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Frugal Meals Ideas – 2

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 –...

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Variety of frugal meal recipes

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...

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Simple Meal Ideas

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...

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Angel Food Ministries

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...

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Meal Ideas – 1

I have been coming across some very nice websites with good recipes that are frugal friendly, here are some of them. Country breakfast casserole – a make ahead dish ( eggs, sausage, hash browns, cheese, etc) Banana cinnamon french toast – quick and easy Chicken taco casserole – make ahead freezer meal Frozen french fries – quick freezer dish User friendly meatballs – freezer...