Making Room in Your Budget for More Real Food People often express surprise that someone as frugal as me would buy organic produce, organic dairy, or free-range eggs. But if you want to know how I do it, you need to look and see what is not in my grocery cart. There is very littleRead More
I’m Sharing Recipes for Spicy Kale Chips and Yogurt Dip at $5 Dinners
This evening I am sharing recipes for Spicy Kale Chips and Yogurt Dip at $5 Dinners. You can make chips with spinach and Swiss chard also, but I like eating spinach and chard raw. Kale? Not so much. But add a little olive oil and spices and kale turns into a delicious snack!
Making Do and Doing Without: Substitute for Canning Jars and Substitute for Vegetable Broth
For me making do is not about deprivation, it is about doing more with less. It is about prioritizing my resources so my belongings improve the quality of my life, rather than become a drain on my time and energy. Doing without is not about denial, it is about choosing to use our income to reflect our passions andRead More
Blackberry Egg Puffs Made in a Muffin Pan
I love questions and comments; they inspire me. My friend Christy, from Frugality and Crunchiness with Christy, asked me if egg puffs could be made in muffin pans. I didn’t know the answer because I usually make my egg puffs in ramekins, but occasionally make them in oven-safe coffee cups. However, I was determined toRead More
How to Make Puree from Frozen Fruit
In the comments of my Pumpkin Spice Egg Puffs post, I was asked for alternative flavors to pumpkin. I gave the base recipe and said that the pumpkin could be replaced with 1/2 cup of any fruit or vegetable puree. In my Fiesta Egg Puff post, I shared how I make puree from squash byRead More
Real Food Deals–Using a Price Book
Using a Price Book to Save on Groceries: I started using a price book back in the early 90’s after reading about it in The Tightwad Gazette. I keep a small, loose leaf notebook in my purse and write down the price of items that I buy. I write the item, the store, the packageRead More
How to Make Your Own Oat Flour in a Blender
The longer you have been doing something, the more likely you are to do it on autopilot. When I was a manager, I used to have the second newest person train the newest person because she/he was the person that was most likely to still think about each step and remember to pass on ALLRead More
I’m Guest Posting at Frugal Creativity Today
I am sharing an easy, cheater recipe for Cola Brownies at Frugal Creativity today. Melissa is one of my first blogging friends and her encouragement has uplifted me on many occasions, including when she shared a guest post here for The Best Pancakes Ever. The recipe was inspired by another friend: Rebecca of Turned Loose.Read More
How to Grow Rhubarb
The snow has melted, the daffodils are thinking of blooming, and the rhubarb is sending up shoots! Spring is around the corner and this high desert garden in officially open for the season! I recently purchased a magazine that promised articles on starting a vegetable garden on the cover. I found that the magazine wasRead More
Rapidly Roasted Herb Crusted Chicken and Vegetables
Daylight Savings Time is not welcomed as much by my family as it is by the rest of the country. You see, the more sunlight I have, the longer I spend outside in the garden, which means that dinner is served a little later each day until the summer solstice and then it slowly returnsRead More
Making Do and Doing Without: Getting the Most Out of Your Blender
Smoothies are my favorite breakfast food. It is not a big surprise that I have looked rather longingly at the Bullet and other smoothie makers. I had been making smoothies in my blender, but I liked the take and go ease of the smoothie makers. As you can see in the picture above, cupboard spaceRead More
Chicken Alfredo Pizza with Broccoli
This Chicken Alfredo Pizza recipe is my favorite way to use up leftover Alfredo Sauce, but I have no problem whipping up a batch of Alfredo sauce just to make this pizza. I used my Slightly Healthier Gluten Free Garlic and Herb Pizza Dough recipe to make the crust for this pizza. Use your favoriteRead More
Slightly Healthier Gluten-Free Garlic and Herb Pizza Crust
Tonight when I made Chicken Alfredo Pizza with Broccoli, I used a slightly healthier version of my Garlic and Herb Pizza Crust. I replaced some of the white rice flour with brown rice flour and reduced the oil to 1 tablespoon. I also made it from memory and did something wrong, but it is aRead More
Real Food Deals – Devote Your Grocery Budget to FOOD!
I have had an opportunity to view many grocery store purchases while browsing the web. One thing I find interesting is that many people include paper goods and cleaning products in their grocery budget. When I say I spend $100.00 a week on groceries, I mean I spend $100.00 on FOOD, usually just ingredients withRead More
Steak and Asparagus Frittata and Pasta Alfredo with Asparagus
Today, as part of breakfast week at $5 Dinners, I shared my Steak and Asparagus Frittata Recipe.You will want to check out all of the delicious breakfast recipes, like Erin’s recipe for Cinnamon Walnut Quinoa with Raisins. You can find more breakfast recipes in Erin’s latest book The $5 Dinner Mom Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook.Read More
2 Different Almond Cookie Recipes
Today, my youngest child said, “Let’s recipe”. So recipe we did. We made 2 batches of almond cookies so we could taste test them and decide which were our favorites. After much deliberation, we have agreed to disagree on which were the best. I liked the eggless almond cookies which are sweetened with coconut palmRead More
Making Do and Doing Without
Last week Sheila from To Love, Honor, and Vacuum tweeted the question “could you stop shopping for a year?” and included a link to I’ve Got Enough Stuff. The article takes a humorous approach to our over consumption while asking a serious question: Do you have too much stuff? I tweeted back to @SheilaGregoire thatRead More
Strawberry and Spinach Egg Puffs
Last week on $5 Dollar Dinners, I explained that my recipes are occasionally inspired by my children’s interests. I shared how my kids like Lord of the Rings and pretend that my Stuffed Cabbage with Turkey and Brown Rice is made by elves since it is a food item wrapped in a leaf. This generated some discussionRead More
Real Food Deals – The Grow It Yourself Edition
Troy, from I Refuse to Recede, shared a post on how to start an herb garden yesterday. Growing your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables is a great way to enjoy real food, for less. As Tami, from Butter My Kitchen, pointed out in the comments, even buying small potted herbs saves money over buying fresh cutRead More
How to Make Self Rising Flour, Baking Powder, and a Substitute for Whipping Cream
On Saturday, Vickie shared a recipe for biscuits that only required 2 ingredients: self-rising flour and whipping cream. I really wanted to try them, but I didn’t have self-rising flour and I definitely didn’t want to go out in the snow to get it, so I decided to make my own self-rising flour. How toRead More
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