Money-Saving Food Blog
Saving money and getting out of debt does NOT mean you have to skimp on food! Restaurant meals are expensive – it is not hard to cook great, restaurant-quality meals at home with ingredients that are readily available at your local supermarket, warehouse club, or your own garden. Let me show you how to cook great food and save money!!
Classic Comfort Food – 4 Cheese Linguine w/Chicken
Boneless, skinless chicken breast is the mac-daddy of quick cooking chicken but I’ve always been a fan of its cousin, the boneless, skinless chicken thigh. Dark meat has much better flavor, IMHO. When I find...
Grocery Store Money Saving Hacks
I wrote about how to save money at the grocery store early on in my blogging career. My tips were pretty good but since that time I’ve learned a great deal more about saving money in the grocery store. I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit the subject so here...
Cooking with Leftovers – Grilled Chicken Salad
If you've been reading my blog for any length of time you just KNOW I'm a fan of leftovers. They are a great way to stretch your food budget. Most leftovers end up tasting better than the original dish-something about allowing a...
My Starter Vegetable Garden
I hope you enjoyed Part 1 and Part 2 of Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply and Easily from Dawn Smith with Crazy Organic Mama. I don’t know about you, but I certainly learned a lot about how to get a garden started from seed. Growing my own vegetables...
Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply & Easily, part 2
As promised, Dawn Smith with Crazy Organic Mama returns with more on how to grow your own vegetables cheaply and easily to help save on your grocery bill. Dawn has a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from the University of Connecticut and has been gardening...
Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply & Easily, part 1
I've been thinking about growing a vegetable garden to help save on my grocery bill. There's nothing quite like picking something fresh from your garden and cooking or eating it right away, is there? Today I’m absolutely thrilled to share a guest post with you from my...
Shopping the Pantry – Homemade Bean Soup
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien One of my favorite ways of saving on my food budget is to “shop the pantry”. What do I have on hand that will make a great meal? One recent Saturday...
Debt Free Challenge – Food: Groceries and Restaurants
I have a confession to make...food shopping is my LIFE! Well, that may be a bit of a stretch but it’s something Sonny and I enjoy doing together so it’s not really a chore for me like I know it can be for some people. That said, keeping to a sensible grocery...
Christmas Party Appetizers
“We elves like to stick to the 4 main food groups-candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup!” Elf, the movie Earlier this week I published a post with some wonderful Christmas cocktails. I promise you that is NOT all we will be having before our holiday meal! I don’t...
Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers
