Frugal Friday Recipe: Monthly Meal plan for April 2010

April is already here and with it ushered in not only spring but Easter leftovers! Lots of leftover meals with ham and potatoes at the beginning of this month but each recipe is oh so delicious! We are also gearing up to celebrate my oldest daughter’s fourth [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe:Making your own “easy as bagged” salad

I confess that our family LOVES Salad and never eats it unless it is already made. If you have ever priced out the difference between bagged salad and making your own it is pretty amazing. According to The Simple Dollar you can save $58 a year by [...]

Frugal Friday SATURDAY (oops I’m late on posting this!) Recipe: Monthly Meal plan for March 2010

February always seems to go by fast for me and here we are in March already and with it welcoming spring, my daffodils are in full bloom (yeah!) For this Frugal Friday Recipe segment I wanted to share my monthly [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Making sidewalk chalk out of egg shells

This post is a part of a mini series in Frugal Friday recipes about not letting anything go to waste (an important part of being frugal.) We love eggs in our house and we used to just throw our egg shells in the compost bin. They [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Making paint out of an egg

This post begins a mini series in Frugal Friday recipes about not letting anything go to waste (an important part of being frugal.) For the next few weeks I will be sharing my favorite recipes for using every part of the egg. My husband is currently on [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Make your own non-stick “spray” (spread)

This post begins a mini series in Frugal Friday recipes about not letting anything go to waste (an important part of being frugal.) While this is more of a “tip” then a recipe it sure has saved me alot of time as I bake! When you bake [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Homemade Crutons

This is one of my favorite frugal recipes mainly because it is SOO EASY! It also follows one of the best rules for frugal living to let nothing go to waste! It takes me about 15 minutes start to finish to make these and they last up to two months in [...]

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 [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Make your own microwave popcorn

This is literally the recipe I use the most around our house, you see I am a popcorn fanatic (and pregnancy accentuates this trait in me . I enjoy popcorn almost every night, but microwave popcorn has always made me nervous, the chemicals and preservatives, not to [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Dehydrated Fruit

I am doing a bit of a “series” this month on healthy snacks as we prepare for lots of summer picnics. Tomorrow our family is biking 30 miles (wow!) the last big bike training before I compete in a triathlon 5 months pregnant (crazy no?). I am making sure the kids [...]