Part 3 Plan the Life You Want: Getting Started by Setting Financial Goals How to lead the life you want to have. It only takes a bit of financial planning to shape things so that our life is lived proactively and we can have more of the things we want. We all get thrown a […]
Wicked Good Simple Sweet Slaw
My mother’s Sweet Coleslaw recipe. I could eat it twice a day at least four days a week. Crunchy, creamy and the perfect accompaniment for anything. I’ve never seen another recipe for coleslaw this simple – and no vinegar. I don’t consider myself a picky eater by any means – just please, please, please don’t […]
Sunshine Award
I was so surprised recently to find a comment from Kathy at Cornerstone Confessions telling me she was bestowing the Sunshine Award on A Pinch of Joy! I’m excited and delighted – anything that involves sunshine is a good thing!!! Coming from a fellow blogger makes it all the better! Kathy wrote: A few weeks […]
Curried Chicken and Fruit Salad
One of our long time favorites and a make ahead main dish — Curried Chicken and Fruit Salad. The weather has been summery – astounding for March! And we’ve taken advantage of it, with lots of time in the garden. Meals when we are concentrating on a project are usually do ahead. Last night I […]
Organize Your Financial Life Part 2 — I.C.E.
Whenever we travel by car, Wheels adds a pair of rubber boots to the cargo. Weather insurance, he says. If he has them along, it won’t rain. You have to know their twisted sense of humor to get the laugh out of that statement that he and Bytes do – but it has worked! […]
Four Bean Salad
Four bean salad! It has onions, beans for fiber and protein, lots of vitamins and minerals, healthy oils for necessary fat, vinegar (shown to help control blood sugar). It is filling. Plus it makes quite a bit and keeps well so it will work for several meals. It’s good with almost anything. It is […]
Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!