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 […]
Frugal Tip: Beware the Winco “Free” Thanksgiving Turkey Trap 2023
In the Phoenix area, Winco is the only store offering a “FREE” Thanksgiving turkey in 2023. Offer started early on 11/11/23 and ends 11/22/23 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Fry’s (Kroger) has an offer for $0.89 per pound with $25 purchase, rumored to be $0.59 per pound with $25 purchase with a digital coupon week of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #3: Find an emergency fund in your home in 2 hours.
Right now you might be realizing you should have built an emergency fund instead of hitting Starbucks and Chick-fil-A every time you got a little busy running the kids around town. Maybe you overspent on your epic grocery store run last week and now you’re strapped for cash. Here’s how to find a mini emergency […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #2: How long can I avoid the grocery store?
Someone put out a toilet paper countdown calculator this week; it’s pretty useless because it doesn’t account for brand. But it made me think of a food countdown calculator, and anyone who has a real fear of running out of food or wants to know how long they could last with just the food in […]
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 […]
I saved 13 bucks compared to Walmart: Amazon Subscribe and Save Ideas for May 2019
Amazon Subscribe and Save ideas for May 2019. I don’t just click Subscribe and Save willy nilly—I make sure I’m getting the best price compared to other online and brick and mortar stores. The 5 items in my Amazon Subscribe and Save box this month: fancy dog food, cheap supplements, baby wipes, and hand soap. […]
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese Recipe: 8 Family Dinner Servings for $8! Cheaper than Kraft and Obviously Better!
Homemade macaroni and cheese recipe right at the top! Scroll down for the price breakdown and recipe tips! Homemade mac n cheese recipe, serve creamy or baked with breadcrumb topping. Scroll down for the grocery budget breakdown of this frugal family dinner! Homemade Macaroni and Cheese vs. Kraft Mac and Cheese I’m not against boxed […]
Fast Food in Your Freezer for Busy Nights: Grocery Budget Tracking #5 March 1–15
This is the 5th post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of pastured meat…and sometimes Poptarts. In […]
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