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Easter Dinner & Leftover Ideas {From My Archives}

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My mom and grandmother always host a large family get-together, but everyone brings a dish. If you are in charge of baking the Easter ham, I learned this method from my mother. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Or are you taking a dish and letting someone else do the hosting? The ham always turns out tasty and moist.

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Our {Artificial} Christmas Tree

Family Balance Sheet

or my all time favorite ornament that was made for me by my great-grandmother. My mother left the hand-written gift tag on the ornament all those years ago. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Such as our "First Christmas Together" ornament given by a great aunt as a wedding gift. or an ornament from my 1980's childhood.

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Host a Cookie Swap {Day 8 of The 12 Days of Frugal Holiday Fun}

Family Balance Sheet

I grew up baking Christmas cookies with my mother and grandmother and I definitely want to continue the tradition with my own girls. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Day 8 of The 12 Days of Frugal Holiday Fun ~. Host a Cookie Swap. When one thinks of Christmas or the holiday season, cookies most likely come to mind.

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I’m a huge fan of mystery novels and wondered what was involved in becoming a licensed PI in my state (a 60-hour training course and a culminating 3-hour exam). I was especially close to my maternal grandmother, though, and any financial education I got came from her. I joke that it was my mid-life crisis.

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How Do You Make Strawberry Shortcake?

Family Balance Sheet

It is how my grandmother made shortcake, my mother and now myself. If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook become a Twitter follower. If you are a blogger, please include a link to your recipe.

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Cooking to Financial Success

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

And when I cook my great-grandmother’s matzo ball soup recipe, I’m connected to all of the memories of her I hold dearest. My husband wasn’t a fan of cooking due to our tiny kitchen, until I bought him a cast iron griddle for crepes. I’m not talking about the latest and greatest cooking gadget.

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