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Frugal Desserts

Homemade Orange Creamsicle

July 29, 2010

Remember orange creamsicles from your childhood? Well I do, and I used to love them.
I love making homemade versions of my favorite foods because they are usually healthier and less expensive. I knew orange creamsicles would not be hard to create at home because they are basically just orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream.
I have [...]

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Lemon Mousse

July 14, 2010

I love anything lemon, from lemon bars and lemon pie to lemon curd, I love them all.
So, when I saw a recipe in Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home (which is a great cookbook) for lemon mousse, I knew that I had to try it.
I marked this recipe months ago, but just recently took the time to make [...]

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Jamba Juice Strawberry Smoothie

April 29, 2010

If you have read my site for long you know that I love to find make at home versions of foods we love.
I love the challenge of coming up with a less expensive and healthier version of our favorite foods.
I have done this with my Chipotle style black beans and rice, a Jamba Juice Orange Smoothie, [...]

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Homemade Baking Mixes

April 23, 2010

One of the things that I like to do to save time and money is to make homemade baking mixes.
I am amazed at how many premade mixes are available in grocery stores. I know these mixes are convenient, but most of them are expensive. Not only that they are not very healthy.
I think most people do not [...]

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Frugal Desserts

April 15, 2010

Dessert, who doesn’t like dessert? Especially quick, easy, and frugal desserts.

Would you like a piece of Easy Lemon Cheesecake Dessert

or Chocolate Marshmallow Pie

or maybe you would prefer Lemon Bars

or my No Bake Chocolate Cookie Bars.

Did I make you hungry?
What is your favorite quick, easy, and frugal dessert to make?

For more frugal ideas see Frugal Fridays and Grocery Cart [...]

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Chocolate Tres Leches Rice Pudding

March 16, 2010

Rice pudding is an old fashioned classic dessert. People have been making it for a long time, and there are a lot of different versions.
I have tried many versions of rice pudding, but this one is my current favorite. I love it.
I made this rice pudding a little bit more special by using sweetened condensed milk and [...]

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Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundaes

March 8, 2010

My husband loves peanut butter. He eats it on any and everything. He loves it on pancakes. He spreads in on fruit like apples and bananas and he especially loves it in desserts. In fact, he almost always requests a peanut butter dessert for his birthday.
One of his favorite peanut butter desserts is a peanut [...]

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Lemon Curd

February 16, 2010

I love lemon desserts. If I can’t have a chocolate dessert, I will pick lemon.
If you ask my mom or sisters what I would always want for my birthday cake as a kid, they will tell you lemon. I would usually choose pound cake with lemon pudding or lemon curd. It was my favorite way [...]

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Applesauce Cake

February 4, 2010

Applesauce cake is one of those great old fashioned desserts. It is a frugal, yet really good dessert. It is a dessert that many of our grandmothers and great grandmothers made for many years. This is what I call a comfort food type dessert. An easy and simple dessert, made from everyday ingredients that most [...]