Welcome to Frugal Homemade! This week, I am going to address the balance between savings and time. To me, this ties into Frugal Homemade because I have always had to be judicious with the amount of time I spend on the frugal to make sure I have enough time in my days to cook from …
Welcome to Frugal Homemade! This week, I am going to share one of my favorite goes-with-anything side dishes. Everyone here loves it and it is beautifully uncomplicated. See? Totally simple. Not pictured: water. All you need is an onion, some basmati rice, butter (or oil, if you don’t do dairy), salt, pepper, and water. Useful …
Welcome to Frugal Homemade! This week, I am going to share one of my favorite frugal ways to make a breakfast staple more interesting in these Apple Pancakes. Apples cut into rings add a nice sweetness to your pancakes, and they look pretty cute, too. I love to make these for guests during this time …
Welcome to Frugal Homemade! This week, I am going to talk about how to roast bell peppers for use in recipes — which has the ancillary benefit of being a great way to save at least one type of produce from going to waste in your fridge. I picked up some red peppers on sale …
Note: This is an update of a 2014 post from Trish — who still uses pegboards for stockpile organization! 🙂 Have you ever thought about how to use pegboards for stockpile organization? This is such a great way to free up shelf space and find products easily, because so many items have handy built-in hangers …
Here’s a frugal homemade fish tenders recipe from Trish — enjoy! Homemade kid-friendly fish sticks, anyone? Welcome to Frugal Homemade! This week, I am sharing my favorite low-guilt “kid dinner:” Crunchy Homemade Fish Tenders! I made these last night along with roasted carrots, and my four-year-old could not have been happier — although I’ll admit, …