Snootyvixen

We’re not really a jam eating family, but with my latest foray into preserving, I watch the store circulars like a hawk, waiting for great sales on produce.Yes, I know I’m at the wrong end of the season, but when the mood strikes … So, when Aldi advertised pineapple at .99c a pound, I knew [...]

I read on a website this morning “Once you start canning things from your garden you will not stop. You start to look for things to can.”  I didn’t think it would be true, but I find myself scouring the store flyers for produce bargains. Mushrooms are .49c for 8oz at Aldi … I’m there! [...]

That’s my new mantra. And I’m going to do my best! Losing my job precludes me from signing up for Henry’s Farm CSA for next year. While $390 is a bargain for 26 weeks of fresh, organic veggies, that’s more than a week’s benefits and I just can’t guarantee that I can pay that money [...]

I’ve sung her praises before, and am now singing them again, because Jenny over at Picky Palate is giving away the Shortcut Cookies Cookbook by Camilla Saulsbury! If you read about the competition, you’ll see it’s really easy to enter, and to get extra entries. You will also read that Camilla is making many of [...]