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: 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: Homemade cheese crackers

I feel like this recipe ought to come with a warning: So tasty you’ll have to use all your will power to practice portion control .
The recipe is another one of my favorite, make your own healthy snack recipes and almost as easy as homemade fruit roll-ups. This is [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Make your own “eggo” style instant waffles

Cost per waffle quarter: Less then $.01 cents
Prep time: 10 minutes prep
Cook time: 20-25 minutes
Day of: Prep time = the time it takes to make a piece of toast!
A great tip for frugality is not becoming slaves to packaging. If something is pre-packaged chances are you [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Bread Pudding / Cinnamon Cake

Cost per 8×8 pudding or cake including electricity: $.60 cents (geeky calculations at the bottom of the post)
Prep time: 15 minutes prep
Cook time: 20-25 minutes
The key to frugality is throwing away nothing (especially when it comes to food). If you are making your own bread or even if [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Making your own dryer sheets

Making your own dryer sheets is easy, great for the environment and uses so few ingredients.
Here are my top reasons to make your own dryer sheets
1-easy, easy, easy -About 5 minutes of “prep” for a years worth of dryer sheets
2- Healthy! Avoid many of the potential [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: My favorite whole wheat bread recipe
Making your own bread can seem daunting but it is quite simple once you get organized. This recipe I have adapted from several different recipes to have all my favorite elements, honey, oatmeal, wheat and of course using my kitchenaid. Here are some of the reasons [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Make your own liquid detergent

I know what your thinking, how ridiculous to make laundry soap. But let me assure you it is very much worth the minimal effort you put in. Here are my top three reasons to make your own detergent:

1-easy, easy, easy

2- lots of fun, it’s like creative license to make goop in your kitchen

3-very economical.