Here is my recipe for pumpkin pancakes; perfect for autumn breakfasts. What I do is mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap the night before and then just add at wet ingredients the next morning. * I also measure a can of pumpkin out in ½ cup portions and [...]
After Christmas Anita and I went to Makro (the Spanish version of SAM’s Club or COSTCO) so she could buy
Day 17 I spent today: 11,50€ 1 dozen eggs- 1,50€ (village food cost more and I forgot to bring my eggs!) 2.5 kilos of pork- 10,00€ Total spent for the past 17days: 70,35€ Average per day: 4,13€ NOT great if we are eating all of that food but these are meats that I have canned. [...]
Day #16: We traveled to the village today. We actually left a bit late, and got to the house at 8pm. We stopped in Coria to buy a few groceries. I plan on canning the hamburger for future meals. No one calls, no meetings… just work and I have time to CAN! I love that. [...]
Day 15: Still my total for spending the last 15 days is: 19,50€ Spent today: $0 I’m still pretty weak and tired from having the flu this week but well enough to starting thinking about preparing food again. We’re finishing up with the last of the casserole and other leftovers but am looking at making [...]
What an interesting little book this is: Originally published in 1832, this extraordinary manual for the homemaker of modest means is far more than a mere “cookbook.” Here is a quote: “The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments, so that nothing be lost. I mean fragments of [...]
Here’s the progress on my plants in the greenhouse. Mind you, I’m only interested at this time in growing vegetables. This my attempt to squeeze every penny (euro cent) to death! My goal is to grow 100% of the lettuce we eat (we’d like to eat 2 salads a day) and hopefully the rest of [...]
Upon returning home from Chicago, I found that there were several opportunities to buy fruit and vegetables at really good prices. a 5 kilo bag of carrots @,45 “euro cents” a kilo apples for ,69 cents a kilo plums for ,69 cents a kilo I also brought back 2 ½ pounds of fresh jalapeños from [...]