Quinoa Nutrition Info – Here Is Why You Want To Give This Super Food A Try

You’d have to be living under a rock to not have heard mention of Quinoa the super grain from South America. As we start to explore the nutritional facts of quinoa, you will note that this is a excellent thing. And here is a little historical tidbit for you. Quinoa was valued by the ancient [...]

Surprise Your Kids With Some Yummy Fruit Smoothies This Week

You are going to love my frugal tip for you this week. It’s all about getting your kids to consume more fruits and even vegetables. During these hot summer months there is lost of fresh produce available all over the place. But often the hardest part is not finding delicious fruits and vegetables, but getting [...]

Summer Time Calls For Some Salads

When it’s hot outside, I often don’t feel like stirring pots in the kitchen.With temperatures already soaring up in the high 90s here in the south, it’s all the air conditioner can do to somewhat cool down the house. No need to add more heat by turning on the stove or oven. But we still [...]

Fresh Blueberry Pie Recipes – Frugal Desserts With Fresh Berries In Season

There’s just something about fresh blueberries and they are in season right now. Chances are you have a neighbor, friend or family member with a blueberry bush that would be glad to share some of his harvest with you. Even if you don’t these delicious blue berries can be had at a bargain right now [...]

Best Ways To Cook Asparagus

By Susanne Myers www.HillbillyHousewife.com As a frugal homemaker, I like to use fruits and vegetables that are in season as much as I can. For the last few weeks we’ve had an abundance of asparagus at out local markets. I’ve cooked it all kinds of ways and used it various reicpes from plain side dish [...]

Christmas Meal Plan – Do You Have One Yet?

We have just a few more short weeks until Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I much rather spend the majority of my time during the holidays with my family than slaving over a hot stove in the kitchen. I recently interviewed my good friend Christine – aka “The Menu Mom” about family meal [...]

7 Frugal Living Tips – In The Bathroom

Last week we talked about frugal living tips for the kitchen, this week we’re talking about how you can save in the bathroom. Before we dive into my seven tips, I wanted to point you to an article I recently wrote about a frugal definition. If you’re not quite sure what living frugally means, take [...]

7 Frugal Living Tips – In The Kitchen

Over the coming weeks I’m going to share a series of frugal living tips with you. These are simple things you can start implementing right away to lead a more frugal lifestyle (and more importantly save some money). Since we were talking about Grandma’s frugal recipes last week, I thought we’d start out this frugal [...]

Grandma’s Frugal Recipes

We’re all trying to live and cook a little more frugally and are always on the lookout for recipes to fit that lifestyle. One of the best sources for making do with less is Grandma. I bet if you asked her (or your mom, aunt, great-aunt etc. for that matter), you’ll end up with an [...]