cabbage

After an afternoon swim at the local postage-stamp sized pool in Earlville, Iowa, my younger sister (age 7) and I (age 9) would return to our grandmother's house ravenously hungry. Most of the time, Grandma served us a steaming bowl of cabbage, carrot and potato soup, made with three vegetables…

St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays.  It's so much fun, and it's a great time to save money by stocking up on some items that almost always go on sale at supermarkets as "loss leaders." Those are specially priced, highly-advertised sale items designed specifically to get you in the…