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Simple Frugal recipes

When I think about frugal and saving money the first thing that comes to my mind is food. That should be easy to cut the amount I spend on food. I figured you just need to save more, cut more coupons, pay better attention to sales, etc. But the number 1 thing I forgot about is recipes. It will not make a difference if I have the food  but no idea on how to cook it. At least a different way to cook some...

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Saturday’s meal

I haven’t made this in a while. After slow cooking the roast, I cut it up and put barbeque sauce on it.  I put a pork shoulder roast in the crockpot. $5.49  $.99                                 $.99                      $.79   Total...

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Monday’s meal

Today the kids were out of school and the day went by so quick I almost forgot to post Monday’s dinner. It is a nice little habit that I would like to keep. So here it is. This is what the kids had:   $1.98 (2)            cheese $.99, bread $1.18 (2)   $.55        $.99 DH and I had the leftover bacon cheeseburgers with soup. Total cost for meal...

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Friday’s meal

Well Friday was a pretty much an easy day as far as meals.  I asked the kids what they wanted and that’s what they ate. They were pretty happy.  $.79      $.76         $1.88     still part of the gallon (almost gone)  DH and I had Swedish meatballs   $2.00  and  $.99 for 4 Total cost...

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Thursday’s dinner (for 6)

I went for something a little different for dinner. I have been seeing Denny’s commercials all day.  $.99              $3.69                $1.49                from gallon bought earlier total price $6.17   wow, that is a lot cheaper than the $40 I would have spent at Denny’s!!! It really makes me feel good to see how much I am saving in...