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Favorite Meat-Free Meals

by Millie Copper | Apr 5, 2013 | frugal options, Meals, Stretchy Beans

In my post yesterday, 5 Ways to Afford Real Food on a Meager Budget, I talked about how we ate less meat but still had high-quality meals. In this post, I share a few of our favorite meat-free meals. Creamed Onions with Thyme and Sage This is a dish that we love and I...

Budgeting Tips and Tricks

by Millie Copper | Sep 2, 2010 | Budgeting, frugal options

If you have read here much, you may have noticed that most of my posts over the summer have been our menus and our monthly budget. (I do hope to someday go back to posting other things, too. It has just been soooo busy this summer that my posting has been sporadic at...

5 Ways to Afford Real Food on a Meager Budget

by Millie Copper | Oct 18, 2019 | frugal options

The question I receive most often is “how do you afford real food on a meager (small, tight, limited, paltry, minuscule, tiny, wee, etc) budget?” I’m happy to share what we’ve found to be helpful in our quest for real food. Please keep in mind,...

Embracing Thrift and Tightwaddery

by Millie Copper | May 8, 2018 | frugal options

General Resources The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. This should be available in your local library. Back in 1999, I borrowed it three separate times before purchasing. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Also available from the library in not only...

What To Do With a Whole Turkey

by Millie Copper | Dec 30, 2010 | frugal options

I had a turkey in the freezer that we did not use for Thanksgiving. I admit to being slightly turkey challenged. I’ve roasted a few of them over the years but that is about the extent of my turkey experience. I’m great at using the bird post roasting but...

Favorite Less Beef Meals

by Millie Copper | Mar 5, 2014 | frugal options, planned overs

The cost of beef is going up. I’ve read a few different articles that peg the increase anywhere from 4% to 10% and this is a following a record increase of 5% in 2013! When I was in Oregon last week I bought beef at Trader Joe’s I was shocked at the...