Frugal Accomplishments This Past Week
Its that time of the week where I share with my wonderful readers all the ways in which I saved money in the last week, hopefully some of which would be ideas that you could use as well. This week was really a great one in the Penniless household! Lots of frugal stuff going on, […]
Experiences as Gifts, Appreciating What You Have, and What We’re Getting Our Kids
Photo credit: Naito8- Freedigitalphotos.net With the holiday season upon us, people around the world are stressing out about gifting- what they should give each loved one, and many are going into debt to pay for these extravagances. Forums I’m in are filled with discussions about how much to spend on each child (“Is $200 dollars […]
Save Money With A Reliable Sewing Machine And Some Sewing Skills
Photo Credit: Freedigitalphotos.net- foto76 I love my sewing machine and use it regularly, and it certainly saves me money. I hope you enjoy this guest post on saving money with a sewing machine! It won’t have escaped your attention the amount of money you can avoid spending if you skill up to make things for yourself […]
Pressure Cooking To Save Money
After my recent post about my drama with my pressure cooker, my friend Becky sent me a message, wanting to know if pressure cookers actually save enough money by shortening cooking time to be worth the expense. It’s a good question, because while pressure cookers take less time to cook, and therefore use less money […]
Delicious Tri-Color Root Vegetable Salad Recipe- Vegan, GAPS and Paleo Legal
With winter upon us, most of the primary salad vegetables are out of season, and therefore either hard to get or expensive. The cheaper, more available veggies are root vegetables, which most people tend to make into hot dishes, like roasted veggies and stews and soups. And while those are absolutely awesome and what many […]
Having a Frugal Homeschooling Adventure
Yesterday morning, right after waking up, I turned to my 5 year old, Ike, and asked him “If you could do anything at all, what would you want to do today?” His answer? “I want to go exploring in the jungle.” Unfortunately, we don’t have a jungle near our house, but we do have a […]
Frugal Accomplishments This Week
We have had a really beautiful last week locally, which made me want to do one thing- get outdoors! The kids and I went out a lot because of this, and we made sure to bring along frugal food for ourselves on all our trips so we didn’t need to buy while out. And while […]
Homemade Healthy Chocolate Bars Recipe, Chocolate Chips, Etc… Refined Sugar Free, Vegan
Ever have a recipe that you were really excited about, really wanted to do something special with it, but you ended up getting disappointed? This recipe is one of those. You have no idea how much I fell in love with it… but I sat on it so long because it simply didn’t work for […]
Amazing Red Lentil Soup Recipe- GAPS Legal, Vegan
Lentil soup is one of those things that I’ve made many times, with so many different variations. Sometimes lentil soup can come out ok, and sometimes it can come across so amazing that you have a hard time resisting eating more and more of it. This recipe is one of those simply divine lentil soup […]
Frugal Accomplishments This Week
It’s that time again where I share with you all the fabulously frugal things I’ve done this past week- hopefully to inspire you and show you ideas where money can potentially be saved. Here’s what I did to save money this past week: Frugal In The Kitchen: Made a smoothie for breakfast with wild mallow […]
