From the Frugal Upstate family to yours! I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful, fun filled day.
Recipe: Crustless Cheeseburger Quiche
Quiche is a great summer meal. It’s tasty hot or cold, freezes like a dream and can be eaten any meal of the day, to include breakfast! It’s easy to whip up for a crowd, classy and perfect with just a hunk of bread and a lovely salad on the side. This particular recipe is… Keep Reading
Reader’s Question: Does Menu Planning Tie You Down?
Dear Jenn, I’ve been reading your menu plan posts for months, and was interested to see your post on your planning process. I can see how planning things out can help with your budget-but what if you don’t FEEL like eating what’s on the menu? Doesn’t planning a menu tie you down? Thanks! Sara Well… Keep Reading
All You Grocery Challenge
Have you heard about the All You Grocery Challenge? It’s where real life folks signed up to spend no more than $25 per family member per week with the goal of creating healthy, well-balanced meals. The winner is going to get a $1,000 grocery card and appear in ALL YOU magazine! Now it’s too late… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 6/20
Menu planning makes my life easier-especially when I’m heading out of town for a conference! Here is where you put the considerations for the week 1. I’m out of town Wednesday–Sunday for Type A Parent Conference (I’m on one of the panels). That means I need to have a couple of frozen meals on hand… Keep Reading
How I plan a weekly menu
Every week I post my menu plan here on Frugal Upstate, and I have talked many times about the benefits–in both time and money–to using a menu plan. I figure it’s about time that I go into detail about the planning process itself. There are many ways to go about menu planning. Some folks have… Keep Reading
Free Father’s Day Printables
Check out the cool post over at 24/7 Moms with a bunch of great free Father’s Day printables from around the blogoshpere! Free Father’s Day Printables
Menu Plan 6/13
Time for another week of menu planning! I know some of you are wondering “Jenn-what happened last week?” Well to tell the truth I did make a menu plan, but then I didn’t get it posted and after a few days it seemed like it was just too late, so I followed it but never… Keep Reading
Guest Post: Walking to Work
When my online friend Amyrlin mentioned that she had changed job locations specifically to be able to walk to work I knew I had to hear more! She was gracious enough to write a guest post for me on the topic. Enjoy her experience and analysis-and make sure you encourage her with some comment love!… Keep Reading
Reader’s Question: Rhubarb Pickles
Dear Frugal Upstate Your recent posts on Rhubarb have me thinking. I love Anne Perry mystery books – the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt as well as the Monk series. They are set in the 1800’s and more than once make reference to Rhubarb pickles. I have wanted to give them a try but can’t find… Keep Reading











