Grocery Shrink – Page 73 – Shrink your bills and grow your pantry

Bread Machine Wheat Craisin Bread

This recipe comes from my church friends, the Lades. They make this bread daily at home and bring a loaf to every new baby and sick family in the church. 1 2/3 cup water 3 Tablespoons powdered mlk 3 Tablespoons…

New Adventures with Gum Paste

I decided to create my daughter’s birthday cake’s decorations from Gum Paste this year. I’ve wanted to try it for years and finally dug in. I made my own red and green gum paste from wilton’s glucose and gum-tex. I made the…

Tomato Spinach Dip

This recipe comes from my cousin Janet. When I first tasted it, I thought it was Knorr Vegetable Spinach Dip. That is one of my favorite things but expensive to make–and requires a mix–boo. This recipe is purely from the…

Sharing Recipes–Nappa Cabbage Salad

You have such good ideas! I’m really struggling right now to get everything done and your idea to share recipes from my beloved pile is perfect!I feel badly because I won’t be able to photograph each one, but I can…

Fabulous Find

I was cleaning out my garage today and found something that made my day.. …a box of recipes. These aren’t ordinary recipes though. They are when you are at a social and taste something so fantastic that you track down…

Happy August!!!

This is the best month ever! We are taking a break from life in August. No ballet lessons, no music lessons. No sports, no camps, no travelling. School can wait until September :). Today we are headed to the pool–even…

This is what Grant…

…Thought of the projects I had planned for this weekend. I didn’t get as much painting done as I hoped. It’s hard to keep a baby close with spray paint in the breeze. We moved activities indoors and I finished up…

Painting Day!

It rained last night and brought the temperature down to 78 degrees this morning. I’m off to get my painting clothes on and finish the chairs before it heats up.

How Much Do You Want It?

I was thinking this morning about how much I want to lose this pregnancy weight. I want it so badly that I can bake a huge batch of cookies and not taste one. I can make lasagna for the family…

Blueberry Cheesecake Squares–A lesson in Substitutions

The original recipe came from here: http://www.mykitchensnippets.com/2008/04/blueberry-cheesecake-bars.html I had to search awhile to find a recipe that called for real blueberries and not blueberry jam. Once I did, I used my pantry items to substitute for the original recipe items. The…