One Hundred Dollars a Month - Page 1301 of 2143 - I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Rice Cooker Recipes – Sweetened Orange Rice

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By Mavis Butterfield on February 21, 2014 · 2 Comments

I love my rice cooker. Like LOVE it. Don’t tell my crock pot, but it’s possible I like it even more than it. And that’s tough because I’m obsessed with my crock pot. The thing about a rice cooker is that it’s so forgiving. If I just got home and realized I forgot to throw dinner in the crock pot and only have a few minutes before dinner, rice cooker to the rescue. I throw some chicken on the grill & whip up a batch of rice.

I’ve been experimenting with different kinds of rice and now, pain old white rice seems boring. My whole family liked the Chicken and Thyme Rice with Carrots I made awhile back and this recipe was a big hit too! I’m telling you, rice cookers are where it’s at!

Ingredients

2 cups jasmine rice
2 1/2 cups chicken stock {or water if you prefer}
1 cup orange marmalade {I used my Orange Marmalade Recipe}

Directions

Measure 2 cups jasmine rice and rinse in a fine-mesh sieve.

Place the chicken stock, rice and marmalade in a rice cooker, stir and cook as you would regular white rice.

If you don’t have a rice cooker, place all the ingredients in a medium sauce pan, stir and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.

Serve as a side dish or if you’re feeling too lazy to make a main dish, eat a big fat bowl of rice for dinner. Works for me!

This is my favorite rice cooker – Aroma Rice Cooker and Food Steamer

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Friday Night at the Movies – Mr. Selfridge

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By Mavis Butterfield on February 21, 2014 · 14 Comments

As soon as we get back from our trip, The Girl and I are going to start the Masterpiece Classic’s, Mr. Selfridge. Since, I admit, I am a sucker for all things British, I’m not too worried that I won’t love it. It’s about an American business man set on opening up an upscale department store in London. It’s free on amazon prime, and getting great reviews, so it pretty much fits all of my requirements. Hot dog.

Have you seen it? Did you love it? Hate it?

Let us know,

~Mavis

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The Garden Museum London, England

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If you ever get a chance to go to London, try to stop by The Garden Museum. It is small–but totally charming. I read the reviews online and they were a little mixed. Some people thought the Garden Museum wasn’t big enough and a few thought there were not enough displays.

But I’m here to tell you the Garden Museum in London was absolutely charming. And the gift shop was spot on. I walked away with several treasures {and I’m not really a souvenir kind of person} and was glad I spotted by.

The museum portion was born out of an attempt to save an old church, where John Tradescant was buried {1570-1638}. If you don’t know {which I didn’t}, he was England’s first great gardener and plant collector.

Can you imagine a culture that values gardening so much that they will build a museum around the “greats?” Seriously, I could live and die happy in England. That’s right, stuff me full of tea and scones and give me a shovel and some seeds, I LOVE it here.

Anywho, the gardens were created in 1980, and true to form, they are lovingly manicured. The plants were specifically chosen to reflect the 17th century, and honor the original gardeners. The topiaries were my favorite.

There’s even a quaint little cafe with soup and salads and TEA off to one side of the church. We didn’t stay for lunch, but the food looked delicious.

If you time it right, they have Temporary Exhibits in place–with a pretty wide range of topics. I snapped a photo of these white “gardening gloves.” Can you imagine gardening in these beauties?

We had a great time and if you are ever in London, you should go.

Peace Out Garden Scouts,

Mavis

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Walking Around London – Pastries, Snogging and Museums

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By Mavis Butterfield on February 21, 2014 · 8 Comments

If you have read this blog for any length of time I’m sure you know that I pretty much ~~don’t like~~ can’t sit still. Sitting still is my kryptonite. Yesterday The Girl and I left the hotel at 9:30 am and by the time we returned at 6pm, we were exhausted.

The day started with a titanium screw falling out of my jaw. I saw it as a sign the British were glad I was here. Luckily The Girl is not one bit squeamish and she was able to twist it back in. {And yes, it did hurt!}

Then, we left for Hyde Park.

Giant gumdrop {boxwood} hedges.

The Orangery at Kensington Palace. I soooo want to have afternoon tea here.

After a stroll around the park we went on a mission to find the Hummingbird Bakery. On our way there we passed SNOG. When we read the sign in the window “Snogging is healthy and 100% natural” we couldn’t help from giggling all the way down the street.

Mama JJ do you see all this cheese?

And pastries?

Breakfast.

Cherry tree in bloom.

Iconic red phone booth.By 11:32 am London time I had taken 9,162 steps.

Monkeys.

More pastries.

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster.

I am soooo getting this printed on a canvas! I LOVE my Rebel Camera!

The Garden Museum.

Walking makes you hungry.

Crowds make me crazy. Apparently London children are on school holiday this week. Which is really awesome if all you want to do is look at a couple of exhibits at the Natural History Museum. Gaaaa.

Saw something in the window and decided to pop in. Then quickly decided money would rather be spent on more pastries.

Tomorrow’s headline: Woman trades car for AGA stove. Seriously, Handsome Husband, are you reading this? How cool would one of these be?

Tea and scones back in the room. We walked about 12 miles!!! Holy crackers people, that’s almost a half marathon.

Souvenirs. {Lipgloss}.

Evening snacks.

We are having a blast! Have a great weekend everyone,

~Mavis and The Girl

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