Couponing 101

JANUARY 21, 2019

We’ve all been there: staring at the baby food aisle trying to figure out which of these jars and pouches our baby will eat. So in order for me to avoid wasting money on jarred food and to know what exactly is going into said food, I decided to make my own! Apricot & Banana. Spinach with white yams. Baby Beef Stew.

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Homemade Money Recipes Baby 56

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with leftover fried rice, I’ve got some fun ideas for you to turn it into a whole new and delicious meal your whole family will love!! I don’t think I’ve ever told you guys how much I love Asian food! Next to Italian, Asian food is my favorite. Leftover fried rice is ready to go!

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 15, 2014

I use rotisserie chicken, Minute® Rice, and all the fixin’s. Instead we’re all ready to tackle our schedule. All opinions, pictures, and recipes are my 100% my own. Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin 2.6 Recipes - Main Dish' My new go to meal is Homemade Burrito Bowls.

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Burritos Homemade Main Dishes Leftovers 247

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 11, 2016

Sunday: Leftover lasagna from Saturday. I found this recipe as I was flipping through a magazine and I had some sausage in the freezer. Wednesday: I used the last of the leftover turkey and stock that I saved from Thanksgiving and made Turkey Orzo Soup. One daughter declared, “I hate leftover night!”

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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MAY 1, 2020

So we’re doubling down on our frugalness and we’ve set into motion some strategies to prepare for the unstable economy and any lost income ahead. Eleven pounds of ham made a delicious Easter dinner with plenty of leftovers for another dinner, a breakfast casserole, and lots of ham sandwiches. More frugal shenanigans!

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2020 Frugal April Green And Frugal 182

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Use my referral code to join. This Week’s Dinners: I tried two new recipes this week that I found on the Food Network’s website. We don’t have cable TV and that is one channel that I do miss, so I check that website often for recipe ideas. This recipe calls for 2.5 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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Meals Leftovers Kids and Family Homemade 100

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Everyone chips in though, but my mom and two aunts cook the bulk of the food. Saturday: I am roasting a turkey for my family, mostly for the leftovers, but also so the 4 of us can sit down as a family for a big meal. Life is so hectic for us during the school week, and dinner is sadly, on the go. It’s awesome!

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Like housing, utilities, and insurance, food is a major expense you can’t go without. Reducing your food expenses is one of the best ways to reduce your overall spending and find extra money in your budget ! You can use pre-printed grocery lists to keep inventory and add extra items on the side. Have a plan. Here’s why.

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Groceries Grocery Food and Drink Saving 52

Saving Everyday

AUGUST 1, 2022

Like housing, utilities, and insurance, food is a major expense you can’t go without. Reducing your food expenses is one of the best ways to reduce your overall spending and find extra money in your budget ! You can use pre-printed grocery lists to keep inventory and add extra items on the side. Have a plan. Here’s why.

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Groceries Grocery Food and Drink Saving 52

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Saturday : I made a double batch of Ham & Bean Soup using Ham Hocks. Sunday: Leftover ham & bean soup, homemade applesauce. Use a rimmed baking sheet, add potatoes and green beans that you coated with olive oil and seasoning salt. Thursday: Taco leftovers. Also, did you try a new recipe that your family enjoyed?

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade 100

For the Mommas

AUGUST 23, 2016

YOLO Brunch Sandwich Recipe. MyStrangewich recipe was the YOLO Brunch Sandwich Recipe. You’re probably thinking that doesn’t sound all that strange. Here is the special twist in my YOLO Brunch Sandwich Recipe. The same look my parents had when I told them what the secret ingredient was in this recipe.

