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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Dec 10 2006 : 2:20:19 PM
Im not sure which one of the farmgirls introduced us to the hillbilly housewife but I thank you so much. I love her. I use her so easy biscuit recipe all the time for drop buscuits. So much cheaper then busquick & just as tasty. This w/end I made her bean soup. At this time of year when money can go quicker then usual, her easy, cheap and tasty recipes are great. You just add your own stuff but it is worth it to visit her site. www.hillbillyhousewife.com Thank you farmgirl for telling us about her before.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Dec 16 2006 : 2:10:39 PM
I am totaly in disagreement with her cooking style, but Cindy is right about her personality and her scripture link is good. It takes you to an area called Maggies Veil and is dedicated to modesty and covering issues. To me a $75 grocery bill is of no use if you are ruining your health in the process and end up paying a $100 medication bill later in life.
Trina
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 |
| Cindy Lee |
Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 7:35:13 PM
I had so much fun on that site, I love any ideas on saving money and I thought she had a cute personality. Do you guys know of other sights like this one that I might enjoy?
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
| katiedid |
Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 09:32:33 AM
Ellen!
I am totally with you on the ramen noodle/hot dog dish!?!?! Gross... I guess it is cheap. BUT...you get what you pay for!
I am able to feed our family of six for about $75 a week...I don't buy ramen noodles or mac&cheese (I am allergic to wheat) and the only time we do hotdogs is for the 4th of July, and I get the good ones!!
I like the idea of HillyBilly Housewife and she has some great ideas...I just tweek her menu to fit our diets.
We eat meat every night, along with brown rice, or a baked potato or yam and fresh fruits and veggies...
It is really pretty cheap!
my new blog http/www.theknifemakerswife.wordpress.com |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Dec 12 2006 : 11:35:11 AM
i dont use instant anything (most times) or margarine or a/thing like that but the beauty of her site is that it gives you so many ideas and a way to do it cheaper.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| abbasgurl |
Posted - Dec 12 2006 : 10:17:42 AM
I think I may have been the hillbilly that introduced this site way back... So glad someone brought it up because I lost it when my AOL account went belly up last time!
Sure is some neat stuff on the site & some funny things too! You should have seen my husband's face when I mentioned that this woman makes her own menstal pads...I was JUST remarking on how much it costs us to buy disposable over a lifetime, not gonna DO it! For a man who is proud of his wife's thrifty ways he sure had a look of terror on his face! Hahaha!
Ellen, you comments about your home economist Mom are a hoot! You should write a little memoir!
I'm a one girl revolution. |
| bramble |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 8:45:53 PM
ooooo ooooohhhhh! My son actually asked for a muti pack box of Easy Mac for his birthday! He said he knew that was the only way I would consider buying it! Does that mean he's headed for margerine and Ramen noodles next?! We just don't do that here! I found the site amusing and a few things helpful. I have found if you make most things from scratch, it is much more economical but we don't eat alot of premade or processed food. I keep stressing nutritional value every time he asks for PopTarts! I hope I'm not fighting a loosing battle!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 7:49:35 PM
I don't like ANY noodles so I am NEVER tempted..haha. But the kids do like their spaghetti.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 6:57:19 PM
Beth, I bet everyone will love your Christmas creations! Everyone is still talking here about my laundry room sign  
I'm glad y'all found some suggestions you can incorporate into your homelife.
I can't understand the attraction to 1560mg sodium laden instant noodles? 
http://nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c224i.html
kraft mac and cheese
http://nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c21YC.html
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 1:11:48 PM
Well I can tell you I am going to use many of her suggestions. Though I will use butter but make better-butter from Laurels Cookbook and use my own tomato sauce from the garden last summer. But I am a sucker for ramen noodles- sorry- but at 1.44 for a 15 pack I can't beat it for a quick snack and price. Most gifts this year will be sewn on my machine. So I hope everone likes aprons and blankets etc. Or maybe something canned? or a soap spa gift set. Time to tighten the belt and live with a eensy weensy budget. Glad that we will have big family get togethers- the gift of time with them is priceless.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
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| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 11:26:27 AM
Aunt Jenny my hubby would uses the squeeze stuff if he had his druthers on spreadability lol.My Pop-pop,the Brown Swiss Man would never hear of us having margarine. HAve you seen those little butter crocks? I have my Granny's.That and honeyizing butter keeps ours on the counter and spreading easily.
Holly I read the two menus, that is where the ramen noodle w/sliced hotdog and instant mashed tater question of mine came from. My mom was a home economist. I grew up learning how to rub two rice kernels together and call it a casserole...boy howdy her meal in a dish had to have costed pennies. She would mince two pecans to what I thought was dust and sprinkle a slather of cream cheese and then she split it between my brother sister and me.  so I fed my boys for as little or less then the hillybilly gal but i didn't teach them to surrender to the call of margarine, mac and cheese out of a box or ramen noodles, I taught them how to fish and hoe a garden. |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 08:19:40 AM
She also has a $70.00 and $45.00 two week menu posted which can be helpful. It's more like $100.00 here but still good ideas.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 06:17:19 AM
my ten year old son asked to use his dad's soft cheap margerine for toast yesterday since the butter was in the fridge and not as soft. I read the ingredients list on the nasty margerine (he already knows how I feel about the stuff) and he quickly changed his mind and waited the moment it took to warm up butter to spread. If only husband cared as much.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Dec 11 2006 : 04:26:20 AM
I'm all about home economics. Do y'all really choose margarine over butter? Instant mashed potatoes? Ramen noodles with sliced hotdogs?
I did bean soup this weekend too.
2cups pintos dry =or split peas or for the northerns navy beans work too
2lb ham shank
1 small onions
2stalks of celery sliced
1 carrot diced
2quarts water
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 10 2006 : 10:59:48 PM
I am glad to get the reminder too..great site!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| katiedid |
Posted - Dec 10 2006 : 6:04:58 PM
Thanks for reminding me of this site!
You are so right, this year money seems to go fast, and soup tastes so good on cold, snowy evening!
Kate
my new blog http/www.theknifemakerswife.wordpress.com |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 10 2006 : 3:09:52 PM
What a neat site! thanks for telling us about it!
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
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| junebug |
Posted - Dec 10 2006 : 2:33:44 PM
Thanks for reminding me of this site, will have to bookmark it so I don't forget!
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www.countrypleasures.blogspot.com
www.herbalfarmstead.blogspot.com
And my new food blog at: www.homesteadblogger.com/gardencafe
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