An Apple a Day Wisdom

I have been blessed with a landlord that supports my green food ideology!  They have given me permission to plant a garden in my huge backyard this year.  And somewhere in the back of that huge yard is where my garden will find its’ home!  I’m so excited I am beside myself.  For days I… [Continue Reading]

If you are not a fan on my Facebook page, you didn’t see my update letting everyone know that the Kleenex Cool Touch IS on the mega event list.  Combine that with the .50/1 coupon that is out and the current catalina and you have MONEY MAKING tissue!  Also, the Red Gold tomatoes were freebies. … [Continue Reading]

I was so excited about this trip.  When do you get a chance to get a box of Velveeta for $1.65?!?!  I’m good for the year on it now.  Especially since we really aren’t used to using it but we like it!  Plus I didn’t realize in planning my trip that the Clean and Clear… [Continue Reading]

I LOVE Goodwill and Craigslist!  The past two weeks I have reaped a goldmine of great deals from both of these sources.  Some items I was looking for and were planned expenses and some were not.  But the ones that were not were such great deals I couldn’t help myself.  Plus, they were on my… [Continue Reading]

This is a typical bowl of vegetable trimmings in the bottom of my refrigerator any given week.  No matter what vegetable it is, I keep whatever is cut, sliced, shaved, sliced or chopped off to either put in a compost pile at my CSA farm or to give it a second chance to make something… [Continue Reading]

As the remnants of 2011 wash away let’s take a moment to reflect on everything we have learned through the trials of the year so that we can make a brighter 2012.  I have several goals this year for different areas of my life. Personally, I want to continue on my health trend of making… [Continue Reading]

Some of you know the number of people in my house grew by four recently. I have had to adjust shopping and cooking accordingly.  I have put away four quarts of homemade barbeque, four quarts of shredded chicken meat, four servings of barbequed ribs, and two quarts of chicken stock. I used five small pork… [Continue Reading]

At 4:00 p.m. today there will be a coupon auction on the An Apple A Day Wisdom Facebook fan page!  There will be groups of five and ten for whole inserts published in October 2011.  Help spread the word and check our page for further details! Auction rules for participation: To enter you must ‘like’… [Continue Reading]

You may be saying to yourself, “What is mock fried cabbage?  Or better yet, what is fried cabbage?”  Where I am from, there is an old time country store and restaurant that has a buffet.  One of the southern sides featured is fried cabbage.  I had it the first time over a decade ago I’m… [Continue Reading]

This is a favorite recipe of mine among friends and family.  It’s so simple and yet can be dressed up or down for a fancy or casual dinner.  All you need is tilapia fillets, panko or regular bread crumbs, italian seasoning, parmesan cheese, egg and cooking spray. I set up my station with a bowl… [Continue Reading]

Kale is one of my all time favorite greens.  If you haven’t tried it, what are you waiting for?!?!  Seriously, it’s versatile, full of health benefits and delicious.  This recipe is super tasty.  Since cold weather greens season is here in our CSA, we have been forewarned by our farmer to be prepared for plenty… [Continue Reading]

So far we have talked about the importance of saving seeds to ensure our food heritage and how to save dry seeds. This week we are talking about how to save wet seeds. Wet seeds are found in tomatoes, eggplants, melons, cucumbers and many squashes. Cleaning wet seeds requires washing the seeds to clean them… [Continue Reading]

Remember, last week we talked about seed saving to ensure our food source heritage? This week we are going to talk about saving dry seeds. There are a few things to keep in mind when you are making your seed saving plans.  There are two types of seeds- wet and dry.  There are also semi-wet,… [Continue Reading]

And today the 14 year old becomes a 15 year old.  Where has the time gone?  He’s been studying for his driver’s permit.  But I can remember when…. I prayed and prayed I was having a boy.  I was afraid of dealing with girl drama.  When the ultra sound tech confirmed my wish, I cried. … [Continue Reading]

As I have gone through this blog update process there have been a few people I could not have accomplished this monumental task without.  One of them is Amy at Blogging with Amy.  Her tutorials on do it yourself blogging have been sent from the heavens above!  I had been following her blog for some… [Continue Reading]

One of my favorite indulgent treats is a Cherry Limeade from Sonic.  Aside from happy hour from 2-4 pm I don’t get one of these drinks very often.  It’s really too much sugar for me in it’s natural form and a diet one just doesn’t seem the same. The 14 year old’s favorite fruit has… [Continue Reading]

  Peggy at Madison Creek Farms, my CSA farm, came upon this article that is rather alarming regarding your personal right to any food you wish to choose to grow or eat for your personal health…. Here’s a quick follow-up article to the one posted a few days ago about the Rawesome Food Club raid.… [Continue Reading]

Within reason and limit, I try to do natural things that are naturally good for my body.  When I can find something really good for myself that I can do inexpensively from home, I get so excited.  This homemade foot detox bath is one of them.  The ions in the salt work as magnets to… [Continue Reading]

I have had muscles only one other time before.  And that was at Olive Garden.  I love Olive Garden.  I knew going into this recipe it would not be as good as that.  But it actually didn’t turn out bad at all! Pound for pound, muscles are fairly inexpensive.  Especially when you take into consideration… [Continue Reading]

“He will not die for his father’s sin;  he will surely live…Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.  The soul who sins in the one who will die.  The son will not share the guilt of the father…”  Ezekiel… [Continue Reading]