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How to Save Time at Mealtime by Planning Ahead

If you are a home-based professional parent, chances are that you are always on the lookout for new ways to make things a little easier for yourself and your family. Household duties such as meal planning and preparation are often a part of the daily responsibilities of home-based professional parents. Fortunately there are a few ways that you can make things a little easier in this area – and no, I’m not talking about picking up takeout every night. Cooking nutritious meals for a family does take time and effort. With a little creative thinking and planning ahead, though, you … Continue reading →

Meal Planning and Freezer Cooking

Well, it looks like this week I’ll be concentrating my freezer cooking on breakfast staples again. Having breakfast in the freezer has really been working out for my husband lately, and it as shaved a bit off of our daily expenses. I was planning on preparing a bunch of split chicken breasts in different marinades and freezing them for the upcoming months of outdoor grilling, but unfortunately, my grocery store was all sold out of the chicken. I’m not surprised, it was an amazing deal. I did get a rain check for the maximum limit and will pick up the … Continue reading →

Meal Planning: Ham Today, Chicken Tomorrow

Actually the title of this post is a little deceiving. It actually should read something along the lines Ham yesterday and Chicken today. As I wrote in previous posts, I am making a concerted effort to cut those coupons and match up those sales items, freezer cooking and meal planning to reduce our grocery budget. So far, it has been so good. We have gone from a food expense of about $150 a week to one of about $60 a week, which is more than half off. Plus, during this time we have actually cut down on eating out and … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week in Review: October 13th Through October 19th

It is not too early to start thinking about the upcoming holidays. Early planning can often save you a bundle. You can take everyday ideas, such as making freezer meals and apply them for the holidays. Meanwhile, check out last week’s frugal articles. October 13th Five Little Grocery Shopping Tricks: Look Left and Right When it comes to shopping for groceries, we need all of the help we can get. Rising prices and reduced coupon values make reducing your grocery bill by 70 percent a thing of the past. And those grocery stores have plenty of tricks up their sleeves … Continue reading →

Ideas for Cooking from Your Stockpile

With food prices continuing to rise, stockpile cooking is a great way to stretch out that food budget and minimize food and money waste. Whenever money is tight, you should always start with what you already have. Having a robust pantry allows you to make many different meals, but what if you find your pantry slimming down? With less bargains available, I have been seeing some shrinkage in my pantry. That is why it is so important to get creative and use up what you have. Now, when I mention cooking from your stockpile, I really mean your pantry, your … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week in Review: January 7th Through January 13th

From freezer cooking to reusing our items, we have been working our way through the kitchen to save money. We’ve also thrown in a few other surprises. I’m so glad that the holiday spending is over, and we can get back to being really frugal. Here is the Frugal Living week in review for January 7th through January 13th. January 7th Even More Frugal Kitchen Tips Have you been following our frugal kitchen tips? They are great ideas for saving money in the busiest room in the house. I like to concentrate on this room, because I find that establishing … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking Weekend Preparations (2)

In honor of my upcoming freezer cooking weekend, I thought I’d take some time to share the preparation process up until the cooking day. I am hoping it will be helpful to you to see the steps that one must take to prepare. It takes a little bit of time, but is so worth it at the end. We’re at the new shopping list point. After you have scratched off your original list with the items you have on hand, it is now to re-write the list. You are only writing down the items you need to purchase at the … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week In Review for April 9th to April 15th

Another busy week in Frugal Living has come to an end, and it is time once again to show you what has been going on this past week. With three bloggers, there is a never ending supply of terrific ideas, tips and advice for living a more frugal lifestyle. Visit the previous Week In Review, to get more great ideas. Monday April 9th We started off our week with several terrific articles. Traci offered advice in Saving Money by Cutting The Phone Cord. If you follow this advice, you can really cut back your phone expenses. We did this a … Continue reading →

Food Prep Businesses: A Growing Trend in Freezer Cooking

Have you ever tried once a month cooking or freezer cooking? If not and you’re looking to save time and money, you need to check out the frugal blog, or the freezer cooking recipes here. With few exceptions, most recipes will freeze well. However, there is a growing trend catering (pun totally intended) to the uber busy supermom who wants to have a gourmet home cooked meal every night. . .or at least nearly every night. Known as meal prep businesses, they are cropping up all over the United States. Here’s how it works. You make an appointment with said … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking: Meal Planning Advice (2)

At this point, I was basically looking at one hundred and thirty four meals. That’s thirty chicken recipes, thirty pork recipes, thirty ground beef recipes and thirty turkey recipes. Plus, I had made fourteen meals of pasta sauces, all together equaling 134! Seems like a lot doesn’t it? Looking at that, you probably thought, hey she doesn’t have to cook for three and a half months, but that is not how I looked at it. The very next weekend, I began my normal freezer cooking sessions. I started with the chicken, creating thirty more meals, from ten different recipes. And … Continue reading →