My favorite way to spend Mother's Day is planting tomatoes. With fish scraps and egg shells collected and stored in the freezer, these secret ingredients are ready to add when planting my tomatoes. If you follow me on Instagram, you already saw the fish head yesterday. Yuck! The fish scraps came from the grocery store… Continue reading How I plant Tomatoes
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Kick the Can and Cook the Beans
Each week, I usually cook about 2-3 pounds of dried beans. This is the equivalent to about 15 cans of beans a week - keep in mind - we’re a family of 4 with adult sized appetites - and we eat 99% of our meals at home. Whether we eat cooked beans for breakfast, lunch,… Continue reading Kick the Can and Cook the Beans
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day! Today, I've got a list of 13 ways to embrace Earth Day, every day. Living each day like it's Earth Day is good for us, good for the budget, and good for the environment. Each of these steps take effort every day and at our house, it's been a gradual process with… Continue reading Happy Earth Day!
Monthly Meal Plan
What's for dinner? Well, you know the answer. Check the front of my refrigerator and you'll see what we're having for the upcoming week. Then, once a month I share it here. Is it getting old reading about what we're eating? It must. I'm tired of writing about it. After 12-months of sharing our weekly… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
DIY Furniture Polish
Remember how I've been switching our home over to all natural, homemade cleaning and laundry supplies? Well, this make your own furniture polish couldn't be easier! And, you probably have one of the ingredients in your pantry right now. Cleaning supplies that are good for you, good for the environment, and good for the pocketbook… Continue reading DIY Furniture Polish
Spring Has Sprung!
Yesterday finally felt like spring! I was in need of it! Were you? Does it seem like winter was trying its best to stick around for as long as possible? Here's what's been happening this spring.... Spring: Speaking of spring-like temperatures, we were giddy in Portland yesterday! Neighbors were out, kids were running and playing… Continue reading Spring Has Sprung!
Straight from the Earth Cookbook Giveaway
Happy April Fools' Day! Today, I've got a cookbook giveaway for the latest cookbook from Myra Goodman. Myra co-founded Earthbound Farm Organic with her husband, Drew, and wrote the cookbook titled, "Straight from the Earth," with her daughter, Marea Goodman. It's a vegan cookbook with gorgeous photography and tasty, easy to make dishes. This *meat*loaf… Continue reading Straight from the Earth Cookbook Giveaway
How to Meal Plan Every Week
There’s a lot of confusion about what meal planning is. Most people think meal planning is a plan for an elaborate dinner party. It can be but that’s not the meal planning I’m talking about. What I’m talking about when I say “meal planning” is a frame work or an agenda of what home cooked… Continue reading How to Meal Plan Every Week
Egg in the Basket
Thanks to my husband for sharing this recipe. He loves to make this egg in the basket for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Growing up, my dad would make this for us on Sunday mornings. Our cousins called it "Popeye Toast," others called it "Egg in the hole," but to us, it was always "Egg in… Continue reading Egg in the Basket
But Wait There’s More About Paper Towels
While Go Gingham is my platform for sharing my "Stylishly Frugal Ways" and how we live well on less, I've learned so much from reading the comments everyone else leaves. What you write has improved our methods and helped us realize there's more to be done every day. The comments readers wrote about "Eliminating Paper… Continue reading But Wait There’s More About Paper Towels
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