Try your hand at this tasty, healthy, and frugal artisan rosemary olive oil bread recipe! Cooks quickly in a Dutch oven or bread machine. Inspired by La Brea, it’s become our family’s favorite yeast bread! Try my 90-minute man bread and homemade garlic cheese bread. This rosemary olive oil bread recipe is ridiculously easy to make! I think we can all agree that a few things make us drool, like homemade ... Continue Reading
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Grocery Delivery Services in 2022
Grocery shopping can become a hassle when you are busy. That's when grocery delivery services come in to save the day! This is my honest review of some of the most popular retailers. Read my other reviews on online grocery shopping and Farmbox Direct. Grocery delivery services can be an incredible tool for busy families, but is it a good idea for those who are working within a real food budget? Of course, ... Continue Reading
Homemade Tomato Sauce Using Fresh Tomatoes
This quick and easy homemade tomato sauce recipe uses fresh tomatoes WITH skins. The smooth, rich Italian flavors are great for spaghetti, pasta, pizza, or soup! Even though my Hearty Spaghetti Sauce is really, really good, my sister-in-law is known in our family for making the best spaghetti sauce. Her secret weapon? Fresh garden tomatoes! We now have a garden that’s producing way more tomatoes than ... Continue Reading
How to Freeze Cauliflower Rice
Can you freeze riced cauliflower? Yes, you can, and no need to blanch it first! Keep reading for all my tips, from chopping to storing to how to use frozen cauliflower rice. Cauliflower rice has been popular for quite some time, but it wasn’t until I learned how easy it was to make my own cauliflower rice that I fully embraced it. I mean, why in the world would I pay $2.50 for a small bag of cauliflower ... Continue Reading
One Week Ground Beef Meal Plan
Use this one-week meal plan to get SEVEN ground beef dinner recipes using just 2 pounds of ground beef! Healthy and budget-friendly, you’ll add these family favorites to your master list of recipes - ground beef. Stretch your beef and make these delicious ground beef recipes this week! One thing that has saved my bacon time and time again when meal planning is having a “master recipe list.” Essentially, it’s ... Continue Reading
How to Keep Fruit Fresh Longer
The key factors in keeping fruit fresh longer are how you store and wash it. Learn how to make apple cider vinegar fruit wash for your produce and some other helpful tips! When you eat a lot of real food, you buy a lot of produce. Making sure that produce lasts all week (or two) is a tricky matter! The key is all in how you store it and when you wash it. And you are washing all your produce, right?We ... Continue Reading
100+ Easy Ways to Save Money
Here are the 100+ best ways to save money. Simple, practical ideas to trim food & household, and other various expenses to save money in small easy steps! Most people make resolutions in their lives about one of 3 things: food, health, finances (to save each month or pay off debt). Or all of the above. It's easy to have big, lofty goals. The hard part though, is finding ways to implement change in our ... Continue Reading
How to Save Money with a Pantry Challenge
Great tips to help you create frugal recipes and a menu for a no spend pantry challenge. Learning how to eat from the pantry can really save a lot of money! A few years ago we embarked on the most unusual challenge: we tried to go one month without spending any money. Our no spending challenge covered our entire budget, but you can apply this concept to just your grocery budget – it’s called a ... Continue Reading
Fail-proof Grocery Saving Tips That Work Every Time
These grocery saving tips are timeless & absolutely fail-proof. Plus they work no matter where you live or how many people are in your family. To learn more about saving on your grocery budget, join the waitlist for my foundational course Grocery Budget Bootcamp! I've been sharing how we save money on food for several years now on this blog, but all of these ideas were put to the test when my family ... Continue Reading
Chinese Noodle Soup (Kung Fu Panda Soup)
My kids love Chinese Noodle Soup (AKA: Kung Fu Panda Soup) & I love that it's ready in less than 30 minutes! A perfectly healthy & frugal weeknight meal with authentic Asian flavors. Serve with my Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli. I love soup. Love, love, LOVE soup. My family, on the other hand... not so much. To them, there's no difference between Potato & Corn Chowder and Minestrone. Other ... Continue Reading