Vegetarian Frugal Housewife

“Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I’ve done. But I’m telling you honestly that it doesn’t surprise me. I knew I could do it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century author and philosopher So, I am embarking on a new approach to food, aimed at lowering inflammation in my body, raising my […]

“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go.” ~ Erma Bombeck, American humorist (1927-1996) While in Guatemala earlier this year, Papa managed the near impossible (or so I […]

Trail mixes are a specialty of mine. The combinations are made up randomly on the spot of whatever I have handy. That is why I call them confetti, whatever colorful scraps of paper are laying around, so to speak. I like to use some of the same ingredients in each mix, just personal preferences I […]