During a pantry challenge it’s very important to make your food stretch and reduce your food waste. Here are some tips and tricks to help prevent you from running out of some of your essential staples during the challenge. Cooking FatsOne of the easiest things to run out of during a pantry challenge is cooking […]
Each January and February, I commit to spending zero dollars on food. The goal is simple—use up the food we’ve worked so hard to grow and preserve throughout the year. This challenge has become a valuable part of our rhythm as a family, and I’d love to share why we do it, how we prepare, […]
Chips and salsa are my favorite snack. As someone who can’t eat gluten or dairy, tortilla chips make for a nice, healthy treat. The problem is that everyone else in my house loves them too, so bags don’t last very long. And when you only grocery shop once a month or so, that leaves you […]
Item Pounds per Quart Jar Applesauce 2.75 Beets 2 Carrots 2.5 Corn 4.5 Grapes 2 Greens 4 Green Beans 2 Peaches 2.5 Pears 2.5 Peas 4.5 Tomato (crushed) 2.75 Tomato (juice) 3.25 Tomato (whole/half) 3 Tomato Sauce (thick) 6.5 Tomato Sauce (thin) 5 Calculated by taking canning recipes to determine pounds per 7 quart canning […]
Crop Pounds Asparagus 25 Beets 55 Broccoli 25 Carrots 50 Collards 25 Corn 70 Cucumbers 50 Eggplant 35 Green Beans 30 Green Peppers 30 Greens 20 Lima Beans 30 Okra 30 Peas (Pod) 35 Peas (Shelled) 30 Potatoes 55 Spinach 25 Summer Squash 40 Sweet Potatoes 50 Tomatoes 55 Turnips 55 All amounts are an […]
I often ask myself what my days would look like if I didn’t have to worry about the State’s requirements for educating my children. What would I spend my time teaching them if I had zero pressure from outside of the home influencing the content of my lesson plans? I probably wouldn’t interrupt them from […]
He cries in the dark for the third time since I attempted to fall asleep. My exhausted body sits up to settle him back down as I think, “I am never doing this again.” But as the sun rises on another day and my eyes focus to see that sweet face smiling back at me, […]
Our family went fluoride-free when we started to learn about the potential dangers of ingesting it and the role it could have been playing in the flares of my Crohn’s Disease. We bought a reverse osmosis filtration system for our drinking water to eliminate all fluoride and began trying out different brands of fluoride-free toothpaste. […]