I’ve run into several bumps in the road…. first one, a very non-cooperative 2 year old boy who I just handed off to his dad….then missing the pumpkin puree for Martha’s cheesecake and several nursing breaks…and my camera is really having problems…….  I was going to make this:

Martha Stewart’s Pumpkin Cheesecake
However, I’m fresh out of pumpkin….so I’m [...]

Coupon usage is up in bad economic times.  Consumers return to home out of necessity and need to shield themselves from the cold recession winds.  More people are eating from home and less are eating out.  Home is the best resource for stretching the dollar when times are tough.
Home. It’s our refuge when the world [...]

According to the official Target coupon policy, coupons that are higher in value than the actual item are supposed to be adjusted down to the value of the item.  For example, a $1 coupon used on a .97 cent item should be adjusted down to .97 cents and you will get the item free.   Your mileage may vary depending [...]

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The Penny Pantry unlocks the secrets of stocking a large kitchen pantry while saving more money on your grocery bill than you ever thought [...]

A working pantry is the secret weapon of a well-oiled running home and finding pantry storage space is a housewife’s kryptonite. What housewife hasn’t experienced the frustration of opening cabinets, the refrigerator and freezer frantically searching for something she can put together for dinner.  How frustrating is it to run out of diapers or toilet paper? [...]

Welcome to the Penny Pantry blog.  This blog is my journey to spending less and stocking more.  I have been learning how to build a useful pantry while saving money.  Lots of moms are looking for ways to drastically cut their grocery bill in our current depressed economy.  Many moms would love to have a [...]

In addition to long storage foods, staple foods and bulk foods in my pantry, I made a list of some pantry items to make easy, quick meals that I could have on hand in my pantry at all times.  I guess you could call this my ultra-convenience section of the pantry.  These meals are ones that are [...]

I love glass jars.  I recently found a box of old glass mason jars in my cellar.  A couple of the jars were 33  year old Maxwell House Bicentenial 1776 collector’s jars.  Many others were your basic Ball and Kerr canning jars.
Jars make great storage containers for the pantry.  The smaller jars can hold bulk [...]

S.Read asked me:  I would like to know how you keep up-to-date inventory on your supply?
I have a print-out worksheet that I made for my household notebook for the purpose of keeping up with inventory information.  I use that to keep track of the bulk items I buy.  I write down what I bought, when I [...]

I wanted to put together some ideas and thoughts in regards to the importance of the home pantry.  I am continually amazed at farm life.  It has shown me out to be a spoiled softy who doesn’t know near enough about how to survive without a grocery store.  We are so “convenient” and “impatient” as a culture…can [...]

For those of you who have followed my sourdough saga, I won’t bore others with rehashing a sour story.  In short, once upon a time, I had a wonderful thing going — I had a sourdough starter that I fermented starting with capturing yeast from smashed grapes.  It worked wonderful until I changed my starter’s [...]