Everyday sandwich bread – also includes wheat, oatmeal, cornmeal and potato bread
Garlic bread crumbs – great recipe for stale bread
Cinnamon cake – easy and cheap (no eggs)
Taco seasoning – homemade (definitely frugal)
Greens – easy and quick (about 5 to 10 minutes)
Pinto beans – regular and crockpot method
Country pie – easy baked dish
Baked potaoes – simple (but for some reason I can never remember it, lol)
Crockpot cheeseburgers – little prep, sloppy joe style
Alternatives to sandwiches – 6 quick and easy recipes for sandwiches, great for lunch
Breakfast ideas – monkey bread, roll-ups and french toast
Chicken chili – crockpot (can be used with homemade taco seasoning)
Beef stew - crock pot, easy prep
Today I was searching the net looking for inexpensive recipes like I do every week. I came across this site called Blogander which is a collection of blogs on different subjects. One of the blogs is called Cheap Eats. It is a guide to eating cheap with tips, recipes and techniques. I think these would be some great additions to your LifeTips . Hopefully you have your own lifetips to keep track of all the frugal information you come across 
Home Fried Potatoes - 70¢ this is for one serving but I think it is pretty easy to change the recipe for your particular family size
Quesadillas - price starts at 70¢ but it varies depending on what you add to it. Super easy recipe Take 2 tortillas, add some cheese that easily melts, layer in a pan and you are done!
Quick French Toast – 95¢ about 2 to 3 servings, 6 slices of toast
Garlic Bread – $1.36 I must admit I am surprised by this one. I have never thought about making my own garlic bread. I always thought it was just cheaper to buy it already made.
Penne Pasta Casserole - $3.42 very easy to make
Bread Pudding – can use any type of leftover sweet bread or plain bread
Ground beef layered casserole - simple to prepare uses potatoes and tomato sauce
Magic Milk Shakes – uses no ice cream! Amazing right?
Lasagna - can be prepared as a make ahead meal, serves 9-10 people
Nothing but Ramen Noodle Recipes!
Taco Salad-takes about 20 minutes start to finish. Ingredients can be found at Aldi’s
Free recipe e-books!
This week some of the recipes I am posting are centered around the kids. I have four very, very picky kids so there is always someone complaining about what is for dinner. So I started looking for kid friendly meals. I found a whole bunch and plan on printing them out and making my own cookbook.
Cheesy Potato Cups - kid friendly and make ahead
Mini Taco Bowls - quick and easy, kid friendly
Strawberry Nilla Nibbles - super quick dessert, very kid friendly
Ham and Potatoes Casserole - easy and 1 dish
Smiley Apples - cute and quick, kid friendly
Family Cheese Pizza – quick, easy and kid friendly
Cresent Dogs - quick and kid friendly
Kid’s Snack balls - fun and easy
Green and Gold casserole – easy and frugal
Apple Crisp - frugal dessert
One of my internet friends was telling me about this organization called Angel Food Ministries so of course I had to share. This organization is non profit and offers high quality food for $30. There is a monthly menu which includes chicken breasts, ribs, fresh corn and carrots, potatoes and pork chops. Every one qualifies for this program. You do not have to fill out any applications and there is no limit to how many boxes you can buy. None of the food is second hand, damaged or out of date. All you have to do is find a host site in your area. Unfortunately there are no sites where I live in Wisconsin, but there may be a site near someone who can use a good deal on food.
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