The Big Bird
You know, we don’t make turkey very often, which really is a shame. Turkey is a fantastic food and a great way to stretch a budget. Because of their size, a turkey...
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Budget-Friendly Ideas
That List of Tried and Trues
So how often do you actually go back and repeat? So often I’ll try a new recipe and we’ll love it, and then I’ll never make it again. There’s just so many...
Not Quite Drunken Beans
For Sunday Company Dinner we decided it was taco night. Now for some people that may mean hard shells, ground meat, cheese, and trimmings. Not so here. Ours was more of an...
Miscellaneous…
Last night’s dinner was a rousing success- it was quick, simple, and most everyone loved it. One of Andy’s favorite meals is sausage and peppers- Italian sausage served on a roll with...
Bonus Points
Yesterday I earned bonus points towards my Cookbook Challenge. I have a list of all my cookbooks- 66 of them to be exact, but there is a small group of cookbooks not...
Menu Planning on a Budget
The last few days I have stepped aside from my menu plan to rustle up some unexpected pantry meals. On a normal day, I have a list of about 10 meals I...
Breakfast. It’s What’s For Dinner.
There is little that is more economical that breakfast. Really. We like to have standard breakfast food for dinner every once in a while anyway because we’re not big breakfast people. Breakfast...
It’s Chili Time!
Last night was ballet, so dinner needed to be in the crock-pot. What has become one of Abigail’s favorite dinners is a bowl of chili, and it’s been a while since I...
Budget Stretchers
Yesterday for Wednesday night’s crock pot dinner I had planned on heating up some previously frozen vegetable soup. Unfortunately, this particular soup did not do well in the freezer. It had lots...
An Education
One of the things that I am trying to do while cooking budget conscious is to find out how “the other people” eat. You know… the people in front of you in...
Dessert Can Be Economical Too
Actually, most often a homemade baked good is economical anyway. Yesterday’s dessert was economical, delicious, and incredibly simple to make. Last night I prepared a simple Dump Cake for company dinner. Dump...