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  My husband came home one day over the moon about a juicer. Not just any juicer, at least not to him anyway, an Omega juicer. After having emergency gall bladder surgery earlier this year, he began researching juicers as...

There was a time, back in college, when a spider was legitimately crawling on my face, and I woke up screaming. So, I happen to believe that old myth that we eat them in our sleep. Then, there was another occasion...

About a year ago as my husband and I were reviewing our monthly budget, we realized that the amount of money we were spending on restaurant meals was, frankly, a little obscene. Plus - we had a refrigerator and...

What is a pantry challenge? Well, it can be whatever you make it, but the primary goal is to reduce your spending on food. Many people start a pantry challenge at the beginning of the year. So often, the focus...

I would like to assume that most of us have been raised to not spend more than we make and to save for a "rainy day." All of which, of course, we probably do not do for multiple reasons...

Who else absolutely LOATHES weekly meal planning?! *currently raising my hand* For years it was one of my most dreaded chores (behind dishes and laundry). I constantly caught myself making the same few things repeatedly, and we were getting burnt...

So, I don't really mean babies. I mean baking with kids. My English teacher heart just loves alliteration. My baking-age kids right now are 3, 5, and 7. And, ironically, we usually bake when the actual baby is sleeping....

An essential part of my identity is being a Native Alaskan. We function differently than most Native American tribes in the United States. My dad joined Regional Corporations through the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Most corporations in Alaska...

Before you freak out at the thought of someone adding one more thing to your to-do list during this pandemic, hear me out.  Want to check off something you’ve had on the back burner for a while?  Want to...

My experience with cooking isn't as southern as I'd like. I can remember making the basics like "candy," homemade biscuits (or so I thought they were homemade), and scrambled eggs with my Grandma growing up. I was never taught...