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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.


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One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 11/25/17

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Recipe of the Week

Mornings with Mavis 

Weekly Shopping Trips and Other Stories

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Peace Out Girl Scouts, have a great weekend!

♥ Mavis

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Friday Night at the Movies – When Calls the Heart

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When reader, Kathy, suggested I watch When Calls the Heart, I went to investigate. I read reviews, watched clips and did a little background research. It looks so so good! So tonight, I’m taking advantage of my Netflix subscription and starting this series. It seems like it’s a mix of “Anne of Green Gables” and “Little House on the Prairie,” which is no surprise since Michael Landon’s son is the director. I’ve heard so much buzz about it and the reviews look great. What do you think? Have you seen it? Heard of it? Am I going to cry?

Let me know what you think if you decide to watch it!

Peace out Girl Scouts & have yourself a great weekend,

~Mavis

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Audra Shares Her Homemade Easy Tomato Soup Recipe

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Here’s a super easy recipe for a sure to please tomato soup! My favorite part is that there is almost no chopping, and the butter makes for a velvety and rich tomato soup. I based it on a 3-ingredient tomato soup recipe I liked but added a few more ingredients to amp up the flavor. I’ve been making it for a while and it always gets rave reviews! You can easily halve it but I always make plenty since it freezes well and everyone loves it.

Easy Tomato and Herb Soup

Ingredients:

2 large (28 oz) cans tomatoes (I’ve used diced, fire roasted, crushed, etc. and they all work)
8 TBS butter
1 onion, peeled and quartered
4-5 cloves garlic, peeled
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp dried dill
Salt and Pepper to taste

Place the butter in a large saucepan or dutch oven. Turn the heat onto medium and then add the quartered onion and the garlic cloves. That’s right, no need to chop them!

Saute them in the butter until they are soft, but try not to let them brown. Once they are softened you can add in the 2 cans of tomatoes with all their juices.

Let this simmer for about 40 minutes, then add the basil and dill and cook for about 5 more minutes.

The last step is to use an immersion blender to make a nice smooth soup. If you don’t have an immersion blender you can let the soup cool a bit and then blend it in batches in a regular blender. I’ve heard that taking out the middle part of the blender lid and placing a towel over the hole is a good way to avoid the dreaded blender blow out.

Enjoy!

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Free Mentos, Black Friday Deals, Cinnamon Spiced Nuts and More

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Quote of the Day  “One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” ~ J.K. Rowling

Hello Friday!

Oh my word people, I had such a serious food coma at around 3 pm that I had to lay down and take a 20 minute nap. I ate WAY to much and now I’m going to have to go on a very long walk today to burn off that third helping of mashed potatoes. 😉 How about you? Are you feeling particularly stuffed today as well?

I hope you had a lovely day and I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to a slow weekend putting around the backyard cleaning up {what I think is} the last round of leaves.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend,

♥ Mavis & Lucy

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