Joyful Hermit’s Daily Tip
Save Big Money...by growing dark, leafy greens such as kale, beets, Mescule, Romaine, and French Sorrel in garden pots. You can re-seed frequently, and by having the large pots placed near your dwelling, the greens will grow earlier in spring and later into the fall, being cool-weather growers by nature. Use your own fresh greens in your very own batches of Green Glory, saving shopping and getting the freshest greens possible. Try growing your own cucumbers, as well, from pots. So what if the vines tumble over and out? Vegetables grown in planters are quite beautiful! You really do save money, especially as some of the greens re-seed and also re-grow if the leaves are clipped rather than pulled by the roots.
Pages
-
Join 203 other subscribers
Follow Joyful Hermit on Facebook
Category Archives: Recipes
Dorotheos of Gaza (I’m Sorry) Soup
There’s no way around the truth of it: Soup is good for the body, mind, heart and spirit…anytime, especially on a snowy day. The amount of vitamins, minerals and protein simmering within a bowl of soup is as astounding as … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Leave a comment
Epiphany Cake
While Epiphany is the 6th of January, it is celebrated now in the Church in the United States on the Sunday following January 6. I tend to celebrate it both days unless the 6th falls on a Sunday. Regardless, it … Continue reading
Posted in Living Holy, Misc, Recipes
Leave a comment
Advent Soup
It’s Advent and time for hot soup in colder climes, but soup benefits us, truly, any time, anywhere. The first Sunday of Advent seemed prime to assess the hermitage vegetables: red onions, baby bella mushrooms, celery, Brussels sprouts, carrots, red … Continue reading
Posted in Health Helps, Recipes
1 Comment
Eating Humble Pie
The idiom popped into my mind a few days ago and departs not: Now eat your humble pie. It is something my dad would say, surely. After hearing it in my mind over and over, it was time to research. … Continue reading
Posted in Cost Savers, Living Holy, Recipes
Leave a comment
November’s Brandied Cranberries
November brings fresh cranberries to market, out of the northeastern cranberry bogs and into our mind-taste for something tart and traditional. I could not resist three 12-oz. bags at ALDI this week: 99¢ per bag. What could one hermit do … Continue reading
Meekness Rice Pudding
Baked rice pudding seemed just right on a chilly, rainy November morning. Besides, I was pondering the virtue of meekness; and the two complement each other in essence and substance. While meekness is associated with humility, meekness differs, just as … Continue reading
Posted in Living Holy, Recipes
Leave a comment
Joyful Reports on Various Experiments
Three weeks into slurping Green Glop first thing every morning, Joyful Hermit is pleased to report improvement in energy. Consume a glass with morning pain med, head to Mass, return later for some oatmeal or eggs. (Just learned that breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, Recipes
Leave a comment
Laetare Soup
Laetare is a Latin word meaning rejoice! The fourth Sunday in Lent is known as Laetare Sunday, and Joyful Hermit rejoiced having landed through the mid-point of Lent by making a fridge & freezer-clearing soup. Two sweet onions sliced, five … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Leave a comment
Joyfully Augmented Breakfast Cake
Read about a simple way to augment a muffin or other mix. Joyful Hermit swooped up several half-priced blueberry and banana nut muffin mixes awhile back. On their own merit, they offer minimal protein (2 g) per serving. But augmented, … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Leave a comment
Springtime Soup
Still a bit brisk outside but eager for spring? Joyful Hermit shares this plight and decided to perk up the body and mind with some Springtime Soup. Select fresh vegetables that come on sale this time of year: Brussels sprouts, … Continue reading
Learn to live each day simply and joyfully. Benefit from practical tips and creative ideas by The Joyful Hermit.
The Joyful Hermit 