The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We ate it for dinner last night with sweet potato fries, and tonight I will make a small batch of chicken and biscuits with the leftover meat. Annnnnd of course I will use the bones to make some of this chicken broth.

Frugal 203

Frugal Gas Shoes Lunch 203

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MARCH 21, 2020

A frittata is a quick and hearty meal that is a great way to use up any leftovers or food that you already have in your refrigerator or freezer. . It makes a great dinner, breakfast, brunch, lunch, and snack. This is a great way to use up leftovers, such as diced ham, chicken, or sausage. Basic Frittata Recipe.

Recipes 130

Recipes Leftovers Ovens Milk 130

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JANUARY 23, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We spent the afternoon at the PA Farm Show in Harrisburg and dined at the show. Sunday: After church we went out to lunch with my parents to a local sub/sandwich shop. We had leftovers for dinner. A big pan of lasagna means yummy leftovers for lunch!

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade 100

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Admittedly, I am a little OCD about it and have been know to eat leftovers for days just so I don’t have to throw them away. It actually doesn’t bother me to eat the same thing for 2-3 days, but I know several people who will not eat leftovers at all. Or, you could always bring what’s left to work.

Leftovers 53

Leftovers Frugal Lunch Lunches 53

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We went out for dinner to celebrate my oldest daughter’s tenth birthday. Sunday: Dinner was “clean out the fridge so nothing goes bad” night. We had a Sunday dinner on a Tuesday night. Wednesday: Chicken, Potatoes, and Carrots leftovers from Tuesday night.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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APRIL 15, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: I cooked a large spiral ham that I bought during the Pre-Easter sale. We used the ham to make sandwiches a few days this week and I chopped up enough for two more dinners, along with Sunday’s nights soup. I stuck the leftover soup in the freezer. I’ll serve apple slices too.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Kids and Family 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

I cooked it in my Instant Pot (look for the directions on Monday 10/23/17), and used the meat for Tuesday night’s dinner. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We had many activities going on, so it was a fend for yourself kind of night. Wednesday: leftover night. This dinner was super easy and everyone loved it.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Daughter 100

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

I used those chopped peppers in Monday nights dinner. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Easy Homemade Lasagna , steamed vegetables, Cheap, but Tasty Garlic Bread. Sunday: leftover lasagna and other various leftovers hanging out in the fridge. Thursday: We ate the leftovers from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went out with friends to our favorite wing joint. Monday: I never made the baked ziti last weekend like I thought I would, so I made it on Monday, because I knew I would need leftovers on Tuesday night. It was a busy night, so we ate leftover baked ziti. I served with a big salad.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Financial Goals 100

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JANUARY 8, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday : I baked a spiral ham that I bought on sale before Christmas. I chopped up the meat that was still on the bone and added it, along with leftover ham from Saturday night’s dinner to the soup. It was a yummy dinner and I had leftovers for the week and the freezer.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Dinner 100

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MARCH 27, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Homemade Pizza , homemade sugar-free applesauce. Sunday: Leftovers. Tuesday: Chicken (leftover from Monday night), sweet potatoes, and black bean quesadillas , orange slices. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade 100

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

To save time, I was planning the same dinners over and over… and over and over. This Week’s Dinners: Monday: Pasta e Fagoili soup and cheap, yet tasty homemade garlic bread. Wednesday: Leftovers from Tuesday night. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: Breakfasts included eggs & toast and cereal.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade 100

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: My husband and I had a date night. Sunday: Chicken Burrito Bowls with leftover Costco rotisserie chicken. We ate it twice and we still have leftovers, so I’m going to put that in the freezer. Thursday: leftovers from Monday and Wednesday nights. We liked this soup.

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Budgeting Budget Costco 100

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JULY 14, 2018

This Week’s Dinners: Monday: grilled chicken, pasta salad. I love one pot dinners. I grilled both tenderloins that came in the pack and we ate one tenderloin for dinner. I’ll use the second one to make wraps for lunches this weekend. Saturday: We are going to dinner with friends.

Friends And Family Sale 100

Friends And Family Sale Gardening Garden Lunch 100

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MARCH 11, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Easy Lasagna , garden salad, bread. Sunday: Leftover lasagna from Saturday. Wednesday: I used the last of the leftover turkey and stock that I saved from Thanksgiving and made Turkey Orzo Soup. Thursday: Much to my family’s dismay, it’s leftover night. It was tasty.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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APRIL 10, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Red Pepper & Feta Turkey Burgers , leftover chicken chili (that was in the freezer), homemade sugar-free applesauce. Sunday: Easter dinner at my parents’ house. We also ate ham sandwiches for lunch. So we made ham sandwiches with leftovers from Monday and fruit.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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APRIL 8, 2016

Dinners: Sunday, 3/27: Easter Sunday – we ate Easter dinner at my parents house. Monday, 3/28: My mom sent us home on Sunday with Easter dinner leftovers. We love this dinner and it is SUPER easy to make. Thursday, 3/31: Leftover night – the options were Salsa Chicken and pork chops.

