Simple Solutions Saturday- Popcorn at Home

I love popcorn. Its the perfect snack, and can be as low or high calorie as you’d like. Popcorn can be pretty cheap, or it can be moderately expensive. Today’s simple solution is- don’t get microwave popcorn. Looking at prices on netgrocer.com (because I realize that my local prices do not accurately reflect the prices […]

Frugal Fun Friday- Origami for Kids

I have a picture floating somewhere around my mother’s house from when I was two years old and in nursery school. In that picture, I was wearing a hat made out of newspaper. In every classroom, there is always that prankster who would annoy the substitute teacher by throwing paper airplanes at the teacher’s back. […]

Frugal Fun Friday- Origami for Kids

I have a picture floating somewhere around my mother’s house from when I was two years old and in nursery school. In that picture, I was wearing a hat made out of newspaper. In every classroom, there is always that prankster who would annoy the substitute teacher by throwing paper airplanes at the teacher’s back. […]

Decadent Lemon Orange Meringue Pie

I was inspired to make my first lemon meringue pie when my employer (I clean her house) was cleaning out her pantry and offered me a ready made pie crust. While I never buy these things myself, I won’t usually turn down free food, especially if it’s giving me a chance to experiment in the […]

Decadent Lemon Orange Meringue Pie

I was inspired to make my first lemon meringue pie when my employer (I clean her house) was cleaning out her pantry and offered me a ready made pie crust. While I never buy these things myself, I won’t usually turn down free food, especially if it’s giving me a chance to experiment in the […]

Needs vs Wants- Cell phones

Once upon a time, people sent messages by runners, couriers who transported letters using only the power of their own two feet. When these messages needed to get passed from one city to another, sometimes it could take as long as a few weeks for the messages to arrive, and even longer if the message […]

Needs vs Wants- Cell phones

Once upon a time, people sent messages by runners, couriers who transported letters using only the power of their own two feet. When these messages needed to get passed from one city to another, sometimes it could take as long as a few weeks for the messages to arrive, and even longer if the message […]

Tightwad Tip Tuesday- Reducing Food Preparation Costs

I have a hard time following rules (as you might have noticed from some recipe posts of mine). I have only a slightly easier time when these rules are self imposed. I simply don’t like being forced to do anything, even if it is just me that is doing the forcing. So I’ve pretty much […]

Tightwad Tip Tuesday- Reducing Food Preparation Costs

I have a hard time following rules (as you might have noticed from some recipe posts of mine). I have only a slightly easier time when these rules are self imposed. I simply don’t like being forced to do anything, even if it is just me that is doing the forcing. So I’ve pretty much […]

Lemon Orange Curd- Huh?

I must have a very unrefined palate, because the first time I heard the name “Lemon Curd”, my stomach churned. To me, curds were what happened when milk has spoiled so much, that gross separation of the curds and whey (when I get a little too grossed out to even make the spoiled milk pancakes […]