Frugal Friday Recipe: Everyday Whole Wheat honey bread

We have not bought store bought bread for one year now and after lots of experiments and recipe testing I have found my favorite bread recipe for everyday. I love its simplicity, taste, moisture and low sugar content. Baking our own bread has saved our family a lot [...]

I just got an email that right now through TOMORROW Monday, October 12th  you can get a Restaurant.com gift certificate for 80% off  You can use your certificate for up to a year after you order it but it must be ordered by the 31st to get this deal..
That is a $25 dining certificate [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Homemade Pasta Sauce

I am kicking off a new series of easy to make sauces, save yourself some money, preservative, High Fructose Corn Syrup (found in almost all spaghetti sauces) and just make your own. I have found I can make up my own sauce in the time it takes me to boil [...]

This post is all deals you can get just by printing coupons from home and using the coupons in store…no Sunday paper needed! Below each total cost I show how you can lower your cost by using Sunday paper coupons in red. But if you don’t get the Sunday paper or clip coupons don’t worry [...]

September is here! With it comes the business of back to school or back to routine, and for us lots of canning as we enjoy the abundance of our fruit trees! So far we’ve made enough jam for the year and enough baby food to supply our new ones fruit cravings through his first year [...]

August is not only here it is part way over…what?!? Are you guys thinking back to school yet? It took me awhile to get our meal plan together as our return from over a week of vacation coincided with family in town for a wedding. It was good to challenge myself to use what we [...]

I just got an email that right now through Thursday, July 28th  you can get a Restaurant.com gift certificate for 80% off and with every purchase you get a “free” $10 gift card. You can use your certificate for up to a year after you order it but it must be ordered by the 25th [...]

Real Simple is my favorite magazine, but I have never ordered it because of the cost but $5 for a year subscription is too good to pass up! Just log into your Amazon account to order yours. If you have been doing swagbucks you can pay with your swagbucks . I even ordered a [...]

It is hard to believe we are in the middle of summer already. Hopefully you have all been able to enjoy some fabulous weather, here in Washington it is unseasonable warm and dry, just perfect for outdoor BBQ’s!  This month is a bit less busy for us then the last, but still filled with many [...]

Did you know the dollar store sells pregnancy tests? I had heard that they are just as reliable as any other kind (you just have to wait a few days longer). But let’s just say I was a bit skeptical. Well readers I have tested them in real life and must say that they appear [...]