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Most day's I'm a mom. Today I am Supermom. Why? Because I choose to be.

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Pixel Hyrule Shield Necklace

Available for $14 at Etsy.

Created and submitted by Nastalgame.

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Hanging Chair, by Sylvia Cosh & James Walters

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Crochet Stone Necklace by Maria Konstantin on Green Bride Guide

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From Playing in the Attic

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From Craft Apple

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Creamy Baked Ziti

2 cups uncooked noodles (ziti or pasta of choice)

1 - 700 ml can of spaghetti sauce

1 - 250 g package of cream cheese

1 can diced tomatoes

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Combine spaghetti sauce and cream cheese in pot. Heat until cream cheese is melted. Add diced tomatoes and pasta. Pour into casserole dish and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake for approximately 15 minutes at 350 or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

This is one of the most delicious and cheapest meals I cook. It's a definite family favourite, too. This meal generally costs me less than $5.00, if I have a good stockpile of sale items. It also lasts more than one meal. Most times, unless the family is especially hungry, we get two meals or at least a dinner and lunches from one batch. A general breakdown looks like this: pasta - no more than $1/pkg spaghetti sauce - $1/can diced tomatoes - $.99/can cream cheese - $1.99 mozzarella cheese - approx. $1.00 (this is a bit harder to determine, but I pay no more than $5.00 for a brick and use about a fifth of the brick. The main thing here is to really watch the sales and stock up on the basic ingredients when they are cheap. I have about 20 packages of $1.00 pasta and spaghetti sauce in the pantry. Mozzarella cheese and cream cheese both freeze fine if you're going to use them for cooking. Add a loaf of homemade bread to this dinner or a nice salad and you have a meal your family will love and ask for again and again!

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To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

Audrey Hepburn

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Water Lily Granny Square underway.  Crochet step-by-step tutorial via Annoo’s Crochet World.

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Oh The Memories

Tonight, for supper, we decided to have what we refer to as a "fend for". In other words, you fend for yourself, eat what you want. 

I went to the cupboard and after poking around trying to find something, anything, to make, for some reason, I had a flash of something we used to have when I was a kid. 

Cream Peas on Toast

I hadn't had it in years and an overwhelming desire to make it had me reaching for the lone can of peas, a pot, some milk and the flour. Less than 10 minutes later I was sitting down, and enjoying one of my favourite dinners from my childhood.

I realized, as I was making it, that this was one of the dinners my mom would make when times were lean. I never knew the difference. All I knew, sitting down at the dinner table to the stack of toast sitting in the center for easy reach and a pot of creamy goodness, was that I was about to indulge in one of my favourite meals.

It's a simple recipe. A basic white sauce, a can of peas and toast. Make the sauce, once it's finished, drain the can of peas and stir it in. Spoon it over toast and enjoy! This dinner literally cost me less than a dollar to make and it fed 4 people

You can't do better than that. 

Thanks Mom.

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From A van Atelier VerMaak.

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By Karamat on Flickr.

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By dada’s place on Flickr.

Free Pattern for the owls, from Bunny Mummy.