A Housewife Writes

Ways to Earn Money as a Housewife–Farmer’s Markets
Ways to Earn Money as a Housewife–Farmer’s Markets

People have long had this funny assumption that “housewife” equals “unemployed.” Yes, there are those of us deep in the throes of raising young children who can’t add business enterprises to our schedules. And there might be a few of us in the bon-bon nibbling, trophy-wife category who don’t feel the need to dabble in side hustles. However, most housewives…

Peanut Cookies, a Gluten Free Recipe from World War I
Peanut Cookies, a Gluten Free Recipe from World War I

Peanut Cookies is a small batch, gluten-free cookie recipe and a fun variation from a typical peanut butter cookie recipe. To continue the thought introduced in my last post…. I prefer using old cookbooks in my kitchen. One of the reasons is that the recipes use common ingredients, many of which I grow in my garden, just like the cookbooks’…

Creative Cooking–Use What You Have in Abundance
Creative Cooking–Use What You Have in Abundance

How adaptable and creative is your cooking? …the wise farm housekeeper will seek to know ways of cooking beans, cabbage, turnips, asparagus, the precious Irish potato and other vegetables and the fruits that grow on the farm in abundance. -1905 Choosing to be a homemaker is often a choice to have less income, so strategy is essential when it comes…

5 Reasons to Love a Career as a Housewife
5 Reasons to Love a Career as a Housewife

For all of the women that make being a housewife their career, there are reasons to love your job. Here are my top 5 reasons. It takes a genius to be a first-rate housekeeper. -1884 Well, that explains a lot. Mystery solved. Now I know why I still haven’t figured this whole housewifery thing out. No one’s ever referred to…