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Frugal Meals

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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Corn Soup

July 26, 2010

First of all, I am loving all the pork chop ideas that you are leaving on my menu plan post, so keep them coming. I am getting lots of ideas to use up some of our pork.
Now on to corn soup, which might actually be good served with a pork chop dinner.
I love [...]

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Emeril’s Hamburgers

June 23, 2010

Okay, so these are not “Emeril’s” hamburgers, but they are hamburgers using Emeril’s homemade Baby Bam seasoning and they are so good.
I recently posted about how much I love Emeril’s Homemade Baby Bam Seasoning. It is so easy to make at home. I use it all the time.
I love it for my oven fries, and [...]

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Julia Child’s Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

June 17, 2010

So often people assume that Julia Child’s recipes are fancy and complicated, but I have found that many of them are just basic recipes for homemade food.
This vinaigrette type salad dressing of Julia Child’s is an example of that. It is a simple homemade salad dressing. It contains just a few ingredients that most have [...]

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Copycat Orange Julius

June 10, 2010

I love Orange Julius. It has always been a favorite treat of mine.
However, I do not have an Orange Julius anyway near me. That is the problem with living in the country. Treats like Orange Julius are not on every corner.
Not only that, I do not love the price. I often pass up an Orange [...]

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Cowboy Spaghetti

June 7, 2010

We love pasta in our house. It is usually a quick, easy, and frugal meal that the whole family enjoys.
However, we like variety. We enjoy pasta dishes like my easy ragu, my quick and easy pasta sauce, and my taco pasta, but we like to experiment with other kinds of pasta and spaghettis as well.
So, when I [...]

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Crockpot Chicken Tacos

June 4, 2010

It seems like some of my best meals happen by accident. You know the kind you throw together at the last minute. That is exactly what happened with these crockpot chicken tacos.
I recently forgot to defrost a roast to put in the crockpot. Not only did I forget to defrost it, it did not hit [...]

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Pasta with Easy Ragu

May 26, 2010

If you haven’t noticed, I liked quick and easy meals. I love to cook, but for most days, I need meals that I can put on the table in very little time.
However, just because I need quick and easy meals, does not mean that I want them to come from a box or jar. There [...]

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Mexican Beef and Beans Casserole

May 17, 2010

I think we all need a few recipes that are quick and easy. We need recipes that contain ingredients that we always have in our kitchen.
This recipe is one of those. It is a quick and easy. This is one of those recipes that you can put on the table with very little work using ingredients [...]