'After trying some fish cakes at a restaurant a while ago, I was inspired to make some at home. I’m generally not a huge fish fan, but I actually like it when it’s made into a cake. Basically, I took the crab cake recipe I use and tinkered with it a teeny bit to make it work for fish cakes. digress. Where were we? Oh, the fish. egg yolk. MORE >>

'(And this one isn’t terribly serious anyway.  It’s about packaging colors!). But here it is. Due to this packaging, I feel certain that I am going to sprinkle cumin in my morning oatmeal by accident one day. You know what just occurred to me?  Why did I not think of that until now?? MORE >>

'Every now and then Aldi sends me a small gift certificate along with a list of seasonal projects or the option to go it on my own.  I chose the latter this time around, and decided to use my certificate to buy some ingredients to make this salsa, which has been my favorite thing to eat of late. It’s also super delicious. Go make some, k? MORE >>

Yesterday I wrote about Elizabeth Cline’s book ,  Over-Dressed, but I didn’t have space to really delve into how the information in this book should practically affect our lives. And not all of them require buying uber expensive clothing. This is a blog called the FRUGAL girl, after all.). Buy fewer clothes. Buy better quality. Modify. MORE >>

'I first heard of this book sometime last year, and it instantly piqued my interest, so I contacted the publisher to see if they’d like to do a review/giveaway here.  They said yes, but my review copy never quite showed up. Eventually, I decided to count that a lost cause and I put the book on hold at my library. 1990, people! Whaaaaa??). MORE >>