It’s summer time and that means it’s time for preserving food for my pantry and freezer with all the good, garden produce available.  I love going to the local produce Amish auction.  It’s an amazing place to find bulk food for great prices in my area! 

The Plow Boy Auction is open from May to October [...]

I don’t know about you, but I hate buying jelly or jam from the grocery store.  Almost all of the grocery store jelly has high fructose corn syrup. 
Our solution is that we make our own jams and jellies for much cheaper and with an incredibly impressive taste. 
Today, we started making peach jam with some of the [...]

Perfectly imperfect, organic, round zucchini!
My food preserving week continues….There is nothing quite like preserving your food at home.  I love canning!  Today, I have been working on canning up yellow squash, zucchini and tomatoes together.  I’ll use these jars for making squash casserole later in the fall and winter. 
I started with washing and cutting these [...]

It was Day 2 of my food preserving week around here at my house!  Here’s the post from day one  in case you missed it.  I’ve been putting up a ton of food in my freezer and pantry from the incredible deals I was able to get at the local Amish produce auction. 
Today it was Zucchini, Corn [...]

Well, I’m finished with my first 50 pound bag of corn from the  produce auction!  I have 4 more bags to go!  I was able to get 5 bags of corn (off the cob), 10 bags of cob corn with each bag containing 9 to 12 servings and we ate 12 ears of fresh corn for supper and lunch.   I was [...]

Despite being very pregnant, I took my 8 children to the Plow Boy Produce auction, a local amish produce auction, to see if we couldn’t find a deal on some bushels of green beans.  Last year, I was able to can a lot of our own home grown green beans but, unfortunately, this year the few green bean [...]

We love fruit!  We eat a lots of fruit and I am always looking for inexpensive ways to bring home good fruit for my family.  I have been ordering fruit seasonally through a natural foods co-op in my area.  I just picked up my summer Georgia Peaches and ohhh yummy, are they wonderful!!!  Perfectly juicy and sweet!
I [...]

Those huge #10 cans of food use to look so huge!  Not so anymore!  Now, I’m buying more #10 cans to stock my pantry with.  They are super cheap compared to the little cans.  Unless I can get a super deal on the smaller cans, it’s almost always cheaper to buy the #10 can. 

While I [...]

Is it worth it to shop at Sam’s Club or Costco?   Here are some of my thoughts on Sam’s Club and Costco vs. Couponing. 
You may not find Sam’s or Costco worth it if:
You are single.
You have a small family.
You have a small family with small children.
You don’t consume large amounts of food and supplies. 
You coupon full time [...]

Meal Planning Monday-  Breakfast in Bulk (Yes…posting this a day late
This Meal Planning Monday, I decided to talk a little bit about Breakfast in Bulk.  My 11 year old daughter usually plans the breakfast meals.   She  likes to stick to a consistent plan for breakfast.  We do that because it is [...]