Frugal Cooking Tips

Brown Bag Lunch Ideas
Bring a Brown Bag Lunch and you'll save money. A little work, planning lunches can add up to BIG savings... These Brown bag lunch ideas will help.

Budget Friendly Meal
Eating healthy on a budget may take a little planning, but it certainly isn't impossible. Here's a meal idea that is good for you and your budget.

Cheap Party Food
Parties can be cheap and fun. You just know how to plan your party food and entertainment frugally. Keep reading for tips to help your party food be cheap and delicious!

Chicken & Mushroom Dinner Idea
Eating well doesn't require a lot of money or gobs of time. A cheap meal idea only means, we shopped smart. Here's a filling chicken and mushroom pasta recipe that's sure to please not only your whole family, but your purse strings too!

Cold Pasta Salad - Cheap & Easy Meal in Minutes
Pasta salad has to be one of the easiest and cheapest recipes to make. Seriously, all you need are noodles, some dressing and veggies and you're set.

Easy Meatloaf Mixes
One meatloaf mix recipe can simplify your meals for the entire week.

Frugal School Lunch Ideas
Hot lunch at school can become quite expensive. Figure on average, hot lunch costs $2.10 per day if you include milk with the meal. If you have three children, $6.30 a day, multiplied by five days, that's $31.50 a week… just for lunch! Is it convenient for parents? You betcha. Can it be expensive? You betcha!

Hamburger and Green Bean Casserole
This frugal and quick recipe is perfect for when the food budget is slim and you need some good comfort food.

Help in the Kitchen for the Busy Mom
Being a Mom is a job all on it’s own. Adding the cleaning, cooking, outside job and well, just about anything else your family might need, can take every minute of every day. Finding ways to help you at home is important for many reasons. It relieves some stress, can give you an extra 15 minutes to yourself and can keep you healthy and happy.

Herb Butters
Turn your average stick of butter into a gourmet treat simply by adding herbs.

Home Delivery of Organic Foods
With the demand of organic foods on the rise people are finding it easier to have the foods they love delivered right to their home. This can be a welcomed idea for many people. With such fast paced lives there never seems to be enough time to do the things we want to do let along the things we have to do and finding organic food can sometimes take more time due to the fact that it’s not easily found in the local grocery stores.

How to Grow your own Herbs
Not only do home-grown herbs taste better, they can save you money.

How to Keep More Money in Your Wallet When you Leave the Grocery Store
Are you looking for a great way to save money on your groceries? A Menu Planning Service can help. These innovative services help you plan, save on grocery costs and manage your dinner meals simply and easily.

Meal Planning – A Great Way to Save Time and Money
You may have heard of family meal planning or perhaps have been wondering what the fuss is all about. Well, to put it simply family meal planning means planning your family’s meal to help you save time and money. But beyond saving time and money there are some other great reasons for family meal planning. By planning your meals and doing your shopping ahead of time, it’s easier to make sure your family eats healthy and balanced meals. It’s too easy to reach for the phone and order a pizza when everyone’s just gotten home from soccer practice and your fridge is empty.

Muffin Recipes
Muffins are easy to make and easy to freeze. Make them in advance and keep them on hand for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Need Nutritious Snacks for Kids?
Snack foods can easily become a large portion of your grocery bill. Plus, they are loaded with sodium and preservatives. Instead make your own and keep some of your hard-earned money!

Nothing to Eat? Think Again.
This article is hilarious -- and so very helpful. I'm almost afraid to admit the things I ate in college when the food money ran out and all I had were some odds and ends. Enjoy!

Once-A-Month Cooking
Most people are all about spending less time in the kitchen. One way to accomplish this task is to use freezer cooking recipes, better known as once a month cooking. What is Once a Month Cooking and how can it help your family?

Quick Ways to Save on Groceries
There are two ways to save money on your groceries, buy less or pay less. But it doesn’t end there because there are lots of different ways to do these two things.

Thrifty Cooking
Frugal cooking ideas submitted by thrifty moms like you.

What is Freezer Cooking?
Cooking in a Freezer? No. Throwing Food into a Freezer for Quick Easy meals in minutes. Read and learn...