Who doesn’t love a Macaron? What I don’t love is having to pay $3 for one of those suckers at a bakery. While pregnant I would dream about Macarons, and since our budget would not allow me to spend $15 a day on the delicious bites of heaven, I decided to attempt to make some….
Scrumptious Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
This easy frosting is so deliciously scrumptious that you could eat it by the spoonful (not gonna lie, while pregnant I totally did #sorrynotsorry). Yes, this recipe has Fluff as an ingredient, and let me tell you- it takes this frosting to the next level! Scrumptious Raspberry Buttercream Frosting Ingredients 1 package raspberries (6 oz)…
How You Can Have Garden Fresh Basil All Year Long! (and how to use up all of the basil from your garden)
If you are anything like me, you had a crap load of basil left over towards the end of the summer. Basil grows like crazy, which is awesome, but it also means that you have so much that you don’t know what to do with it. I have figured out a solution that let me…
How I Always Have a Free Supply of Healthy Beef Stock. Easy & Free!
The FREE and EASY way to have a surplus of Beef Stock in your freezer.
How To Use Up Gift Card Balances (even if it’s less than $1)
Raise your hands if you are like me and have been carrying around old gift cards in your wallet that have random amounts left on them. After forgetting about these gift cards and never using up the full amount I would just throw them away as I never had an opportunity to use a $.35 or $7.08 gift…
Farm Fresh Strawberry Cobbler (just like Gram’s)
It’s no secret that this pregnant lady has been craving strawberries- directly from the farm stand that is a 1/2 mile away from our house. The only issue with wanting to eat these scrumptious strawberries all the time is that sometimes I need a change from my standard Strawberry Shortcake. After going through my Gram’s Recipe Cards…
Keep Your Summer Strawberries Fresher for Longer
If you are anything like me, you count down the days until your local farm stand has their freshly picked strawberries for sale. This year my strawberry cravings have been multiplied since they are all I have been craving! I am thinking that I will be giving birth to a strawberry. There is nothing like…
How I Made $50 Grocery Shopping This Year with NO Couponing!
Let me see a show of hands of how many people make money while grocery shopping. Anyone? Bueller? Believe me, I was one of those who would have thought that making money by buying my normal groceries was a scam, but I was wrong. And I never had to cut or clip any coupons! Let me…
Gram’s Chicken & Rice Crockpot Style
Pregnancy craving alert! Visions of chicken, mushrooms & rice would not leave my thoughts so I needed a plan to quell this craving. In comes my Gram’s Chicken & Rice Casserole. But since I have been exhausted by the time I get home from work, the last thing I wanted to think about was cooking…
Reuben Egg Rolls- St. Patrick’s Dinner Leftovers
‘Tis the season for Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinners, which ultimately leads to mounds of leftovers. Each year my husband and I try to figure out a new and exciting way to eat our corned beef, and this year thanks to some leftover egg roll wrappers in our fridge, we decided to create ‘Reuben Egg…
How I Make Money Online Shopping- No Crazy Coupling Skills Needed
Since me and the hubby are starting a family at the same time we are purchasing our first home, we needed to find ways to cut back on our spending. And I found out a way to actually bring money back into our wallets while shopping for the necessities that we need. Seriously, this post…
Gram’s Never Fail Hard Boiled Eggs- Perfect Every Time
I adore hard boiled eggs and even more so deviled eggs & egg salad. I was lucky to have been taught the “Never Fail” technique for the perfect hard boiled egg from my Gram many years ago. And now I am passing along the secret to perfect hard boiled eggs every time- even for those people…
Countryish Living 