How to Make the Perfect Salad From Just About Anything- Gourmet and Frugal Too!
For much of my childhood, I thought that the definition of salad was iceberg lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes, perhaps a few radish slices, and a bottled salad dressing, like French or Italian dressing. I had no clue that 10-15 years later, making up intricate and varied delicious salads would be one of my favorite hobbies. […]
Hearth and Soul Blog Hop
Welcome back to yet another edition of the Hearth and Soul blog hop. This is where you get the chance each week to share your favorite food related posts with the other visitors to the hop, and you get to check out theirs as well. The Hearth and Soul Hop is about food that not […]
Easy Peasy Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe
Sometimes a recipe is so simple and easy it’s almost embarassing to share. Almost, but not quite. Because sometimes those very easy recipes are extra delicious and become family staples. Like my easy peasy homemade chocolate syrup. Lately tomatoes haven’t been so cheap around here. In fact, none of the vegetables seem to be decently […]
How to Juice Frugally
Some juice pulp, ready to go into the freezer People drink juice for all sorts of reasons. Some go on a juice fast in an attempt to heal themselves- either to detox, to cure stomach ailments, or to cure cancer. Some go on juice fasts in an attempt to lose weight. Some drink freshly made […]
Penniless Parenting in a Crisis
Rachel’s baby in the ICU, 5 days post open heart surgery This is a guest post by my friend Rachel. She’s a mother of 5 and pretty frugal minded. We’ve shared ideas for money saving things back and forth already for years. Recently, her family went through a crisis, and she wanted to write a […]
5 Tips to Buying Cheap but Trendy Kids Fashions
This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, a writer who enjoys talking about frugality and families. Kids fashions always seem to be so expensive, even more so, because you just know, whatever you buy is not going to fit them for long; at most, a year, or two if you’re really lucky. As a […]
5 Minute DIY Easy Layered Haircut- A Review
In my entire 24 years of life, I’ve been to a hairdresser twice. Every other time I got my hair cut and styled, it was by my mom or myself or a friend. So I know that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to have decent looking hair. (Of course, it helps […]
Hearth and Soul Blog Hop
Welcome back to yet another edition of the Hearth and Soul blog hop. This is where you get the chance each week to share your favorite food related posts with the other visitors to the hop, and you get to check out theirs as well. The Hearth and Soul Hop is about food that not […]
Menu Plan Monday- Family Get Together and Guests
We had our annual family get together yesterday and today, and I’d been cooking up a storm. We’re a large crowd, what with all the children and grand children, so lots of food had to be made. We split the food preparation work, and even so, I spent a LOT of time in the kitchen […]
