What have I been up to?
I found two great web sites created by one great individual, Maggie!
Hillbilly Housewife
and
An Old-Fashioned Education
Check them out…. There are great recipes, things to make you smile and lots of support - and best of all - Maggie shares (ALOT)!
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What else is in the family news:
The not-so-good news:
Our middle child’s goldfish, [...]

While at Barnes and Nobles last week, I couldn’t resist the July/August 2007 issue of Cooking With Paula Deen. Who knew she had a magazine? I love that woman!
I made her Carne Asada pizza with the Traditional crust and also the Whole Wheat Crust tonight (for a 6 cheese pizza). I also [...]

Sorry for the delay in getting the Perogie recipes up here.
We traditionally make this (I should say, Slobo and the kids make this) during an all day weekend event. Freezing about 40 at a time for later use. The last batch they made, included fresh chopped parsley from the garden. It was [...]

The first recipe to go into the 10$ dinner category is:

Aglia Olio with Broccoli
1 large head of broccoli
1 lb. spaghetti
1/3 c. olive oil
1/2 stick butter
4 cloves crushed garlic
1/3 c. finely grated Parmesan reggiano cheese
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
salt to taste
1/4 c. chopped basil and/or Italian parsley
Blanch broccoli in salted boiling water for 5 minutes. [...]

I thought it would be fun and maybe helpful for others, if I posted how we handle grocery budgeting and such to the site, so I’ve made a new category called 10$ dinners and a page called, “The Pantry” that I wll upload soon.
I thought about this after a friend of Slo’s thought he was [...]