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Easter Dinner Daughter 100

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MAY 1, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Leftover Burrito Bowls from Friday’s dinner. Our sides were various things we found in the fridge: leftover steamed broccoli, applesauce, grapes. Monday: I made Chicken Noodle Soup with leftover chicken from the Costco rotisserie chicken.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Friends And Family Sale 100

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

This Week’s Dinner: Saturday: Turkey & Waffles and a steamed vegetable. Sunday: We went out for a large lunch after church and just had leftovers for dinner. Friday: Leftover. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: Breakfasts were eggs & toast, peanut butter & banana toast, oatmeal.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Lunch 100

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Cheese burgers, fries, steamed broccoli, and homemade applesauce. I like to keep a bag of frozen french fries on hand for quick grill dinners. I still had chopped cooked turkey and homemade stock leftovers in the freezer from Thanksgiving. My most favorite dinner! I NEED YOUR HELP!

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Homemade Kids and Family Budgeting 100

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MARCH 13, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Our girls had a Girl Scout sleepover, so my husband and I had a date night. We went out to dinner to our favorite seafood restaurant with a gift card that we received for Christmas in 2013! Sunday: Freezer leftovers. My hubby had a late dinner meeting.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Every week, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house with my extended family, so we didn’t have any turkey leftovers, so every year, I make our own turkey dinner just for the beloved leftovers. Sunday: Turkey & Waffles.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Thanksgiving 100

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MARCH 6, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We were at a swim meet for most of the day, so it was leftover night. Sunday: Day 2 of the swim meet and my sweet mother made lasagna for us for dinner. Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget for my family of four is $500.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Tacos 100

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: I tried two new recipes this week that I found on the Food Network’s website. Saturday: We had my parents and both of my grandmothers over for dinner. Sunday: Clean out the fridge: leftover ziti and other various leftovers. One for dinner and one for the freezer. I NEED YOUR HELP!

Meals 100

Meals Leftovers Kids and Family Homemade 100

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MAY 14, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went to our favorite local pizza/sub shop for lunch with my parents and grandmother. We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Leftover lasagna, salad. I’m using a portion to make nachos for dinner, along with watermelon.

Grocery Spending 100

Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Raisin Bran 100

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

for dessert, and the rest were packed in my kids’ lunches. This week, everyone enjoyed Tuesday night’s dinner (see below), and I used it every morning to make the easiest-to-peel hard boiled eggs for breakfast. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday : We had a very lazy Sunday. We ate leftovers.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget 2017 Home and Garden 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We went to a Hibachi restaurant and used a coupon. It was still a pricey meal, but we did come home with leftovers. Sunday: After church we went to lunch with my extended family to celebrate my mom’s birthday. Someday I will post a recipe, but this dinner couldn’t be easier.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Lunch 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Every week, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Tuesday: We had leftover chicken with pesto sauce from Monday night so I put on top of thin spaghetti. Thursday: Turkey Noodle Soup using the leftover turkey from a few weeks ago. Saturday: Leftovers. We’re swimming in leftovers.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Costco 100

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APRIL 3, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Our daughters made dinner (with my assistance) on Saturday night and performed some dinner theater to entertain me and my husband. Sunday: I am becoming better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we are not going to eat them in time before they go bad. We also ate strawberries.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Tacos 100

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

But they come home from school starving and they come home from swim practice starving, so they are eating the equivalent of TWO dinners during the week. Dinner #1 (as they call it) is usually a sandwich or leftovers previous nights. Dinner #2 is our actual family dinner. You can post a link in the comments.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Freezers Kids and Family 100

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APRIL 24, 2015

I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We had my parents and grandmother over for dinner and I made Pioneer Women’s Chicken Parmigiana, garden salad, steamed broccoli, and my tasty (but cheap) garlic bread.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Valentine’s Day – Baked Salmon Packets , baked sweet potatoes, and brussel sprouts for me and my husband. Monday: Creamy Chicken & Sun-Dried Tomato Skillet Pasta from $5 Dinners. Wednesday: Chicken Pineapple Stir-Fry from $5 Dinners. I used leftover chicken from Sunday.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Kids and Family 100

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JANUARY 16, 2015

This Week’s Dinner: Saturday: Both of my kids were not feeling well and not very hungry, so thankfully we had enough leftovers from the previous week. Monday : Leftover Red & White Chicken Chili that was in the freezer. I made it about a month ago and we didn’t finish the leftovers, so I stored in the freezer.

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Homemade Freezers Ovens 100

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JUNE 16, 2018

This week’s dinners: Sunday: Spaghetti night! Monday: Leftover night. Breakfasts, lunches, snacks included: I picked strawberries last weekend and made homemade jelly, a family favorite. For the first time this summer, I grilled pizza, one of our favorite things to make on the grill.

Homemade 100

Homemade Gardening Garden Leftovers 100

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AUGUST 20, 2013

10 Back to School Lunches You Can Make in 10 Minutes or Less. Back to school time means it is time to get out those lunchboxes and get ready to pack lunches each day. Packing a lunch for your child can turn into quite a challenge, one that leaves you feeling defeated as your child returns home each day with their lunch untouched.

School Lunch 91

School Lunch Lunch Lunches Making 91

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JANUARY 15, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We spent the day at the day at a swim meet. We were toast when we left the pool, so my husband treated us to dinner at a local sub shop. I had leftover rotisserie chicken in the freezer and I used my homemade chicken stock. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Leftovers 100

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JANUARY 29, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: #Blizzard2016 hit the east coast and we got about 30 inches of snow. We noshed all day and didn’t have a true sit down dinner. We ate leftover ham & bean soup, kielbasa, and whatever we felt like eating. Tuesday: I made Burrito Bowls using leftovers from Monday night.

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Homemade 100