10 Quick and Easy Frugal Meals

We all live such busy lives that you often need something you can quickly get on the table with a minimum of effort and for little cost. Most of these meals are also healthy so you don’t have to feel bad about serving them to your family. It is great when you have meals that [...]

Chicken Pot Pie – Can be OAMC and Dairy Free!

I love making individual portions because it keeps me from eating half a pan of whatever it is I’ve made. I also love homemade chicken pot pie so what better than to combine the two!
Frugal Tips for Chicken Pot Pie
Purchase the ingredients on sale when possible and use leftover chicken.
*All of my dinner recipes [...]

OAMC Freezer Individual Portions of Dump Cake : Can be made Dairy Free!

When you need a little snack it is so much better to grab an individual portion out of the freezer than to have to make an entire cake and have it stare at you all day! While these aren’t the healthiest of desserts, their OAMC and individual portions quality of these can at least help [...]

Desserts : Cinnamon Butter Pears

This really should be under the healthy recipes, I mean it is made with pears right? We can just ignore the brown sugar and butter!
Frugal Tips for Cinnamon Butter Pears
Purchase and make this dessert when pears are on sale to make this meal as frugal as possible.
*All of my dessert recipes can be [...]

OAMC Freezing Peppers

We eat a lot of peppers and I use them in a lot of recipes. There are times when I can’t get to the entire package of peppers or when we buy a great deal of farmer’s market peppers and need to do something with them before they go bad.
Frugal Tips for Freezing Peppers
Buy on [...]

Breakfast Recipe : Mix ‘a’ Stuff

Leftovers aren’t just for lunch! You can use them for breakfast too!
Frugal Tips for a Leftover Breakfast Mix ‘a’ Stuff
Use whatever is leftover in your fridge, mashed potatoes, sausage, onion, mushrooms, olives, or whatever you have in there that you would also throw in an omelette.
*All of my breakfast recipes can be used with [...]

Shrimp Stir-Fry

My mom taught me this when she was in town one day. I fell in love and you can’t get much healthier than this veggie packed meal!
Frugal Tips for Shrimp Stir-Fry
Look for shrimp on sale. Our Walmart has been putting a bag on sale for $5 and I pick up quite a few packages at [...]

Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, and Refried Beans

If you are having a craving for Mexican food then this recipe is just for you!
Frugal Tips for Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, and Refried Beans
Buy on sale! This meal is so cheap as is that about the only way to make it cheaper is to buy the ingredients when they go on sale. You can [...]

Dairy Free Breakfast Recipes: Sausage and Egg Biscuits

Eating breakfast at home is much cheaper than eating out for breakfast. Not only are sausage and egg biscuits cheap but they are also easy to make!
Gather It Up!
1/2 pound of sausage per 2 people
1 roll of cheap refridgerator biscuits (if you are dairy free read the ingredients, often the off brand biscuits will [...]

Potato Pancake

This is a yummy treat for breakfast or dinner! I usually see a potato pancake recipe prepared on top of the stove. I haven’t been able to get that to work for some reason, the potato pancake either falls apart or it is so greasy I can’t eat it. One day I stuck it in [...]

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