by Laura Macklem | May 28, 2013 | Canning |
I recently bought a bunch of cucumbers at the farmer’s market for 13.8 cents each. I was planning on making more dill pickles with them, till I remembered I hacked down most of my dill plant making my 7 quarts of dill pickles a couple weeks ago. I decided to...
by Laura Macklem | May 11, 2013 | Dehydrating |
My daughter and I have never liked raisins. They are too sweet. But when I got a recent deal on grapes, I decided to try making raisins. My first deal was 99 cents a pound for green grapes at Aldi. My second deal on grapes was twice as good – – 50 cents a...
by Laura Macklem | Apr 6, 2013 | Stocking Your Pantry |
When I buy produce in bulk I know it’s a commitment. It’s hard to turn down 40 pounds of tomatoes for $7, strawberries for 50 cents a pound, and red bell peppers for 24 cents each. I know when I come home with boxes of produce, I’m going to be in the...
by Laura Macklem | Apr 3, 2013 | Dehydrating |
In the picture above are 6 pounds of sweet potatoes in the jar. Six pounds. Can you believe it? When sweet potatoes went on sale for 89 cents for 3 pounds, I had to do something. First I made sweet potato chips, but I wanted to store some of these potatoes for longer...
by Laura Macklem | Mar 31, 2013 | Recipes |
Sweet potatoes were on sale for 89 cents per three pound bag, so naturally I had to buy several. However, I only bought four bags because I know they will go on sale for probably even cheaper in the fall, so I didn’t want to go wild. Twelve pounds seemed enough...
