Frugal Fridays

Grilled Buttermilk Chicken Salad

July 5, 2010

During the summer and warmer months, I often want something a little lighter for dinner. You won’t find many soups or casseroles on my menu plan right now. I am much more likely to grill something or make a salad. I love salad for dinner. It is a quick, easy, and healthy meal. However, my [...]

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Frugal Soups

October 1, 2009

It is fall and fall is perfect soup weather. One of the things that I like about fall and winter is that I can start cooking soups again. I know some people eat soup during the summer, but I don’t like to. I just can’t enjoy a bowl of steamy, hot soup in July when it [...]

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Making Meat Stretch Into Several Meals

August 20, 2009

Earlier this week when I posted my menu plan, I wrote about seeing how far I could make my pork roast stretch. Well, I was able to get four meals out of it and my family enjoyed all four meals. My goal in doing this was for time or my lack of time this week. [...]

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Vanilla Wafer Ice Cream Sandwiches

July 30, 2009

It seems like every once in a while I have a conversation with one of my parents that gives me a glimpse of their childhood that I have never seen before. I enjoy this when it happens. It is good for us to hear the stories of previous generations. We can learn a lot from [...]

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Frugal Snacks

July 23, 2009

This week I made some frosting for a cake and I decided I did not need it all. So, I used some of it to make these for my kids. Graham crackers with frosting. Have you ever had these? They make a great, easy, and frugal snack. Not the healthiest, but they are a great [...]

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No Knead Bread

July 16, 2009

I enjoy making bread. Bread and bread products are one of my favorite things to make. I love to experiment and try new recipes. But I have a few favorites that I continue to go back to. This recipe is one of those. I saw this on a Martha Stewart show over two years ago. [...]

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Raisin Pie

May 28, 2009

This recipe for raisin pie was one I was unsure of when I made it. When I saw the recipe I thought it would be worth trying, but I was unsure about what my family would think. They actually enjoyed it. I was surprised. In this day and age, we are spoiled by fancy, chocolate [...]

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Irish Soda Bread

March 19, 2009

Making bread and bread products at home is one of the easiest ways to save money on your grocery bill. But many people are intimidated by recipes that contain yeast and require a lot of kneading. This recipe today though is very simple. It has no yeast and no kneading. It is a form of [...]

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Hot Milk Cake

March 13, 2009

I love simple old fashioned desserts. You know, the kind our grandmothers used to make. The simple, frugal kind. Sure, I like fancy cakes, pies, and cookies. I have quite a few of those recipes posted, but there is something about a simple dessert that I also really enjoy. Many of the desserts from years [...]