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 [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: English Muffins

Since this website is all about frugality I figured my cost to make 16 of these tasty muffins was $.50 cents, but there is no price tag on the taste they are simply fabulous!

I really enjoy making my own bread. There is something about the smell as it bakes, the way [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Cheaper Chocolate Chips

Inspired by holiday baking and my husbands love of making Chocolate chip cookies we went on a quest to discover a cheaper way to make them. This is more of a “tip” then a recipe though!
1. Don’t limit your search of chocolate chips for baking to the baking aisle!

This time [...]

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This great freebie offers 33 crock-pot recipes! Just click here to download your free E-book (I am such a fan of the crockpot!!!)

I found cooking for just my husband and I quite a challenge (most recipes asked us to make so much!) General Mills is offering free cooking ideas for two (yeah!) Just click the image below

Frugal Friday Recipe: Clothing Spot remover (gel)

Cost per 16oz jar full  (including power): $.03 cents (geeky calculations at the end of the post)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: None but must sit about 2 hours before first use
Laundry is a big deal at our home (can  you tell by all my frugal recipes related to laundry?). [...]

I love getting free recipes. It is great “free ideas” for new meals for our family.
Sign up for Pillsbury and you’ll get free recipes and access to free printable coupons (yeah!) Last time they offered this I got some fun ideas for birthday parties and in my opinion you can never have too many coupons! [...]

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: Making your own yogurt
Making your own yogurt is surprisingly easy and sooo affordable.  I make my own yogurt several times a week because we eat so much of it. But it can last up to two weeks in your fridge!
Here are my top reasons to make your own yogurt
1-easy, easy, easy -About [...]