Baking your own bread isn’t just about the heavenly smell wafting through your kitchen—it’s a downright rebellion against overpriced loaves that expire faster than your last impulse buy. You get to skip the preservatives, weird ingredients you can’t pronounce, and that nagging feeling that you just paid six bucks for glorified flour and water. Plus,…
Let’s be honest. When you hear the word budget, your brain probably files it right next to “kale smoothie,” “dental floss,” and “watching paint dry.” But hear me out: budgeting isn’t the soul-sucking chore it’s made out to be. In fact, it’s the only thing standing between you and eating instant noodles out of a…
As a mom of four, I know how every penny counts.By Nicole Renelick Hey there! I’m Nicole, a 35-year-old married mom of four living the bustling yet beautiful chaos of family life in New England. Running after a 14-year-old daughter, a seven-year-old son, and four-year-old twins, my days are filled with a symphony of laughter,…
I apparently need to explain what dessert toast is. And of course it starts with a story. My granddaughter asked me one day why when I have eggs I have one plain toast and one jelly toast. I explained that one piece of toast was to go with the eggs and to wipe up all…
Eating Healthy can be hard especially with cravings but this easy take on fried rice will satisfy, I promise. This tasty little dish is made with Riced Cauliflower Fried Rice Style from Birds Eye. I was working on using what I had to make a quick dinner for myself. I went digging through the freezer…
There seems to be a real shift coming in our economy, the US Fed has been working hard to curb inflation by increasing interest rates and those efforts are starting to work. There has been some stress in our banking system, companies have begun to pull back on hiring, and prices of goods are coming…
Did you cut your cord when all these streaming services came out? We did! We were paying a fortune for internet and cable so started looking at what we could do to reduce costs. I think that was near a decade ago. We loved all the streaming options out there and at the time, they…
Kids snacks can get pricey!! And they want prepackaged name brand stuff! My biggest hack is buying packages and breaking them down into baggies. This helps with portion control, cost and the time of doing that when you are packing snacks for school. We have a snack station in the cupboard and one in the…
Its been a year since I’ve written a real post on this page, life just got away from me. My job was so busy, helping take care of grandchildren and all the rest of it had me running like a chicken with my head cut off. But now with Covid-19, I’ve been forced to come…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links , meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase Very soon we will be going away for a long weekend to visit family several states away and attend a big party. Of course I…
