Recipe right at the top! Scroll down for tips. New York Cheesecake for 7-inch springform pan (small cheesecake serves 8-12) with two crust options: shortbread crust or graham cracker crust. Small batch cheesecake using only two 8-ounce cream cheese bricks. I don’t use pop-ups or video ads, I don’t do sponsored posts, and I don’t […]
Halloween Cheese Ball Devil and Habanero Cheese Recipe
I love this little guy. I call him Queso Diablo. I think that translates as Cheese Devil. He’s a fun way to decorate a Halloween cheese ball, and he’s made with my Habanero Cheese recipe (get the printable recipe below). Frugal recipe updated 10/30/2023 How to decorate the Halloween Cheese Ball Devil: Okra for horns Bay […]
Libby’s Great Pumpkin Cookie Recipe! Easy Halloween Cookie Recipe
This is the recipe you’re looking for! It’s the original 1980s Libby’s Great Pumpkin Cookie recipe from women’s magazine ads. My mom made the Great Pumpkin Cookies every year when I was a kid, and now I make them every year with my kids. My kids love decorating Great Pumpkin Cookies more than decorating Christmas cookies! Libby’s […]
Football Cheese Ball — Habanero Cheese Recipe: Easy Football Party Appetizer for less than $5!
Simple and Spicy Appetizer! Here’s an easy recipe for a football party appetizer you can make in 2 minutes with 3 ingredients—for less than $5 including the crackers! Football Shaped Cheese Ball! Habanero Cheese Ball: it’s spicy! Serve the football cheese ball with crackers, or celery and red peppers for a Keto appetizer option. […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #6: Easy desserts you can make without flour, sugar, eggs, oil, butter, or milk
It’s clear now that Americans get their priorities straight in a crisis: Toilet paper. Whole food pantry staples. Guns. Your grocery stores may still have naked shelves where rice and beans, pasta and canned tomatoes, flour and sugar used to be. Suddenly, every junk food junkie in America is Julia Child. If you are secretly […]
Frugal birthday party: check out this $5 store-bought cake makeover!
My in-laws invited us to a last-minute birthday dinner, and I offered to bring the cake. On short notice, some people would drop $60 on a pretty cake at the nearest bakery. Now, birthday cakes are very important in my family, but I’ve never set foot in a bakery because paying for baked goods I […]
Keto Results: Why I Quit Keto After 6 Days (even though it was working) Part 1
The Keto Diet: Nobody should have to pay this much attention to food. That should be the official tagline for Keto! I’ve done multiple rounds of Whole30, no problem. I’ve done Paleo with my kids and husband for 30 days, no problem. I’ve quit sugar, wheat, you name it on a whim for x days […]
Keto Turkey Snack Recipe: How to Use Up Every Bit of Your Holiday Turkey – No Kitchen Waste!
Since I spent $4 per pound on a magical, pastured turkey for Thanksgiving, I need to get the most out of it! I basically followed SOP for picking a chicken, although this 23-pounder looked more like a Thestral once I was done with it. I figured out a way to use the turkey skin, which […]
Homemade Chili Powder Recipe: Clean Eating on a Budget
Homemade chili powder is easy to toss together. Cheap chili powders often include modified food starch, sugars, and MSG, and non-organic chili powder is usually irradiated. That’s bad. Make chili powder with no fillers or scary stuff with this simple recipe. You probably already have everything you need to make homemade chili powder in your […]
Whole30 Side Dish: Whole30, Gluten Free, Dairy Free Scalloped Potatoes
This Whole30 scalloped potatoes recipe makes a simple and satisfying side dish when you’re following a Paleo*, Whole30, or gluten free diet, and you need to eat a side dish that is not green at least once a week to feel human. [Tweet “When you need to eat a side dish that is not green […]
