Welcome to the FINAL week of the Frugal Food Series. Yes, believe it or not 8 weeks have sped by. We’ve covered a lot of ground in the last 7 weeks: eggs, tuna, beans , ground meat, chicken, Pasta/Potatoes/Grains and desserts and snacks. We are wrapping up the series this week with potluck favorites. Let’s… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Desserts and Snacks
Welcome to week seven of the Frugal Food Series. Yes, that’s right, seven! So far we’ve talked about eggs, tuna, beans , ground meat, chicken and Pasta/Potatoes/Grains. This week we are highlighting those little things that make life sweeter-namely Desserts and Snacks! I love desserts and snacks personally-I’d rather go to a party full of… Keep Reading
Recipe: Blender Popovers
Here’s an easy but elegant addition to your recipe box! I became acquainted with popovers as a child in my home state of Maine. In the summers we would drive the hour or so down to the beautiful Mount Desert Island (home of Acadia National Park). One of the famous eateries there was the teahouse… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Potatoes, Pastas and Grains
Welcome to week six of the Frugal Food Series. So far we’ve talked about eggs, tuna, beans , ground meat, and chicken. This week we are highlighting all those great, cheap, filling foods that we use to round out a meal: Potatoes, Pastas and Grains! I know, I know “low carb” is in right now,… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Chicken ~ Whole, Wings or Thighs!
Welcome to week five of the Frugal Food Series. So far we’ve talked about eggs, tuna, beans and ground meat! This week’s frugal food is chicken, or as I’ve been known to call it “Wings & Whole and Thighs. . . Oh My!”. Chicken is a frugal family’s friend-but don’t be lulled into buying the… Keep Reading
Reader’s Recipe: Our Old Settlers Baked Beans
This recipe was sent to me by my good friend Sweetie over at Basics Matter for the Frugal Food Series: Beans. While she uses canned beans in this recipe, you could easily substitute dried beans that you have soaked and cooked for the kidney beans and possibly the pork & beans (great northern or navy… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Beans
Welcome to week three of the Frugal Food Series! So far we’ve talked about eggs and tuna. This week’s frugal food topic is BEANS!In these challenging economic times I’ve been encouraging everyone to cook from scratch and learn to use basic, frugal foods in new and delicious ways! To help with that we are compiling… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Tuna
Welcome to week two of the Frugal Food Series! Last week we kicked off the series with Eggs, if you are just joining us, be sure to head on over there and link up any an all egg recipes you have as well. This week the frugal food item we are highlighting for recipes is… Keep Reading
Recipe: Classic Deviled Eggs
Deviled Eggs are a perfect potluck take along dish. Inexpensive, easy and loved by just about everyone! Here is the “classic” version of this timeless favorite. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:19] Of course there are as many ways to jazz up deviled eggs as there are people making them. I like to add a bit of chopped green olive,… Keep Reading
Frugal Food Series: Eggs
Welcome to the premier week of the Frugal Food Series. We are starting the Frugal Food series with EGGS! Not only are eggs a fantastic low cost, high quality protein–they also have a relatively long shelf life for a fresh unprocessed protien (3-5 weeks in your fridge according to the USDA Egg Fact Sheet). As… Keep Reading
