Frugal Ideas for Frugal Living
Smoothy Groovy Rides Again
I wrote a post about a month ago about how I have lately added smoothies to our daily diet as a frugal way to address (ahem) certain nutritional deficiencies in our family diet. As I have been going to the ... more
Posted March 5th, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Spring - When A Young (At Heart) Girl’s Fancy Turns to Solar Cooking
So spring is in the air here in North Central Texas. The days will soon commence to getting longer. Naturally, this makes me long to dust off my solar cooker and take advantage of all that free sun energy that's just ... more
Posted March 4th, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Scratch That (Cooking From Scratch) Itch
As every Frugal knows, one of the quickest and easiest ways to save money is to cook from scratch. But what does that really mean? I usually consider that all the cooking that comes from my kitchen is from "scratch". But how ... more
Posted March 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Bag It and Drag It
Aaaaargh! I ran out of trash bags. The tall kitchen kind. This is annoying on a couple of levels. First of all, it's just a pain to run out of trash bags. Second of all, I'm a pretty good shopper. So I usually ... more
Posted March 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Birdwatching - A Cheep Hobby
Sometimes I like to eat birds, but sometimes I just like to watch 'em. Let me just say this right off the bat. I'm not a nature girl. I'm really scared of bears. Give me the good ol' suburbs anytime. But ... more
Posted March 1st, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Turkey- It’s What’s For Dinner
So I made one of my cheap turkeys for dinner the other day. It was great. I pulled it out of the freezer on Sunday. By Wednesday it was good and defrosted. I used to be really anxious about roasting chicken ... more
Posted February 28th, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
Cheap Links
Stop the presses! Alert the Academy of Natural and Applied Tightwadology (A-NAT)! My sister, a humble Teen Services Librarian from Orange County, CA, has discovered the "holy grail" of Frugalology! Yes, it is my pleasure to announce that she has ... more
Posted February 27th, 2009 | Tags: Frugal Ideas
