Author: Tara Cox
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Book Worms…on a Budget
This morning, I am doing one of my favourite things: reading to the children at my daughter’s nursery. Reading is a large part of our family. I and each of my children are book worms with huge collections of books that are at times divested and then re-built. Actually, I have fewer books now than […]
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Let’s Celebrate…Soup
Last week we talked about chicken soup for the stomach…as well as the soul. Another really tasty and hearty winter lunch is steak & potato soup. So after cleaning up from last week’s celebration of steak and jacket potatoes, I took the leftovers and threw them into the pot and made an excellent homemade version. […]
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Presentation…It’s not about being Posh
When I watch the chef contests on television, I am sometimes amazed that they score as highly on how the food is presented on the plate as on how it tastes. At first that may seem odd and it may even give the impression that presentation is about being posh (snotty for my American readers). […]
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Frugal Family…What it is and isn’t
When I began this blog two weeks ago, I gave an introduction to what it was about. But since that time, my friends’ list has more than double…and I have received a couple of comments that make me feel that perhaps I need to clarify a bit as well. So let’s begin with a few […]
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Re-defining…Let’s Celebrate
Like many families before the current depression began, we would often dine out to celebrate occasions both big and small. If it was someone’s birthday, we would go out. If I got a consulting job, we would go out to celebrate. Heck, just our monthly pay days were often reason to celebrate. The bill was […]
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