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Discovering One Creative Cookie

November 21, 2013 By Beth 6 Comments

Discovering One Creative Cookie

Details ... One Creative Cookie has gorgeous custom sugar cookies, as delicious as they are beautiful, handmade-to-order with fresh ingredients. Exquisite attention to detail and excellent customer service. Our sugar cookies are an indulgent 1/2" thick and the majority … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Food, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, cookie, local, review, small business

Apple Donut Bread Pudding

October 17, 2013 By Beth 3 Comments

Apple Donut Bread Pudding

Every year, we make it a point to go apple picking at Carter Mountain Orchard.  It's a great time to get out with the kids and develop those great memories that will, hopefully, overshadow all of the terrible stuff that we put them through.  (Seriously, why does putting on shoes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: apple, bread pudding, Charlottesville, fall, Recipes

Strawberry Picking

May 29, 2013 By Beth 1 Comment

Strawberry Picking

After putting out more flags at Veteran graves on Memorial Day morning, we took the kids strawberry picking. The farm we love in Orange, VA wasn't picking so we had to find another location. We headed to Critzler Family Farm in Afton, VA. It was a drive from where we live but it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Simply Family, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, family, kids, pick your own

Friday Favorite: Bold Rock Virginia Draft Hard Cider

October 19, 2012 By Brian 2 Comments

Friday Favorite: Bold Rock Virginia Draft Hard Cider

I admit that hard cider is one of my favorite parts of fall and I was happy to discover a new (to us), local hard cider this year! I know hard cider isn't just for fall but it is a nice fall treat. Bold Rock Hard Cider  describes the Virginia Draft as a smooth and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friday Favorites, Memes, Simply Food, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, drinks, fall, hard cider

Update to the Missing Newspaper Saga

August 23, 2012 By Beth 2 Comments

Update to the Missing Newspaper Saga

Last week, I finally posted about "The Saga of the Newspaper Subscription that Isn't Delivered." Well I have an update! Shortly after that was published, we received a phone call asking about our problem. This was slightly humorous since the "problem" was documented with all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, Daily Progress, Daily Progress Charlottesville, Greene County Record, newspaper, newspaper subscription

The Saga of Newspaper Subscription That Isn’t Delivered

August 10, 2012 By Beth 3 Comments

The Saga of Newspaper Subscription That Isn’t Delivered

Please see the update to this post published on August 23, 2012! Back in May (May 14, 2012 is when our card was charged to be exact), I decided to be genius is and subscribe to the local newspaper. When I say local paper, it is a small town newspaper ... publication is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, newspaper, newspaper subscription

Wordless Wednesday: The Fair

August 8, 2012 By Brian 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: The Fair

We went to the county fair last week and the kids actually got into riding rides this year. It just about broke our wallet but they had a lot of fun. Next year, I will buy the ride arm bands in advance!   We hope you are having a great summer where you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Memes, Simply Family, Simply Local, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Charlottesville, Greene County Fair, pictures, The Fair, Wordless Wednesday

Do you have Peppa Pig fan at your house?

May 4, 2012 By Beth 1 Comment

Do you have Peppa Pig fan at your house?

First, do you live near Charlottesville, VA? If you do, you can get a free ticket to see Sid the Science Kid at the Carmike during the Saturday morning shows! Find details here! Don't live near Charlottesville? Don't fret! You can find a local theater near you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Kids, Simply Family, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, free tickets, kids, kids shows, Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig book

Wordless Wednesday: Mud Warrior

April 18, 2012 By Beth 18 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Mud Warrior

Brian ran the Mud Warrior race last Saturday.     Let us know where your Wordless Wednesday post is ... Would you ever run the Mud Warrior and get that muddy? Leave us a comment and let us know!   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Health & Beauty, Memes, Simply Life, Simply Local, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Charlottesville, exercise, mud race, Mud Warrior race, pictures, Wordless Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday: Mud Warrior

Great Harvest Bread Company

October 29, 2011 By Brian 1 Comment

Great Harvest Bread Company

  Details ... (Taken from GreatHarvest.com) It all began back in the 1970s. Our founders, Pete and Laura Wakeman, were just a couple of college kids who baked amazing scratch-made whole grain bread to help pay their tuition at Cornell University. Newly married in 1975, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Food, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, fresh bread, Great Harvest Bread Company, Great Harvest Bread Company Charlottesville, review, whole wheat bread

Friday Favorites: Apple Cake

October 14, 2011 By Beth 2 Comments

Friday Favorites: Apple Cake

Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Budgeted. The whole point of this feature is to share some of our favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to randomly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friday Favorites, Home & Garden, Memes, Recipes, Simply Food, Simply Life Tagged With: Apple Cake, Apples, baking, Charlottesville, Friday Favorites, recipe

Wordless Wednesday: Applesauce

October 12, 2011 By Beth 22 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Applesauce

Just a little bit ... OK, a lot of applesauce. Approximately two and half gallons of homemade applesauce was canned at our house on Sunday. This is what happens when you live in an area with so many apple orchards and you come home with a bushel of apples. (Not pictured are the 5 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Memes, Simply Food, Simply Local, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: applesauce, canned applesauce, canning, Carter's Mountain Orchard, Charlottesville, homemade applesauce, picture, Wordless Wednesday

Friday Favorites: Cville Saver

July 22, 2011 By Beth 1 Comment

Friday Favorites: Cville Saver

Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Budgeted.  The whole point of this feature is to share some of our favorite finds.  Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to randomly  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Friday Favorites, Memes, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, cville, deal site, local, Virginia

Meatless Monday: Zucchini Parmigiana

July 18, 2011 By Brian 17 Comments

Meatless Monday:  Zucchini Parmigiana

We had such a great response to our Zucchini Tacos last week (if you missed it, find it here) that we decided to go all in and offer up another recipe this week so that you all can use up those mountains of zucchini.  We get ours from our local CSA at Liberty Mills Farm. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Meatless Monday, Memes, Recipes, Simply Food, Simply Local Tagged With: Charlottesville, cooking, food, kid friendly, meatless, meatless monday, Orange, parmigiana, recipe, vegetarian, Virginia, zucchini

Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

July 17, 2011 By Brian 11 Comments

Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

It's that time of year when fresh peaches and berries are abundant.  You can find them in your supermarket or at your local farm or farmer's market.  We got ours from Grelen Nursery in Somerset, VA (a farm about 30 minutes from us) and made this beautiful cobbler that we just had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Recipes, Simply Food, Simply Local Tagged With: berries, blackberry, Charlottesville, cobbler, dessert, Orange, peach, pie, Summer, Virginia

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