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Make Your Own Knitting Needles

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This is a very fun project and I love my wooden knitting needles for making scarves. One of my nieces was watching me knit a scarf, and was interested in learning to knit. We improvised with a pair of pencils that she wrapped with electrical tape at the ends. She did really good so I wanted to learn how to teach her better. I found this site, Maggie's Rags. She suggested that children learn finger knitting first, and also recommended… Read the rest

Make Your Own Sauerkraut

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On Tuesday I will be hosting the Make it from Scratch! Carnival.  Submissions will be accepted for Tuesday's carnival until midnight PST on Sunday so hurry and get your post in today! My submission for the week is going to be how to make your own sauerkraut! Sauerkraut is a food that helps to provide our bodies with probiotics which help to digest our food.  When you make your own, you're assured to have all the “good” guys since your… Read the rest

Homemade Candy Cane Peppermint Ice Cream

frugal, Recipes
I love my Donvier Ice Cream Maker so much, it is so handy. I use it, and it's still halfway frozen when I rinse it out and put it right back into the freezer until the urge strikes me to have ice cream. I've been wanting to make this flavor since I made the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream. Now just for a minute, let me tell you why owning one of these ice cream makers is frugal. All Natural Ice… Read the rest

Cranberry Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe

frugal, Recipes
Bread pudding is a great and frugal way to use stale bread.  A couple of years ago at Christmas, one of my coworkers brought in a decadent bread pudding. Prior to that time, I'd never been too fond of bread pudding.  Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe the bread pudding I've had prior to this time was just not very good. At any rate, once I had some of that delicious bread pudding, I realized that I did like… Read the rest