I recently had the chance to get a copy of 5 Ingredient Fix thanks to thanks to the Hachette Book Group and The Product Review Place. Details ... Claire Robinson, the hot new Food Network star of 5 Ingredient Fix and Food Network Challenge, helps people get dinner on the … [Read more...]
Monthly Meal Plan – February 2011
I am excited to announce one of our family resolutions for this year. We are working off Monthly Meal Plans this year!! Yes, monthly!Last year, we did weekly meal plans. Well we did weekly meal plans most of the time. I say most of the time because some weeks we forgot to plan. … [Read more...]
Simply Yummy: Blueberry Banana Coffee Cake
I had bananas that needed to be used. I always bake banana nut bread. I am known for my banana nut bread. It is my grandma's recipe and it is just the perfect banana nut bread. My freeze is full of banana nut bread in all sizes and even banana nut muffins. I need something else … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Fireplace Popcorn Popper
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Monthly Meal Plan – January 2011
I am excited to announce one of our family resolutions for this year. We are working off Monthly Meal Plans this year!! Yes, monthly!Last year, we did weekly meal plans. Well we did weekly meal plans most of the time. I say most of the time because some weeks we forgot to plan. … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Homemade Cupcakes
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Cooking for Thanksgiving on a Budget
Everyone wants a heritage turkey on Thanksgiving, but the reality is that few of us can afford it, especially these past couple of years. There are painless ways of going thrifty this Thanksgiving, however, from the very turkey you buy to the desserts you make. 1. Let’s get … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Apple Pie Bread Recipe
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
What’s Cooking? Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Baby Spinach
This is my new way to be at least slightly accountable for our dinner meal planning efforts. If you have been around then you know my husband is the cook in our family. He loves cook where as I cook because we need to eat. This recipe is a classic recipe ... umm, not really. It … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Sun Chips
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Party Tips 101: Monkey Cupcakes
My oldest daughter turned four back in August. She wanted a monkey themed party. I ordered the Mod Monkey plates, napkins, pinata (one of her three birthday present requests) all from Birthday Express. They always have coupon codes out and have the cutest designs! (They have a … [Read more...]
What’s Cooking: Country-Style Ribs with White Beans
First up is a recipe we had Saturday night. I challenge my husband by pulling something out the freezer and saying "What's for dinner?" The ingredient was country-style pork ribs. He decided he hadn't cooked a big dinner recently so he went searching online and came up … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Ten Ways of Making Your Favorite Foods Healthier
Who isn't trying to eat healthier these days? I don't know many people who aren't. But who wants to eat cardboard and often more importantly who has the money to spend on fru-fru food products that taste like cardboard?! I sure don't! We want to eat the foods we love but how do … [Read more...]