In an effort to clean up the pinned posts, I've condensed them into this start here post. The first thing to do is Introduce Yourself Here if you haven't already. then, For a brief overview of what will be in the classroom, check out the post Notes about the classroom. If you want a better understanding of the post categories, Post categories explained is the post to read. That's it! nice and simple. See you all in the community! Roy

Quick tip: If you want to expand the refrigerator life of cream, transfer it from the carton to a sealable jar. When we get a liter of cream, either whipping cream or heavy cream, the first thing we do is transfer it to a mason jar with a lid and ring. We use those because we have tons of them from canning preserves, but any sealable jar with a good lid will work. Doing this will help keep the air from causing spoilage, and will create a barrier that will help keep the cream from absorbing refrigerator odors from other foods. After transferring the only thing to get in the habit of doing is wiping the jar rim after pouring to avoid cream crust which will interfere with the seal between the jar and lid. We've found that doing this can extend the life of our cream by up to a month, sometimes more.

Let's face it, in a lot of places the cost of food is getting absurd. Prices are increasing, sometimes weekly. If you're looking for actionable ways to get the grocery bill goblins under control this tip may be helpful. The tip: The next time you need to go shopping and need something like sugar, flour, or rice, i recommend taking the time to do the price comparison between a large quantity like a 10kg/22lb bag and multiple smaller quantities, such as 2kg/4.4lbs. Sometimes bigger isn't always cheaper. Using sugar as an example, my local grocer has it for $15.97 for a 10kg bag (22lbs). However if I check the price of the smaller 2kg bags(4.4lbs) they might be on sale for $2.47 each, which happens often. If we do the math, 5 small 2 kg (4.4lb) bags of sugar at $2.47 each comes out to $12.35 for 10 kg (22 lbs.) of sugar. In the case of the smaller bags being on sale, the larger single bag is no savings at $15.97 That's a savings of $3.62. It might not seem like much, but if you can do this consistently, 3 or 4 dollars here, 2 or 3 dollars there, pretty soon you've saved enough to treat the family to a real pizza or some other goodie you couldn't have before. Just for comparison if we divided $15.97 by 5 ( the number of small bags we get) the cost per bag would be about $3.19. Certainly no savings over the 5 smaller quantity bags at $2.47 each on sale. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this tip in the comments below.

Just a little update on the Classroom. Hard work is happening on the Flagship course. The text for each lesson is almost done. I'm not going to put a timeline on when the videos will be up though. That update will come once the recording schedule has been determined. Work on the recipe book will start February 9th with at least once recipe being added every day. These recipes will be used to create the weekly and monthly meal plans that will be available in the Course and Classroom. Work will also commence on the affiliate guide. There are several pages to that and I'll be attacking the creation of one page per day starting February 9th. I also want to wish everyone a great upcoming week. Be safe and take care Roy

Just noticed I got my fire/flame. It's cool and all but I am still dedicated to creating valuable content. Up next I'll be sharing a family favorite recipe.... Macaroni Goulash...