Valerie Bertinelli had a recipe on her show called Crazy Quick Bread.  Well, it looked good so I decided to try it, but, with some slight modifications. This bread was SO GOOD! What a treat with Raging Bear Ranch Homemade Potato Soup or Hobo Stew !  If you decide to try this bread, please let...
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Have you entered one of those Facebook contests yet?  I did and I won!  Honey Locust Hills  was having a Name the baby goat contest on their Facebook page. This here is the Baby Goat  that I got the pleasure to name……..ELI – isn’t he a doll baby?  He is truly a miracle because...
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I just love finding recipe’s on Pinterest that make my life easier, save time, and Money.  If I were to make a cake for just Bear and I, half or more would be wasted.  When I ran across this Pin I about leapt out of my chair for joy!   Now you know me, I...
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I think this is a cool idea!  Check out reCaps – they fit the regular mouth mason jars!    The original pour cap for mason jars.    A design inspired by the classic American zinc cap, but enhanced with the practicality of BPA-free recyclable plastic. With reCAP, you can easily shake, pour and store right from your...
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Thought I would pass on two recipe’s that we use that we can literally eat on for two or three days since it is just my husband and I but we practice frugality since we have 9 horses – yes horse so we have learned to cut edges everywhere – I even wrote a...
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Homemade Vanilla Source: annies-eats.net via Rachel on Pinteres   Traditional Vanilla Recipe (Makes 8-ounces) 1/2-pint Vodka or Brandy (The Brandy makes a Stronger flavor, the Vodka is more subtle) 4 Vanilla beans (supplier for madagascar & Mexican vanilla beans: http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysvanillabeans.html or you can find them at your local spice stores. You will also need...
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All right all you GrillMasters!  Get this deal while it lasts!  You hardly ever see coupons for $$$ off meat but here it is – get a coupon good for $2.00 off pork ribs when you buy a bottle of K.C. Masterpiece BBQ sauce.  If you have a Homeland near you – run, don’t...
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I love my Kindle.  I won it at our Office Christmas Party. Well, being the Frugal Tightwad that I am, I like to find free or next to free books to read. Mercedes over at Common Sense with Money posted that Amazon was offering Free Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks for not only the Kindle e-reader...
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Well, I broke down and bought (I KNOW) a new Pizza/cookies/biscuit baking stone.  The last one I had was broken, that guilty person (BEAR) shall remain nameless. Had to, just could not live without it anymore!  I love this stone and my casserole dishes (which I found for 5.00 each at a yard sale...
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Do you like Garlic?  Well I really like garlic and use it freely in our recipes.  Funny story, you know how they say that the Garlic pills are good for people with vascular issue and since Bear has some heart issues I started him on the garlic pills that are supposed to not make...
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