One More Day Left!!

Only one more day to post an entry for my Recipe Contest, thank you all so much for all the entries that you have posted for this contest. I’ve been pleased with all the participation, and excited to try out some new recipes! Here’s the list of all the recipes that have been posted so […]

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Meal Planning Tips-Eating on a budget

Mr. Burns and I are on a journey together. Getting a good budget going these past few weeks. The journey, while financial in nature, affects every area of our lives. In order to make a good budget work properly, involves planning and foresight. In regards to meal planning, this has not been my forte. So, […]

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How to make a link in a blogpost.

So here is a quick little how-to on adding a link to a blog post.
When writing a blog post you figure out what text you want to make a link,
and then highlight it, then push the link button on your editor.

Now it will ask you for the URL, which in this case is http://jenniskitchen.com/2008/01/22/a-recipe-contest-giveaway/
This […]

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Curry Sauce with Chicken and Rice Recipe

Mr. Burns and I love Indian food. One of our favorite Indian restaurants, believe it or not, is in the food court of an outlet mall in Auburn, Washington. Not sure if it’s our favorite because of the taste and quality of the food or if it was because we ate there several times […]

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Reminder about the Recipe Contest

Thank you to all of you who have already entered the contest! Some of you have posted entries a little too close together and I just wanted to remind you that you can only post once a week (or every 7 days to be more clear), also when you are posting a recipe, in order […]

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Chore Buster

Hey, having problems getting a handle on all your chores? I came across this site today called Chore Buster, all you have to do is:
Enter in people and chores
 Specify how hard / undesirable each chore is, and how often it should be done
ChoreBuster automatically generates a fair schedule of chores
 Schedule […]

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A Recipe Contest-Giveaway

Okay, I am really excited about this, is anyone interested in winning a $35 Gift Card to Crate & Barrel? I am hosting a contest here on The Joy of Homemaking. It’s a really simple contest, all you need is a blog, and the ability to cook (not absolutely necessary).
Here are the rules:
UPDATE: So here’s […]

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Introducing…Mr. Burns

Well, Chris and I have been talking tonight about him doing some posts on The Joy of Homemaking. He is always finding great food/homemaking related stories that he wants me to post on this site, and somehow I don’t get around to posting them, even though I would love to! So tonight he asked […]

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Eating sustainably on a budget

I had to share this post I read about ways to eat local and still save money.
Though many farmer’s markets now take food stamps, that’s hardly the point: just pricing a pound of sustainably-farmed ground buffalo meat (the best substitute for ground beef at my farmer’s market last weekend), and you’ll know why you […]

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Free Range Eggs vs. Cage Free Eggs?

Here’s a little comparison-

The egg on the left is a large sized store bought (cage free) eggs. I think ours win, look at the banty’s yoke, it’s so orange! Okay the egg on the left is much bigger, but bigger is not always better. I am looking forward to seeing the other chicken’s eggs. They […]

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