Little House on the Prairie Living: Making the most with what you have!

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Living Like These Happy Golden Years: Failure

January 26, 2012

Pa assured her. “You’ve never failed at anything you tried to do, have you?” “Well, no,” Laura addmitted. “But I…I never tried to teach school.” “You’ve tackled every job that ever came your way,” Pa said. “You never shirked, and you always stuck to it till you did what you set out to do. Success [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 1/23

January 23, 2012

We are still enjoying having 2 leftover nights a week. This week I’m going to use a whole chicken to create some chicken and rice soup and leftover broth to freeze. I also want to make a nice big batch of homemade tortillas and freeze some for later meals. Monday: Chicken and Rice Soup Tuesday: [...]

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Living Like Little Town on the Prairie: Wants vs Needs

January 19, 2012

“Laura?” “Yes, Pa?” ”You want some of these new-fangled name cards, don’t you?” Pa asked. “I was just thinking the same thing, Charles,” said Ma. “Well, yes, I do want them,” Laura admitted. “But I don’t need them.” ~ Little Town in the Prairie p. 195 I almost feel like I don’t need to add [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 1/16

January 16, 2012

Monday: Lasagna Casserole (Just making lasagna only using whatever noodles we have instead because I’m out of lasagna noodles!) Tuesday: Hamburgers Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Breakfast for Supper (Sausage and Stuffed Waffles *Recipe coming*) Friday: Pizza Saturday: Depends on what comes in from Bountiful Baskets! Sunday: Leftovers Make Ahead: Ultimate Hamburger Buns Sausage Pancake Mix Pizza [...]

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Frugal Tips

Building a Whole Foods Basics Stockpile

January 28, 2012

Pin It I get asked often how you go about creating and building a first time stockpile. Obviously most of us can’t afford to do it all at once and even if you could would you know where to start? Here’s a list of basic things that I think should be in every self-sufficient families [...]

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Rice Chips (Corn and Gluten Free)

January 27, 2012

Pin It I used to love any kind of chips and dip. Finding out that you are supposed to stay away from corn…that was a sad sad day. Tortilla chips were no longer an option for me. So here is a recipe that uses rice flour instead! This recipe might take a couple takes to [...]

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Canning Dried Soaked Beans

January 25, 2012

Pin It For me, canning is not just done at the end of the gardening season. I love to can, so it is something that I will do anytime during the year. One of my “off season” canning projects always includes beans. I like to do big batch canning of beans to have on hand [...]

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Kindle Fire: A Giveaway!

January 22, 2012

It’s no secret that the Kindle Fire has been one of the hottest things out there! At just $199, it gives much of the same functionality as the pricier competitors at less than half the price. Kindle Fire feature include : 19 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books Thousands of popular apps and [...]

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Recipes

Cheesy Chicken Crescents

January 26, 2012

Pin It I like recipes that are simple, from scratch, and versatile. I’m always looking for something I can easier make and throw the extras in the freezer to pull out for quick meals and lunches at a later date. These Cheesy Chicken Crescents are a real tummy pleaser and time saver. I mixed up [...]

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Stuffed Waffles

January 24, 2012

Pin It This is really more like a simple idea than a recipe. We love having breakfast for supper and sometimes I like to get a little fancy. On more than one occasion we’ve made these stuffed waffles instead of pancakes or plain ol waffles. They are easy to do and so yummy! There’s nothing [...]

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Old Fashioned Recipe Exchange 1/24

January 24, 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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