Just about everything looks better in a jar, especially food. These gifts in jars look impressive but most require little hands-on work.
Author: Anne-Marie Bonneau
Frugal Hugelkultur: How to Build the Ultimate Raised Garden Bed
Hugelkultur beds contain dead wood that, upon decomposition, returns water and nutrients to the soil for waste-free, frugal gardening.
9 Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic at Thanksgiving
These nine simple swaps will help you minimize plastic waste this Thanksgiving while maximizing taste and even saving money!
How to Cook Without Following Recipes or Buying More Food
Eating all the food we buy presents no downside. We shop less and save time and money, eat tastier food and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We Need to Talk About Our Demand Chain Crisis
We keep hearing about the supply chain disruption in the news media but need to address what drives our supply chain: unsustainable demand.
Simple Multigrain Bread With Sourdough Discard
Want another recipe to enjoy while putting a dent in your jar of sourdough discard? Try this easy multigrain sourdough discard bread.
Passive Zero Waste: Doing Nothing Is the Best Solution
If sustainable living seems hard, try passive zero-waste. In other words, do nothing (or very little). Here are 11 strategies.
Pumpkin and Spice Sourdough Discard Quick Bread
This pumpkin sourdough quick bread is like pumpkin pie in bread form and, if I slapped a label on it, it could honestly claim “Now BPA-Free!”
5 Simple Zero-Waste Frugal Dinners Under $12
Each $12 frugal dinner in this post serves four people, thus proving that a zero-waste or low-waste lifestyle need not cost a fortune.
Sourdough-Potato Focaccia Made With Simple Ingredients and Tools
Do you love sourdough bread? Do you love potatoes? This sourdough-potato focaccia is for you. It requires humble ingredients and simple tools.
Stop Pouring These 7 Leftover Flavors Down the Drain
You’ll want to save these leftover concoctions to cook with later because they add so much flavor to dishes. But you’ll also conserve water.
Quick Cheap Good: Grateful-for-What-I-Have Fried Rice
Cooking dishes like fried rice with food I have on hand never fails to make me feel grateful. It also reduces food waste and saves money.
How to Store and Keep Bread Fresh Without Single-Use Plastic
Readers often ask how to store bread without plastic, while keeping it fresh. It can be done! And if your bread does dry out, revive it.
Simple Restaurant-Style Mexican Red Rice (Arroz Rojo)
The simple, fresh ingredients that go into this Mexican red rice elevate it from home-cooked side to tastes-as-good-as-a-restaurant dish.
9 More Simple Staples to Make not Buy
Making any of the staples on this list is a rewarding, satisfying, fun experience. Many of them will save hands-on time. Most will save money.