By ShawnMarie, on September 1st, 2010%
I picked up this book at the Salvation Army since we have a 2 year old who can sometimes be a litle difficult to feed. If she’s into eating she will eat for hours, but some days she pushes everything away.
I was especially interested in the recipes in the book to see if there was something . . . → Read More: Book Review: Getting Your Kids to Eat Right ISBN 0346125197
By ShawnMarie, on August 6th, 2010%
Last night my husband was looking for a cold veggie or fruit soup to make for his permaculture class tomorrow and I pulled out Myra Goodman’s Food To Live By.
I put this book on my wish list at Paperbackswap some time ago and it showed up a couple weeks ago but I hadn’t had time to . . . → Read More: August 6, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Quick Book Review for Food to Live By – The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook
By ShawnMarie, on February 22nd, 2010%
I got this book out of our library on the eve of one of the big 2010 snowstorms, but I was so busy shoveling so I never got to read it until a week later.
The author of this book, Deborah Taylor-Hough, is also the author of a frugal classic: Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a . . . → Read More: Frugal Book Review: Frugal Living for Dummies by Deborah Taylor-Hough ISBN 0764554034
By ShawnMarie, on February 14th, 2010%
Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy is one of those frugal staples that everyone seems to have read. When it was first published in 1996 it was a good reference for women who wanted to stay at home and take care of their kids. After several revisions, it still has some value but it is also very . . . → Read More: Frugal Book Review: Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy
By ShawnMarie, on January 7th, 2010%
My frugal bookshelf has lots of books on it, but this is the master volume, the one that leads them all. Amy Dacyczyn (prounounced Decision) compiled her years of newsletters and previous books into this one all encompassing book on frugality.
Even though it was printed in 1998, this book still holds a special place in my . . . → Read More: Frugal Bookshelf – The Complete Tightwad Gazette