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Recipes French's Cheer Repairs 40

Saving Everyday

JULY 7, 2014

I had some roasted cauliflower I needed to use up, so I finally decided to try the infamous cauliflower “pizza crust” I’ve been seeing this recipe on Pinteret for months now. They might not have any carbs, but if they’re loaded down with ingredients full of fat and calories, that’s not good either.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

I used the recipe on the cornmeal bag and I baked in my cast iron skillet. Sunday: We were still snowed in, and thankfully, we had plenty of food. We ate leftover ham & bean soup, kielbasa, and whatever we felt like eating. We ate leftover ham & bean soup, kielbasa, and whatever we felt like eating.

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Leftovers Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Homemade 100

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

This is the best time of year to buy a turkey and you can use the meat for future meals. The leftovers can be stored in the freezer like I suggest below. So if you’re serving 10 people, a ten pound bird should be a starting point. So if you’re serving 10 people, a ten pound bird should be a starting point.

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Thanksgiving Leftovers Cooking Re-use 100

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

You know, the recipe with Bisquick, cheddar cheese, and sausage. But, for some reason, I want to like them and have been thinking about this recipe for months. I knew I needed sausage, and I knew I wanted to use Italian sausage, but that’s all I had. Sometimes, I sit down to create a recipe and get nothing.

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Snacks Making Re-use Ovens 97

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Use my referral code to join. I packed food for breakfast and lunches, but we did go out to dinner on both nights…did I mention we spent the entire weekend at a pool…restaurant budget blown! Monday: I made a new recipe, One Pan Lime Chicken & Rice with Black Beans from my 20 Frugal & Tasty Beans & Rice list.

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Budgeting Budget Kids and Family Homemade 100

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Monday: Leftover night! The recipe calls for 2 lbs of meat and 2 jars of tomato sauce, but just one box of ziti. It’s a large recipe and covered us for 2 dinners and a couple of lunches for myself. Wednesday: Crunchy Parmesan Chicken – One of my most popular recipes at FBS! SEE MY METHOD BELOW.

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Budgeting Budget Food Waste Kids and Family 100

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MAY 8, 2015

Sunday: Dinner was grilled pork chops, fresh strawberries, and any leftover odds & ends in the fridge. Tip #1: I slow cooked 2 bone-in chicken breasts and 2 packs of chicken thighs and used some of the meat for Monday nights dinner. I used it for Wednesday night’s dinner. How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning.

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Whether you’re an avid Aldi shopper or new to the store, I’ve pulled together 7 Aldi Dinner Ideas for $70 to make your next meal plan easier. I bought all the main ingredients for these 7 dinners at Aldi and the cost was around $70–AND there were leftovers for additional meals. Nice work, Aldi! Aldi Dinner Idea #1.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If you need to find some wiggle room in your budget, or combat the rising grocery prices, or maybe make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to reduce what you’re spending on groceries…and still eat really well! You’ll be thankful later. Thaw as needed.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

You know, the recipe with Bisquick, cheddar cheese, and sausage. But, for some reason, I want to like them and have been thinking about this recipe for months. I knew I needed sausage, and I knew I wanted to use Italian sausage, but that’s all I had. Sometimes, I sit down to create a recipe and get nothing.

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Snacks Making Re-use Ovens 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Instead of using expensive beauty products, why not opt for homemade products? You can go online and look for recipes for homemade beauty products. Since these ingredients have been used for hundreds of years, you can depend on their effectiveness. Food is essential. Frugal Food Tips. On traveling.

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Frugal Frugal Life Frugal Lives Frugal Living 185

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Frittatas are a perfect way to use up leftovers, and my vegetable frittata with broccoli and sausage is delicious, hearty, and filling! I’m incredibly passionate about food waste , and frittatas are one of my favorite ways to use up produce and leftovers! They’re hard to mess up. Broccoli Slaw Recipe.

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Leftovers Ovens Cooking Food Waste 40

Nicoles Nickels

MARCH 8, 2013

And I like the creaminess of Tiramisu, it has a truly comfort food quality to it. So I was delighted to find this week’s recipe from Amanda at A Few Short Cuts is: Delightfully Easy Tirimisu. I know the leftover mocha iced coffee won’t go to waste because my daughter loves to drink that!

