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I knew I liked it, but I'd never made my own - I think I'm in love!!!! I'm enjoying it with whole wheat matzo crackers, but carrots were good in it the other day, too. Recipe (modified a bit from the one on the back of a can, especially since I'm soaking my beans first now, which means, ummm...

Okay, so it's not exactly survival food, and it's definitely not health food, but my peanut butter M&M's are definitely comfort food ;) ('Course, if you take them away, it might be dangerous for your health - just saying :lau ) But I finally braved it out and looked at the ingredients. No...

I've mentioned that my some ladies in my church are doing the Daniel Fast. (I'm going to modify it slightly and allow myself kefir, b/c of all the good stuff in it, and because I'm so new to it, and because I don't get much in me to begin with ;) ) But - one of the big components on this is...

This is my take on a Bisquick classic, sans bisquick! Make up your favorite variety of sloppy joe meat - I use their recipe for this 1-1/2 - 2 lbs ground meat (I used venison) chopped onion to taste (whole small one, 1/2 a big one) minced garlic to taste (LOTS!) Brown these together. Since the...

My son just got his latest Ranger Rick magazine. And I was bored, so I skimmed through it. It had an article on different bugs people eat around the world :sick But one of the things it said :somad was that we eat bugs all the time without knowing it, because it's nearly impossible to keep...

Some ladies from our church are going to do a 21-day Daniel Fast . While eating this way, it's basically a modified vegan diet - no sweeteners (other than fruits/juices), nothing to drink but water, no dairy of any sort, no meat, only unleavened bread - pretty much fruits, veggies, beans, and...

Anybody have a recipe for homemade ranch dressing? I tried searching for one on here, but didn't find it. I'm thinking it'll be something good to do with my kefir ;) And ranch is good with EVERYTHING!

I was thrilled to walk into Old Navy yesterday (their jeans fit me best) and find not 1 but 2 pairs of these jeans IN MY SIZE on clearance! (I only paid $11.98/pr in the store!) I've been toying with the idea of doing this for awhile now (with a panel in both the front and back, though)...

I like saving electricity by hang-drying most of my clothes. I DON'T like the static cling. What can I put in my rinse water to help? (I've been using dryer sheets not liquid fabric softener.)

Since this seems to get lost in the other thread ;) , I'm gonna post it here: Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, washing soda is sodium carbonate. It's a very easy chemical change we can do at home. Bake your baking soda for one hour at 250*. I found this at this blog post, which has a link to...

Okay, so I was eating "lowfat frozen yogurt" instead of ice cream tonight (I know, I know, lowfat instead of full fat, but I didn't buy it), and was wondering if anybody has tried a homemade frozen yogurt, or even better - kefir - ice cream style dessert? Anybody tried it? Who wants to...

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I'm trying to make sense of all that y'all are telling me (and everybody else, too ;) ), and kinda like Mr. Navajo, I'm needing some deprogramming, but I want to understand the why on a couple of things. Not that I don't believe you, but I want the proof, I guess. (Maybe I should be from...

Okay, so I've decided I want to make myself some aprons. I was looking at patterns today at WM, and found this one: This ones cute too I adore the retro, ruffled apron look :D My problem is that the available sizes are S, M, and L. I need at least one, if not 2 X's in front of the L...

I tried some kefir yesterday, and I like it! :weee OK, so what I tried is the stuff you can buy in the store that I've read enough to know isn't REALLY kefir, but still, I liked it ;) Does this mean I stand a good chance at liking the real, honest-to-goodness thing? My concern was that I don't...

You mentioned in the thread on making grocery store $ go further, about stretching meat, specifically about rice in sloppy joe meat. But you also said something about your Mom is the master of this, and has lots more ideas. Could you pretty please share these? Thanks!

What do I do with 'em? I know y'all will have some good ideas for me! Caveat - I don't want to do shepherd's pie :)

Okay y'all (started to put Ladies, but realized some guys might do this too ;) ), so I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs, and found this I know some of y'all really enjoy your sourdough, and maybe one day I'll try it :hide Until then, y'all have fun dehydrating it :)

So I've tried one recipe for homemade laundry detergent and I like it. Lots cheaper, works better, etc. It's 1 bar grated/pulverized Fels Naptha, 4lbs washing soda, 4 lbs borax - all mixed together and use 2-3 tbsp per wash load. But I've seen other recipes. Some call for Zote Soap, Octagon, or...

I know a vitamin B complex is good for battling mental issues. What else? Help? I hate having this problem :/ :hide And no, I'm not exercising as often as I should, which I know helps, too