by Millie Copper | Dec 4, 2009 | Shopping Trip
I’ve been thinking that if I’m going to call this blog Real Food for Less Money that I really should share with you not only what we eat but what we spend and where we buy it. Fair warning, these posts might be extremely boring. But I think that I would...
by Millie Copper | Dec 3, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
I love sourdough. I love a big crusty hunk of it to enjoy with stew. But crusty sourdough doesn’t work very well for sandwiches. Making a sourdough that is sandwich bread quality is actually very easy and I’ve been playing with my sourdough recipe to make...
by Millie Copper | Dec 2, 2009 | Recipes
Warm and delicious plus amazingly frugal. It’s hard to go wrong with this Super Yummy Butterscotch Oatmeal. Soaking the night before helps make it more digestible and super quick in the mornings. Send the kids off with a hot breakfast! I love to have a...
by Millie Copper | Nov 29, 2009 | Meal Plans
Last week was pretty great food wise. Of course, we had Thanksgiving and all of the bounty that Thanksgiving entails. Tuesday night we had a very good dinner of Cheeseburger Soup. It was delicious. Friday things started going a little bit wonky with my menu. We ended...
by Millie Copper | Nov 29, 2009 | food thoughts, frugal options, Meal Plans, Starting Out
I have been using meal plans/menus for a couple of years now. When I worked a full time job outside the home it helped so much to be able to know in advance what we were having instead of standing at the fridge at 4:30 hoping to have something thrown together before...