With the holidays just around the corner, saving money has been priority number one for me. I’ve been making room in my budget by taking a good look at my food costs; it’s amazing how much the occasional trip to Starbucks or cruise through the drive-thru adds up over time! If you’re thinking ahead to […]
Refusing to break the bank does not mean your dishes need to suffer. One of the heartiest, hassle-free, and budget-friendly recipes you can make is chili. It’s also incredibly easy to transform and easily feeds a crowd. You can tweak your dish from the traditional ground beef version to substituting shredded chicken or even omitting […]
Nuke it. Zap it. Whatever you call it, microwaving anything is modern magic. You can find just about any food in microwave form… instant gratification! Bonus: microwave foods are usually super cheap, whether they’re frozen or made from simple ingredients you have on-hand. When your sweet tooth is acting up, a microwave dessert recipe is […]
Mom is a superhero when it comes to prioritizing. She knows that making a home-cooked meal takes time that could be spent helping with homework, going on date night with her SO, or having fun with the rest of the family. It’s not always the best option to spend all evening in the kitchen—and sometimes […]
A while back, we wrote about the amazingness of cheap churchy potluck recipes re-purposed as family dinners. You loved it, we loved it, and everybody was pretty happy. We’re returning to that topic with even more potluck recipes to help you save money and feed your family. Church potlucks are a time to gather and […]
Amish food is known for being simple and old-fashioned. When you’re cooking without a lot of new-fangled conveniences, it helps to have really easy recipes. Unless you’re Amish, you probably do have some tools for shortcuts—like your microwave, for example. But even if you make Amish recipes the traditional way, they’re going to come out […]
Aunt Bee’s Dump and Bake Beef Stew is an easy comfort food dump dinner that you can throw together in just minutes. Full of nutritious and hearty ingredients, it’s a great way to get a meal on the table when you don’t have time to cook! Hi, friends! I’m so glad to be stopping by again from […]
We are a two-parent working family, and it is tough each week to come up with a menu-plan from Monday to Friday that will satisfy my two children, my husband, and I. We get stuck in a pattern with the same bucket of recipes each week, and everybody starts getting bored. Slow cooker ground beef […]
Let’s take a little drive down memory lane to the drive-in movie theater! If you’re lucky enough to still have a drive-in nearby, then you know it’s basically a summer ritual to load up the car with easy appetizers and candy, then settle in for a double feature. I live just 15 minutes from a […]
It’s time to harvest all those garden vegetables you’ve been tending this summer. Congrats! There’s only one thing more satisfying than growing your own food—cooking with it. Every gardener I know ends up giving away baskets of garden veggies, mainly because they don’t know what to do with it all. When you have a bounty […]
