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Three Money Saving Things to Do When You Are Snowed in

Here comes Nemo! If the nor-easter is heading your way, or you are stuck indoors due to snow or bad weather, you might want to take advantage of being stuck at home to catch up on your money-saving efforts. Turn an inconvenient situation into an asset! Here is my part of Pennsylvania, we will be affected by Nemo, although we should be getting off lightly. The Snowpocalypse, as they are calling it, seems like it will be skirting right around us, leaving us with only 2-4 inches of snow, and winds up to 30 miles per hours, which in this … Continue reading →

How to Find Your Grill’s Hot Spots

Cooking on the grill is a staple of summer meals, but to do it right, you need even cooking over the length of your grill. Hot and cool spots can ruin your food. Find your grill’s hot spots and eliminate them for a summer full of great meals. You can discover your grill’s heat pattern very easily. First cover the surface of your grill with slices of white bread. Turn the burners on high and run the grill for a few minutes. Shut off the grill and flip all of the slices of bread. You will be able to see … Continue reading →

Cheap Dinner Ideas: Potato Bar

Sometimes it is hard to balance quick and easy with cheap when it comes to meals. The kids are really starting to get into their activities, and with all of the driving around (although I know we are probably better than most in that regard), there is little time for doing a lot of cooking from scratch. But home made meals don’t need to be elaborate to be healthy, warm, filling and delicious. Made with lower cost ingredients or even leftovers, you can have some great dinners without a lot of time or cost. Here we come $5 dinners! One … Continue reading →

How to Use Holiday Food to Save Money

Many holiday foods are starting to go on sale in anticipation of the holidays. The grocery stores want you to shop with the, so they will deeply discount the items that you need for your holiday table. To be frugal, take advantage of these sales and use the items in your cooking throughout the year, making the cost per serving of your regular meals go way down in price. Here are some of the common holiday foods that you will find on sale and how to use them to save money. Turkey and Ham The bigger the better with these … Continue reading →

The Investment of Once a Month Cooking

The first time that you prepare an entire month of freezer meals, you may be surprised by the initial cost, the initial investment that it takes. There are extra costs to consider. I don’t want to discourage you from doing it, because once a month cooking can really pay off in the long run, both in time savings and eventually in the cost of food. But like anything else, there are areas of once a month cooking where you can spend more than less. There are a number a good once a month or freezer cooking books out there that … Continue reading →

Spicy Vegetable Tagine

If your family thinks vegetables are bland and boring I suggest this recipe will help them get over this attitude. Mick is a big fan of meat and once would not have considered anything meatless a meal but he loved this. An advantage of this recipe is that it is wheat and gluten free as well as dairy free. Hint Don’t just cook up enough for one meal cook a huge pot of it and freeze the rest for quick meals. Vegetable Tagine Ingredients 1 tablespoon light olive oil 1 small aubergine sliced 1 Spanish onion sliced 3 cloves garlic, … Continue reading →

Saving Time and Saving Money

Often, people tell me that they would like to save money but they just don’t have the time to cook from scratch or cut coupons. The reality is that yes, most people do have the time, it is just being used by other things. Well, of course you think. But when you know the secret to saving time with frugal practices then you will also be saving money, and you might find that living frugally doesn’t cause additional time crunches. In some cases, in fact, it may relieve them. Eating out versus home cooking Some times there is so much … Continue reading →

Progressive Cooking Class for Kids

If you’re going to be in the Disney World area the weekend of June 11-13, then there’s a unique event happening for your children that you should know about: progressive cooking classes for kids. Tampabay.com and TheDisneyBlog.com reveal that on Saturday June 12, three restaurants at Downtown Disney will open their doors to children, age limit unspecified, for an afternoon of cooking classes. The executive chefs at Portobello, Wolfgang Puck’s Grand Cafe, and Fulton’s Crab House will lead the classes. Starting at 11 a.m., kids move from one restaurant to another to receive cooking tips from masters in the trade. … Continue reading →

One-Pot Cooking- A New Cook Book

If you’ve been reading my blogs and recipes you know I’m a no fuss cook, so when I saw a book titled One-pot Cooking how could I possibly resist? Along with the book came a copy of the March issue of Super Food Ideas magazine, which has been around for over 10 years and has a wide readership. I admit I didn’t even know it existed. But the Mexican Chicken Bake on the cover is enough to make me think it will be good too. As a bonus to Super Foods Ideas One-pot Cooking which tells me it has ‘ … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking Three Ways

Freezer cooking can be intimidating when you first start to contemplate it. There are many good books out there to help you with your freezer cooking, but often they leave you with more confusion than they help. For example, what do you do if a once a month plan includes meals that you know your family won’t eat? Do you make them anyway? Can you substitute and still make use of the ingredient list? What many people don’t realize is that you don’t have to follow one way of freezer cooking. There are actually three main ways you can take … Continue reading →