Rebellion against grocery store bread

Yes, I admit it.  I am in full-fledged rebellion over the price of a loaf of bread at the store.  Along with just about everything else, bread has gone up to around $3 or more a loaf (to get anything decent).  I checked at Sam’s Club, and you can get a 25# bag of flour [...]

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Going on a canning spree!

My pressure canner just came in, and I have a stack of recipes to try.  I’ve been water-bath canning for several years now (jelly, spaghetti sauce, etc.), but wanted to try preserving some other things as well.  I need to make some grape jelly before I get too carried away, but I have pear honey [...]

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Homemade Laundry Detergent

Fair warning – this is a long post! 
Well, I finally made my own laundry detergent yesterday, and I must say – I am impressed (even more so after running the numbers on it!).  Granted, I did make my own bars of soap so that figured into the total cost.  You could use commercial [...]

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Green Tea – cheaper than Lipton’s!

Hubby drinks green tea by the gallon, so I came up with this as a cheaper alternative to buying the bottles of Lipton’s.
We use the Bigelow 100% Organic Green Tea bags from Sam’s (box of 175 bags is less than $7).
For one gallon of tea:
Boil 6 tea bags in a small saucepan (you don’t have [...]

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Easy Granola

3 cups rolled oats
1 cup pecans – coarsely chopped (you could use any kind of nut you prefer – cashews, almonds, etc. or a combination)
3/4 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1/4 cup honey
dash of salt
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Mix the oil, brown sugar , honey, and salt in a [...]

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