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Food and Drink nilla Leftovers Recipes 61

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 5, 2015

I do most of my shopping at Giant Foods and they just started offering the grocery delivery or pick up. They used 22 plastic bags to bag 31 items. We’re fairly new to camping. We have a pop up and a small propane grill that we use to make most of our meals. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4.

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Budgeting Budget Tacos Friends And Family Sale 100

Nicoles Nickels

OCTOBER 27, 2013

The book packs in budget-savvy ideas for Halloween costumes, decorations, recipes and crafts. No matter whether you’re gathering toddlers, teens or adults for your annual spookfest, theAll You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook offers low-cost, big-bang ideas to ensure everyone a hauntingly good time. The 192-page book is $16.95

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Halloween Giveaway Main Dishes Desserts 109

Saving Everyday

DECEMBER 10, 2015

My pumpkin black bean brownies are so rich and fudgy that your guests will never know they’re healthy! Speaking of pumpkin, Healthy Living Made Simple Magazine has some awesome tips for using pumpkin in this month’s issue! One of them suggested using leftover pumpkin pie in smoothies – genius!

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Chocolate Leftovers Baking Ovens 40

Saving Cents With Sense

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

comes up and you are left to try and scramble some food together to form a meal, or end up having to order out a meal that may not be the healthiest option for your family. Search For Recipes. Thanks to the Internet, we can now do a quick search of recipes you haven’t tried yet, or are super easy to make. Creating The Board.

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Menu Planning Menu Plans Meals Dinner 92

For the Mommas

JULY 11, 2016

The books include A Night at the Animal Shelter, Foil Packet Cooking, Best Body & Bath Recipes and more. You may have used it in the past to wrap up leftovers, to keep sandwiches fresh in a lunch box or used it to cover the food you have prepared for a buffet. Here Are Some Foil Packet Recipes.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2015

When you can reuse or re-purpose an item, you are not only saving it from the landfills, but you are also saving the expense and energy which would have been expended when you recycle. I cut a heavy blue plastic trash bag into triangles, stapled them over a rope and hung the rope across the driveway to block those drivers from using it.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

An easy lunch idea in one word: leftovers! Here are my freezer cooking tips and recipes. When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2011

Eric at Narrow Bridge tells us 5 ways we can use the 2011 payroll tax break. Canadian Finance Blog tells us how our spare change can really add up. Canadian Personal Finance Blog shares with us what he has learned about money management over the years. I must say, we usually don’t have a hard time using ours.

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January Personal Finance Green And Frugal Finance 113

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

Today we’re meeting a reader who is an artist, a homeschooler, a boy-mom, and a renter by choice. Tell us a little about yourself I’m Karen A. I mentioned it to my fiance and he asked me to please cut his hair for him, using the article as a guide! Hello, everyone! Here’s Karen: 1.

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 181

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’re also on a tight budget and stressing out about how many people you still have to shop for, you’ve come to the right place! DIY Lavender Bath Salts via Real Food Enthusiast These bath salts will help you relax while soothing your achy muscles at the same time. You can’t beat this combination!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2011

I have been able to save on things like food, gas, and clothing. If you’re lacking on equipment front, check out Amazon for some great deals on appliances. Leftovers from last night’s dinner and some fruit work just fine. This time can be used towards other projects and to do lists you have on the go.

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Bills Money Insurance Saving Money 124

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’m guilty of cooking too much food, so when my husband is overseas, I completely change how I plan and prepare my meals. It helps reduce food waste and saves money by making the most of your ingredients. Step Two : Create a simple meal plan template , including your favorite foods and snacks. Here are some tips!

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Cooking Budgeting Budget Leftovers 52

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Today, we’re meeting a reader who has managed to live for 2.5 Tell us a little about yourself When asked the question “Where are you from? I found Kristen while searching for a recipe for something, and just fell in love with her writing style & pictures. years with no car (and two small kids!).

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