Faith, Family, and Frugality

It is Monday again!  We had a great week last week and even stuck mostly to our meal plan, minus a few meals that we ended up at relatives...

Welcome Back!! It is a new week and time for a new plan. I need to be a little tight with budget this week, so I'm going to try and eat ...

Sorry this is so late...I debated not putting it up at all, but that doesn't seem like a great way to start the year. :) So... Breakfast...

Another Leslie Sansone hit at our house! We tried this pasta recipe and it was great. (Well, I tweaked it with what I had available) First I...

This was a recipe we got out of Leslie Sansone's EAT SMART, WALK STRONG book and I loved it. Now the rest of the house could have gone ...

So, the results are in on my Chicken Fried Steak experiment , and I would say they were mixed. The multiple dippings definitely made for mo...

I have absolutely got to have a freezer plan this month. I am out of pretty near everything, cooked, uncooked, prepared, or parts, so I have...

I found a hot chocolate recipe on the back of my powdered milk and made it this week, and it is pretty good. It is just 2 cups Nonfat Milk P...

I am going to get a few fun kitchen extras done this week, at least that's the plan. I'm going go make 1) Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix...

My daughter and I love oatmeal in the mornings, especially baked oatmeal. When I saw this version I had to try it. We both loved it the fi...

Football season has started again, and in our house that makes life a little crazy because of all we have to do, so here is our plan, but no...

Ok, I forgot to take the pictures, so you can't really look, but I am so excited. I made Vanilla Wafers from scratch. I was checking o...

********UPDATED - See the pics from our freezer day here !********************** My cooking buddy is back. Her beautiful son is now 6 weeks ...

In addition to the rest of our freezer meals I am going to do some new "mixes." Mix and Match Muffins Brownies Biscuits Pancakes -...

This month I have a plan to do some freezer cooking, but my freezer cooking partner is VERY pregnant (think 4 wks to go, but already 3cm dil...

Another week another menu plan. I think I will be taking it pretty easy this next week, because we have a busy week and DH is working long ...

Welcome to another addition of Menu Plan Monday We have a bit of a crazy week, but all things considered I think we can make it. :) Sunday...

Have to say that I am disapointed with how dinner turned out tonight. :( I made the recipe from $5 dinners and it was so dry! I have been ha...

I tried FishMama's Cinnamon Rolls last night and they were amazing! My husband doesn't do particularly well with eggs, so we tried i...

I had my first freezer cooking day with a friend today. We worked from about 9:30 till 3, but we took a break midday for lunch and for me to...