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I love a good smoothie

I must admit I am a sucker for smoothies. They remind me of shakes and I love all the different flavor combinations. While I was going through all my hard drives I found a ton of recipes that I would love to share. BANANA FRUIT SMOOTHIE 1 cup orange juice 2 cups plain low-fat yogurt 4 small bananas honey to taste Place all the ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth. BANANA OAT...

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Meal Ideas -3

Cheapskate Stew – made with leftovers you already have on hand Mash potato soup - easy and quick, ready in 15 minutes. Uses leftover mash potatoes Chicken pie – inexpensive and easy Yum Yum green beans – different and easy 7 minute dinner – are you thinking what I am? Show me how   Only 3 ingredients Pepperoni Rolls – kid friendly and quick (17 minutes) Broccoli cheese...

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In a pinch – substitute

Sometimes when I am cooking, I run out of an ingredient or just have a little. This has always been a big budget buster for me because when I run out to get that 1 thing really quick I do not pay attention to prices. And of course I always pay too much or find out later that I had a really good coupon for the purchase. So other than being better prepared and buy more of a ingredient before it runs out, I...

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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...