Monday: Crockpot All Day Macaroni & Cheese with Green Beans I’ve got a couple of unusual evening meetings tonight-so I’m putting together a simple meal that Yankee Bill can serve up without having to do any cooking. Plus it’s been a while since we’ve made the All Day Macaroni & Cheese! As an added bonus… Keep Reading
Walmart Meal Solutions: Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup
It’s time to talk about Walmart’s Meal Solutions again! I do think it’s a great idea that Walmart is highlighting (and grouping together in store) the ingredients for a quick and easy weeknight meal. The meal solution a few weeks ago was Sloppy Joe’s. I gave you my own favorite Simple Sloppy Joe that week… Keep Reading
252 Festival of Frugality at Frugal Upstate
Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality! If you are new to Frugal Upstate I hope you spend some time wandering around, and consider signing up for my RSS Feed or Email subscription. You can also keep track of us by “liking” our Frugal Upstate Facebook Page! I always love browsing through interesting posts and… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 10/18
Honestly, I don’t know how I’d survive if I didn’t have a menu plan during these hectic fall weeks! Monday: Spaghetti and Meatballs and a Green Salad I found a big bag of meatballs I had made and frozen while excavating things from the freezer on Saturday. . . I figured I better use them… Keep Reading
Congratulations-We have a Winner!
Gina from MoneyWise Moms won the Eureka Airspeed Vacuum Cleaner! Congratulations! Everyone else, don’t worry! I have a few more great giveaways coming soon. . .
Menu plan 10/11
Welcome to another great fall week here at Frugal Upstate! As usual I’ve got soccer practices to work around on Thursday & Friday, Yankee Bill has a meeting on Monday & Tuesday night, and if the weather is nice on Saturday we’ll be outside (and unwilling to cook) on Saturday! Then of course Sunday is… Keep Reading
What I’m Reading
What I’ve been reading this week: (sorry for the lack of hot links…I’m copy pasting via my phone & I can’t make it work… I promise I’ll fix it later!!) Top 11 Blogging tips by the fabulous Tsh over at Simple Mom. If you don’t read Simple Mom, well, you should! I love her lead… Keep Reading
Review and Giveaway: Eureka Airspeed
Sometimes a review opportunity comes along at just the right time. My vacuum is dying. I mean really dying. I’ve been considering buying a new one-but of course being a frugal gal I am at loathe to buy something new when the old one is still working-albeit poorly. Of course the fact that I typically… Keep Reading
Giveaway Winners!
Time to announce the winners of both the Weight Watcher’s Cheese set and the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop. Drumroll please. . . . Lora won the Weight Watcher’s Cheese set! Her low calorie snack comment was: “I like string cheese with apple wedges or carrot sticks, also cream cheese with celery or mushrooms. The Weight… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 10/4
Here is this week’s menu plan. What are you all eating this week? Monday: Baked Fish, Parmesan Buttered Noodles & Broccoli It’s a busy week-so I better get that fish meal in early. I have leftover pasta, so I’ll reheat that and add butter & parmesean cheese to dress it up a bit. And the… Keep Reading
