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Thankful: November 28th

Thankful: November 28th

Today I am thankful for tomatoes! It looks like we’ll get a frost tonight. The tomatoes started flowering in October (once the temperatures dropped) and I’ve been picking tomatoes today with 4 of my girls. I’m grateful to have tomatoes. We’ll ripen some of these inside, fry some, and use some to make salsa verde!  I’m…

Thankful: November 26th

Thankful: November 26th

I’m grateful today for roses.  I was looking at some medieval rose gardens via Pinterest, and I thought about how roses were a luxury item for so long. Only the wealthy had rose gardens. There were some once a year blooming wild roses, but roses gardens were a thing for those with huge estates. Today,…

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

  Today, dear readers, I am thankful for all of you. I am thankful for the ways I learn to be more frugal from all of you. I am thankful for the struggles that you share. They are a reminder to me of why I write. I am thankful to know that many of you are…

Thankful: November 23rd

Thankful: November 23rd

Today I am thankful for vanilla! What a rare ingredient that is so easy to purchase, and yet would have been difficult to obtain in times past. I’m also thankful for spatulas!   What are you thankful for today?   P.S. Here’s a little history of available spices in the 18th century to English-speaking cooks.