The Prudent Wife

Garden flags fluttering in the breeze, are welcoming, colorful additions to a home. Have you ever wondered how how to create your own garden mini flag?

Well then this simple tutorial on How to Sew a Mini Flag, filled with DIY step by step pictures and directions is for you! Once you master the basic technique, you will be able to sew any kind of mini flag you want, from patriotic stars and stripes, holiday flags, birth announcements and so much more, creating the perfect DIY flag for every occasion or holiday in life! This flag is perfect for beginning sewers with minimal sewing skills, taking a whopping 15 minutes to sew up. It was the simplest sewing project ever, very similar to sewing napkins!

Spicy Hummus is an all time favorite - cool, healthy, velvetty smooth, always bursting with flavor, fiber and nutrition. Yet somehow, it slightly Spicy Hummus is also rather decadent in it's creamy yumminess. It just doesn't get any better!

Perfect for picnics, long car trips, packing lunches, hot days, cold days, good days, bad days, Spicy Hummus is an all time family favorite that will keep your family noshing on veggies all day long!

Last month we talked about the Adventure of Used Curriculum Sales in the first part of the Frugal Homeschooling series. I hope you got some terrific ideas on navigating sales successfully!

Have gone through your books, gathered some to sell, and made a list of what you need for the new year? Are you ready to attack the homeschool sales this month with gusto? To see where they are, go to my blog www.ThePrudentWife.com/blog and you will find all the Tri-Cities information under “homeschooling.”

Have you been wondering what other fabulously frugal things you can do? Fasten your seatbelt, there is a ton more!

Say good-bye to boring batch cooking and dull taco meat and feed your freezer in style! Poblano Taco Meat is a recipe makes about 5-6 cups of meat, enough for 3 meals for our family, so it is a great cook ahead dinner.

Serve one batch of Poblano Taco Meat tonight, freeze the other two for a fast, healthy, paleo primal, GAPS friendly, low carb  and anti-inflammatory diet friendly meat to have on hand. Poblano Taco meat is incredibly delicious and a huge time saver!

Sometimes, you just want to knock the paleo or primal lifestyle (sans the oppressive worldview) up a notch and have a sandwich of some sort. Feel normal.

So, we experimented and came up with the perfect Gluten Free Grain Free Focaccia Hamwiches that are simply out of this world. Small, but filling. Packed with flavor and fiber, thanks to a healthy dose of coconut flour - you are going to love these anti-inflammatory diet, GAPS friendly gf grain free sandwiches, with any type of meat!