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Cheap Ways to Freshen Your Home for Spring

While the calendar is promising spring, here it still seems like winter. I can’t wait until I am able to open the windows and let the fresh air circulate through the house for hours. It is one free way to instantly freshen up our home. While the new catalogues that come in the mail are promising all sorts of ideas for freshening up a home and getting it ready for spring, I think I am going to stick with the free and the cheap. This way I can still have a nice fresh house, but can also save my money … Continue reading →

Lemon Fresh

I’m always looking for all natural ways to clean my house. The fact that those natural products are usually cheaper than anything store bought is an added bonus. Most everyone knows about baking soda and vinegar, they seem to be the staples of the green cleaning movement. What about lemons? Lemons are all natural, cheap and they smell good too! There are lots of things lemons can be used to clean like the bottom of your copper pots and pans. When we first get those pans they are so shiny and pretty but before too long they turn black and … Continue reading →

Gluten-Free Recipe – Lemon Bars

It isn’t easy to find foods that are gluten-free, especially if you are seeking pastries and other baked goods. This means it is time to try your hand at baking these treats yourself, from scratch. My husband and I recently made some delicious gluten-free lemon bars. Here is how we did that. We are fortunate enough to have a lemon tree in our tiny little backyard. The tree produces fruit nearly all year round, probably because we live in sunny California. Earlier this week, we noticed that there were a ton of lemons that were ripe, and ready to be … Continue reading →

Genealogy of a Lemon

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It amuses me when fictional characters “talk” about their genealogy. McDonald’s has included a lemon in their current advertising campaign that wants to tell people all about his family tree. This is a lot more entertaining than the taxonomy, or “family tree” of an actual lemon. The McDonald’s commercial that includes the talking lemon is for their new McCafe Frozen Strawberry Lemonade drink. If you go to the McDonald’s website, in search of more information about the new drink, or to get a coupon for it, you cannot avoid coming across an animated lemon. The lemon, whose name is never … Continue reading →

Save $1.00 on a McCafe Frozen Strawberry Lemonade

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There is something new and refreshing at McDonald’s McCafe. They have taken lemons, and made them into a frozen strawberry lemonade. This could be just what you are looking for on a hot day. It is sweet, tangy, tart, juicy and icy. What more could you possibly want in a frozen drink? Print out a coupon from the McDonald’s website and you can save a dollar when you try out this new treat from McCafe. Summer and lemonade go very well together. How many of you had a lemonade stand when you were a kid? It almost seems like a … Continue reading →

Freshen Your Home for Spring

Have you been to Target this week? The discount retailer is having a huge sale on plastic storage totes, shelving units and a slew of other items to help you organize, as you tackle your spring cleaning projects. In addition to the storage-related items, Target is offering deep discounts on slipcovers for sofas, loveseats and chairs. At first I wondered how slipcovers tied into spring cleaning, but then I realized that if you have furniture with dark upholstery, adding a slipcover with a soft floral pattern or solid pastel could easily freshen up the look of your living room. If … Continue reading →

Chicken and Lemon Fettuccine

Some nights all you want is to make something that is quick, filling and tasty. For that, pasta is an excellent choice. This recipe meets all of those criteria and for the gluten free you can still has pasta, it’s just rice pasta. The original version of this recipe that this was adapted from called for spaghetti but personally I find the gluten free spaghetti is hopeless, as it is so thin and doesn’t have a good texture, so I always prefer to use fettuccine instead. Of course it is entirely up to you and your preferences. Quick and Easy … Continue reading →

Natural Air Fresheners

Quick! Company is coming over and your home smells like a mixture of last night’s fajitas and the stinky garbage can. There are no commercial air fresheners on hand, and you heard those things can be bad for your health anyway. What can you do? Try one of the following quick and natural air fresheners for your home. White vinegar works wonders when it comes to cooking odors. Keep a small bowl of vinegar near the stove while you are cooking. This hint comes straight from Heloise. Carpets and rugs tend to hold on to order. Do you remember those … Continue reading →

Tangy Lemon Meringue Pie

Ever since I discovered the gluten free frozen pastry, I’ve been finding it a great help in the kitchen. Thanks to friends I have a lovely supply of fresh lemons at present. Our lemon tree is still in its early stages of producing, so the most we get is a couple. Last night when we were having guests for dinner I made lemon meringue pie which is my husband’s favorite dessert. HINT I’ve already given you one recipe for lemon meringue pie but this one could be even nicer. It is very tangy, which I love. The sweetness of the … Continue reading →

Homemade Green Cleaning Products That Work – Air Fresheners

In my house we’re very frugal and try to live as “green” as possible. It’s not always easy finding earth-friendly products that are cheap and work well. If you’ve ever tried any of the popular eco-safe solutions, you may have been as frustrated with them as I was. They’re usually more expensive than anything I can get at the local Dollar Tree or 99 cents Only Store, they smell weird, and just don’t get the job done. In my search for cutting corners and cutting down on stress when it comes to time and money, I decided to do some … Continue reading →