I do have to their greatest potential. What can I do to make things last longer? What combinations of…

Cooking/Recipes

End of the Month Quesadilla’s

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 11, 2024

It’s the end of the month. You got a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Maybe you could do tacos. But maybe you don’t’ have all the toppings you really like on them. In my case, that was it. I had one pound of hamburger in the fridge, Some Corn Tortillas…

Cooking/Recipes

Discover the Versatility of Our Decadent Caramel Sauce

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

This all started because I wanted iced coffee to take to work in the morning. There are times when I am leaving for work at 7 am and its already almost 80 degrees. So, drinking hot coffee is the last thing that sounds appealing to me. But my favorite Iced coffee? Carmel iced coffee. When…

Cooking/Recipes

Eggs In Cheese Sauce – Retr0 Recipe

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

When my grandmother passed away, I received a few of her books, and one of them was a Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. Recently, I started to go through and mark pages of things I have in the house so I can try making them. I color coded them too for quick searching. Yellow…

DIY | Gardening

Garden Tea

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 7, 2024

You don’t have space for a compost, or maybe you don’t have the patience. I can relate to both reasonings. I was in a similar predicament until I saw a Facebook video while scrolling my feed. They soaked banana peels in water for 8 hours and it was a great fertilizer for their house plants….

Cooking/Recipes | DIY | Gardening

Fresh Tomato Cucumber Salad

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Well, the heat is here to stay for a while, so prepare yourselves for my Summer Food Series. This recipe is a new one in my book, thanks to my Aunt. It was under sad terms, a death in the family, but it was a memory I’ll never forget. We got into town in the…

Cooking/Recipes | Gardening

Kitchen Hacks

Bymiranda September 2, 2024

Recently, for reasons I’ve already discussed in THIS post, our families food budget has been reduced a bit, and were looking for ways to make things last longer. And my ritual when I get home from work is to sit, and check my blog views, and video views, while watching a video that has been…

Gardening

Garden Update-June

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Its June, and my garden is doing Amazing things! I’ve even started harvesting a bit! Its been so exciting how well its been doing so far. But I can already tell the heat is going to be a struggle. Now, you might wanna go read my other posts about my gardens so you know what’s…

Cleaning | DIY | Gardening | Storage and Organizing

DIY Lavender Fabric Softener: A Simple Guide to Fresh, Natural Laundry

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 15, 2024

When I saw this recipe in my homesteading book, I saw the measurements and at first was like ‘man, I don’t think I have enough at the moment’ . I was fully prepared to go out to my lavender plant, which, I don’t think is really enjoying this Redding heat, and grab some more lavender…

Cooking/Recipes | DIY

Chocolate Cake from Scratch

Bymiranda September 2, 2024

Remember a few posts ago when I made my very own cake mix? Well its time to give it a try! I was excited to make my first cake completely from scratch, and got started right away. The first thing I noticed was how dense it was. The batter was extremely thick, much, much thicker…