The Industrious Homemaker Blog
It’s National Slow Cooking Month!!
January is National Slow Cooking Month. In the north, most people have covered their grills. It’s cold and we want warm comforting food when we walk in the door at night. Enter the slow cooker....
National Bean Day
Today is National Bean Day. To celebrate, let’s have some sort of bean dish today. Most people like SOME type of bean. Be it pork and beans or refried beans or bean soup or chili...
National Drinking Straw Day
The History of Straws Drinking straws have been used for thousands of years. Archeologists have uncovered straws made of gold and other metals that are thousands of years old. The first patent for a drinking...
It’s National Sunday Supper Month
January is National Sunday Supper Month When I grew up we had supper together every night at the kitchen table until we were in high school and started working. Suppertime was based on when my...
I’ve Made Up My Mind, Have You??
Happy New Year!! I hope your holidays were amazing. Personally, I’m looking forward to a new year! First, I need to apologize for being MIA for nearly a year. Blame it on health issues and...
Freezing Broccoli
It’s finally spring – at least by the calendar, we had snow the other day. Spring brings spring crops. The first of the really nice broccoli has hit the store shelves. At $0.69 a pound...
Hospital Emergency Room Charges – Who is Responsible?
Hospital Emergency Room Charges – Who is Responsible? That used to be a pretty straightforward answer. You go to the emergency room, you have an insurance and they pay less any deductible. Hold the...
