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Simple Living

What Does Simple Living Mean To You?

May 17, 2012

I sat in my living room the other night and just took a look around. My living room is pretty small and also is my kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and entry way. I actually love having it all in one room because it makes it feel a little bigger. Of course I’ve sat in [...]

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Put Down the Razor and Step Away From the Shaving Cream!

May 12, 2012

So we’ve dug into the scaries that are lurking in our facial tissue and in our toilet paper so far. A few weeks ago I was informed of something I never thought about before…. Ingredients in Razors. Am I the only one that was shocked to find this out? I never even thought of razors [...]

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Your Toilet Paper Might Be Scary

May 5, 2012

After last week’s article all about why we don’t use Kleenex I had several requests to investigate that other tissue that we use in the bathroom, toilet paper. My initial thought was that toilet paper or “TP” as it’s known around my house, wasn’t going to be as bad. Was I wrong? Here is the [...]

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Inside My Pantry

May 2, 2012

I asked which area of my house you wanted to see the most and the majority wanted to see my pantry area. Truth is that I actually have a few different areas that I consider my food pantries. It tends to happen when you buy bulk foods and have small closets! The picture above is [...]

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Frugal Tips

Little House Living’s Weekly Favorites 5/17

May 17, 2012

This last weekend I bought a Cucina Pro Tortilla Press and Maker. It was a rather expensive investment but I’m hoping it will be worth it! Instead of having to roll out dozens and dozens of homemade tortillas now I can use this press. So far I really like it but I’m not very good [...]

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Using Coupons on Organic Products

May 15, 2012

So over the last year as we scooted further into our journey of buying more organics I noticed I was gravitating further away from using coupons. We first switched over to buying organic foods so we still used coupons on health and beauty products but now we’ve been switching those over as well or making [...]

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Guest Post: Hanging Clothes

May 11, 2012

Little House Living readers please welcome Cindy, our guest poster for today! Last month I got pressed back into using my clothesline when my dryer malfunctioned and needed some repair. I’m no stranger to a clothesline; I’ve always been blessed with having a line in the back yard wherever I’ve lived. I’ve used the line off and [...]

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Little House Living’s Weekly Favorites 5/10

May 10, 2012

So I’ve been back on forth on the best way to share deals with my lovely LHL readers for a while now. Right now I’ve decided to share my favorite natural and kitchen deals I’ve spotted this week in a round up post. If you like this idea and would like me to continue sharing [...]

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Recipes

Wheat Tortillas

May 16, 2012

I recently acquired 2 new kitchen appliances. My sweet new Wondermill Grain Mill and a tortilla press. I decided to put both to the test and create a new version of my homemade flour tortilla recipe. This version uses freshly ground wheat. If you only have store boughten wheat flour on hand you will use [...]

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Old Fashioned Recipe Exchange 5/15

May 15, 2012

I love discovering new recipes as I’m sure most of my readers do. So if you posted an awesome recipe on your blog this week, link it up here! If you have a recipe to share and you don’t have a blog just post it for us in the comments! I’ll be hosting this exchange [...]

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Breakfast Muffins

May 14, 2012

I don’t know about you but I am constantly looking for grab -n- go breakfast recipes. I like having fresh fruit but I always know I need a protein burst to kick start my day. This muffin has 2 sources of protein (sausage and dairy) and you can whip it up quickly. As an added [...]

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Choco-Banana Bars

May 11, 2012

I pinned a recipe a couple weeks ago that I was dying to try for Banana Bars. When I discovered this morning my bananas on the counter top were turning overripe I thought, “Today is my lucky day! It’s time for Banana Bars!” Here’s the recipe! 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 [...]

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