Naturally Frugal Living
Do you want to encourage your kids to read this summer? Tracie of Penny Pinchin’ Mom has created a list of summer reading programs for kids and is sharing it with us today. Scholastic’s Summer Challenge: Kids can keep track of their reading minutes by logging in. In return, they can enter to win various [...]
Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Graduations are all coming up. For these events I often like to give gift cards because Mom and Dad already have every thing they need and I can give them an experiential gift of dinner or a show with a gift card. I also like to give gift cards to [...]
Welcome to another Hearth and Soul Hop, the food carnival for and about food that not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! This week I am featuring banana recipe from last week’s contributors to the Hearth and Soul Hop: Banana Pudding Cake Banana Coconut Cream Pie Peanut Butter and Banana Brownies Strawberry Nutella Coffee [...]
I’m so excited to be partnering with several other bloggers to bring you this Pin-it to Win-It $150 Visa Gift Card Giveaway. This giveaway begins RIGHT NOW and ends on 5/5/13 at 11:59 PM (Central time), so make sure you can enter via the Giveaway Tools below. To enter all you have to do is [...]
I bought my first reusable grocery bags in in 1992 in a Navy Exchange at NAS Pt. Mugu. They are made of sturdy canvas and are still going strong 21 years later. The down side: I only bought 2! And I need more than that for our grocery purchases. Over the years, I have bought [...]
Now that the weather has warmed up, we are busier than ever trying to squeeze as much as possible into the extra hours of day light. I am anxious to get outside, so I don’t want to spend a lot of time cooking breakfast. And I drag myself if as the sun is setting which [...]
Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Lasagna Yesterday I shared my Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Lasagna recipe at $5 Dinners. I love coming up with variations on traditional recipes. Lasagna is fun recipe to alter because their are so many possibilities. You can alter the sauce, the “noodles”, the seasoning, the primary ingredients, the cheeses or a [...]
A couple times a year I stumble upon a great sale on nuts. Usually they are in the manager markdown section at the grocery store, but sometimes I find a great sale on nuts in the bulk food section or discover a mega-find at the Farmer’s Market. Where ever I find my sale, I always [...]
Welcome to another Hearth and Soul Hop, the food carnival for and about food that not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! This week I am featuring dessert recipes from last week’s contributors: Mini Coconut Cakes with Warm Praline Sauce (gluten-free) Healthy Probiotic Candy Blood Orange Pound Cake Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark Peanut Butter [...]
If you have ever struggled to rid your home of fruit flies, you will appreciate Lauren’s naturally frugal solution. Even though several methods for eliminating fruit flies failed, Lauren kept trying until she found a solution that worked for her. Fruit flies haven’t shown up yet, but when they do, I will use this [...]
