Food, Family & Finds from A Cowboy's Wife
My first week’s meal plan worked out really great! While I didn’t enjoy sitting down to plan the meals, I did enjoy seeing your guesses, seeing what I actually spent, and not having to worry about what to cook each night of the week. So before we get to week two’s meal plan, let’s find… [Continue Reading]
In honor of National Oatmeal Month, I thought I’d round a few of my favorite oatmeal recipes for you, many of which are healthy, with a couple (or 3 or 4 or 5) being indulgent. If you don’t follow these blogs, you should definitely add them to your weekly reading. They tell great stories, share… [Continue Reading]
2011 has been full of ups and even more downs. Me and the family have been focusing on each-other and our future for the past couple of months and plan to start 2012 fresh in all areas, including financially. We are starting Dave Ramsey’s financial plan beginning of 2012 and that means cutting costs everywhere,… [Continue Reading]
One of the pains that I have to deal with here on the ranch, is the lovely hard-water spots on my dishes. I was always looking for that next product to eliminate them but man, it can get pricey. I was talking to a gal, probably in her 60′s, who was telling me that she… [Continue Reading]
Oh man, making a car themed cake was more of a task than I thought but I have narrowed my issues down to a couple of things that I’ll get to a little later. Truett turned 5 years old today and all I could think about was when my two oldest were that age…and how… [Continue Reading]
I love to cook and I love to find new recipes, but life doesn’t always give me the time and resources for either. There are simply days when I don’t have the time to find something new to cook up or forget the grocery list on the kitchen table when I’m headed to the grocery… [Continue Reading]
Finding ways to cut costs is essential in today’s economy. Walmart has launched a new app on their facebook page called Nice Save. You’ll be faced with a new challenge every few weeks and everyone will submit their solutions. It’s all in Walmart’s effort to offer low prices and low cost solutions. It’s a great… [Continue Reading]
Puns are fun huh! Eggs are a staple in our home and man do we go through them like water. We do supper and desserts with them but our top uses revolve around breakfast and snacks. My two oldest boys are 18 and 15. They are athletic and know that eggs are a great source… [Continue Reading]
GoGo squeeZ is a fruit serving in a pouch. It’s a fun way for kids to eat a healthy snack and we are now part of the GoGo Gang. Healthy, convenient snacks are hard to come by so I was thrilled to learn about this product. Some immediate things for you to know about GoGo… [Continue Reading]
I already talked you about Walmart’s Ad Match policy and how I’d be showing you a video on me ad matching with no ad so that’s what this video is about. I simply went to Walmart, found the item I wanted to price match, and checked out. I told her they were 5 for $5… [Continue Reading]
We decided to cookout for Father’s Day but needed to “practice” before the real day. Walmart challenged me to buy food to cook for $30 bucks or less, which was quite a challenge for us since our practice cookout would include about 9 people. Our menu included the following: slab of Spare ribs $13 chunk… [Continue Reading]
Can you imagine cake and ice cream all in one? Well yeah, if you’ve bought an ice cream cake then perhaps you can, but I can’t store those things in my fridge so when I learned that Blue Bunny & Chef Duff Goldman partnered up to create FABULOUS cake ice cream, I knew it was… [Continue Reading]
Let’s talk about Father’s Day! It is right around the corner, so isn’t it a good time to go out and get something special for dad? There are so many options and it is always tough to find the right gift. Here is some help; Check out a site called MyCoupons.com. This site compiles hundreds… [Continue Reading]
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