In Defense of Homemade Yogurt: A Preamble

If you’re like me, you grew up eating yogurt from the supermarket. It was delicious! It was green, red, blue, or sometimes even orange. Sometimes it had “fruit on the bottom” that you could stir into the yogurt. If it was low or nonfat, you could be especially guilt free eating it. Sometimes, you could [...]

Milk: A Thrifty Oreganic Staple

Yeah, I finally figured out how to upload images. Next time I’ll be a little more prepared!
Secondly, a big thank you to all of you who have commented and e-mailed your support; it’s an honor to be a stop on your web reading list!
So begins a multi-part series on my favorite things to [...]

Odds & Ends and a Challenge…..

Happy Friday my Frugal Friends!
Forgive me for delaying to post; I am finishing up some graduate courses online so my blogging time is scarce these days. Lent is also upon us Orthodox folks, and I hope you all had a very clean week!
More thoughts on meal planning:
Thriftiness is all about using what you have, [...]

Cheap Eats

1 Deo Volente Chicken = 4 Meals and then some!Meal 1: Roasted in Crockpot and enjoyed with steamed veggies on the side.
Meal 2: Breasts diced and used in Chicken Enchilada casserole.
Meal 3: Carcass made into broth, used for Pea Soup (15 min. to make this!)
Meal 4: Broth used to make homemade tomato sauce with brown [...]

Part 2: The "Use What you Have" Principle

Plan your menus based on what you already have in your pantry:Plan your menus, but don’t be extravagant! Use what you have. I find the biggest waste of money is when I search high and low for exotic or rare (or out of season) ingredients to try to make something that sounds good to me. [...]