by Millie Copper | Apr 18, 2023 | Cooking, Food Storage, frugal options, Recipes, Stretchy Beans
You may know that I have a slight obsession with beans. Beans are a wonderfully frugal whole food, they have an excellent nutritional profile, and they’re extremely versatile. There are hundreds of varieties of beans/legumes available, which really helps keep...
by Millie Copper | Jan 4, 2012 | Food Storage, frugal options
Okay, so maybe it is not a big event but I do find it quite fun that someone designated January as National Oatmeal Month. I love oatmeal so in honor of National Oatmeal Month I thought I’d share some of our favorite oatmeal recipes and uses. At less than 55...
by Millie Copper | Apr 22, 2010 | frugal options, planned overs
Most weeks I share my menu plans for breakfast and dinner during the week and three meals on weekends. During the week only my son (almost 16 months) and I are home. I thought I’d use this post to share some of our typical lunches. Often lunch is often dinner...
by Millie Copper | Nov 1, 2021 | Cooking, frugal options, planned overs
What could you do with an extra $1866 per year? Here’s how leftovers can reduce food waste and save money! Reducing Food Waste: Leftovers According to 2020 research from the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the average American household wastes...
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...
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...