Whelp. This happened.
Yeah, that kitchen renovation I’ve been talking about forever has finally begun. You guys, I’m so excited about this, but also I’m simultaneously terrified. There are SO MANY DECISIONS to be made….
I’m always looking for ways to use the odds and ends of things around the house. Whether it be scraps of yarn, give to birds or made into art, pieces of wood in compost, or kitchen scraps made into a meal. There are of course certain things I struggle with. Ham’s bones seem to be one of them. I always seem to end up back at pea soup.
Not that pea soup is a h…
Every week for over a year I have been posting meal plans to help you keep your food life in line, over time I have tried to focus some of these meal plans based on seasons, health trends and special diets. …
You might have noticed a growing tally in all of my Recently posts that highlighted what we spent on food and garden goods. The average was just over $250 a Month on Groceries. I did this as an experiment to see what we actually spent on food throughout the year. As an engineer, optimization is something that I’m really enamored with and optimizing some of the biggest (and most important) life expenses we have is something of a goal of mine. For most people, groceries/dining out is easily one of the largest bills that they have, so I thought that this would be a good place to start.
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Around here we like to do things from scratch as much as possible. It’s more fun that way!…