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  • Blog Action Day: Poverty and Food

    A wise man I know once said “People can’t make good decisions on an empty stomach.” Alex runs Operation Dignity, a homeless shelter for veterans, run by veterans. Alex knows what it’s like to not have enough to eat, having been homeless himself in the past. He told me when he heard statistics on how…

  • Photo Challenge

    Mary at Owlhaven had a fun challenge. Go to your pictures directory and post the 6th photo in the 6th folder. I had to go one level deeper due to my love of nested directories, but here it is. I was hoping I might hit one of food and really hoping I didn’t hit an…

  • Menus

    Here’s another weeks’ worth of menus in case anyone needs some ideas (as I might next month!). Sunday: Monday: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday:

  • Food Stamp Challenge

    I’m not officially doing the food stamp challenge. But I loved this post with great ideas on making it work. I’m on my own pantry challenge, which is why you might see a pretty economical menu this week, but only if you’d managed to shop the loss leaders. For example, I can buy a pork…

  • Making Use of Leftover Pork

    This would be great with either leftover pork roast or pork tenderloin. I used the leftover pork tenderloin I’d barbecued a few days back but the book I got it from suggested leftover pork roast. I seem to be having an issue posting Amazon links so will forfeit the 50 cents I’d make off the…