One of my favorite meals to make for me and my kiddos is the turkey chili recipe below that I cook in my crockpot. My life can be pretty busy at times. Some days I’m barely home even though I work from the comforts of my own living room. On those days, recipes like this…
Category: Food
Frugal Reads: Gluten-Free Books
Here are a couple of gluten-free ebooks available for download at Amazon right now. Keep in mind that by the time you see this, they may no longer be listed as free so make sure to look at the pricing before you purchase it. Don’t confuse Amazon Prime prices with the buy price. I’ve done…
Going Gluten-Free: What Are Your Favorite Recipes?
Recently I began researching the connection between acne and gluten. I found that consuming gluten can make your acne worse, so I decided after years of struggling with cystic acne, the worst kind you can have, that it was time to make some serious changes in my diet. For someone like me who LOVES pasta,…
Homemade Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets
One of the meals that my children absolutely love is my homemade gluten-free chicken nuggets made with Panebelle’s Gluten-Free Breadcrumbs. Here is the recipe for them, which you can modify to use any kind of breadcrumb, even homemade ones you’ve made yourself.
Homemade Smoothie Recipe
One of my new favorite things to make are smoothies. There are so many ingredient options to choose from. Here is my homemade smoothie recipe. Ingredients: A half up of mixed frozen berries (I use to the Great Value frozen mixed berries) A cup of milk (Less or more depending on your thickness preference) A…
Cook’n 10 Review
I love to cook. A lot. I love testing out new recipes on my family. Some end up being huge hits that I make over and over again. And others not so much. Over the years, I’ve been known to spend HOURS searching online for the perfect recipe, and instead of printing them out because…
My Thanksgiving Dinner Menu
Thanksgiving is just a couple days away, which means I need to start prepping for it. I was going to make a bacon-wrapped turkey, but I just don’t have the time, space or money this year to cook the meal I wanted. So I modified my Thanksgiving dinner menu a little bit. I’m making: A…
Homemade Mac ‘ Cheese Recipe
Recently I mentioned to several people I know my family’s version of homemade mac ‘n cheese. It’s one of our favorite meals to make, so I thought I’d share it with all of you, too. I actually just made a batch yesterday for my dad’s birthday. And judging by the phone call I received last…
Frugal Eats: Refried Bean Dip #recipes
I first tried refried bean dip when I was six or seven at a neighbor’s house. It instantly became a favorite for my mother and I who have made it fairly regularly ever since. It’s a super easy snack or even meal to through together. It’s cheap, too, which is great. Ingredients: 1 can of…
Frugal Dinners: Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Today I have a guest blog post from my fellow cheap bitch, Amber of Thrifty Ninja. (Yes, that is actually how we refer to each other. We’re cool like that.) We were chatting last night about a delicious broccoli cheddar soup she’d made, and I said that she should write up a guest blog post…