Several years ago I learned how to get as many cups of tea out of my herbal bags of tea. There was a time in our married life where we...

Lentils are one of my favorites to add into soups and stews. They soak up the flavor of whatever you have put them in. Packed with lots...

Carol's Torchlight Cottage is a place where you can find recipes and other ideas for making your own household and personal products. Come l

For the last 4 years I have been rationing our meat. Yep, I said that word. Inflation continues to rise and I could see things coming...

In 2022 while searching for depression era and WW2 recipes in order to stretch my food budget, I found "Toad In A Hole." This is a...

Well, it is a new year and has been for 10 days now. Life has been very busy in a productive way. December was filled with my daughter...

Christmas preps are in full steam ahead in my household. I make a lot of homemade gifts with what I have on hand or picked up components...

Well, I missed a few items recently in my canned food preps. It's okay though. Rotating is important and I happened to miss a few cans...

This meal was made with what I have on hand. I only shop every other week if that. My shopping budget has been reduced drastically by...

Cooking from scratch for me is a daily occurance. We eat a lot of different types of foods. I made this recipe for Thanksgiving last...