Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Frugal Dessert

Jello sugar free Banana Pudding mix .44
Instant milk .75
Whip cream .99
Leftover pie dough  (frozen, from Feb birthday, I made 2 French silk pies)
$2.18 for Banana cream pie
8 servings .27 cents a serving
Yummmm





Friday, May 23, 2014

Frugal Dinner

Reorganizing pantry and freezer
I came across some food I needed to use
A baggie of frozen chicken pieces, picked off a whole chicken a while ago.
I use picked chicken in quesadillas, or soup or casseroles
Frozen left over rice
Frozen shredded cheese
and a can of Cream of Chicken soup.
I added left over broccoli and presto
Dinner.
Cheesy chicken rice casserole.  May not be pretty, but sure is yummy



Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Hair Cut

I cut my son's hair
As long as he will let me, I will do it.
He likes it long sometimes, then he decides he wants it short.  Whatever, I don't mind.
I guess I save 10-15 dollars in each cut








Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Grocery Shopping

Groceries, one area that a family can spend a lot of money and one of the best areas to cut and save.
When I started being frugal, our grocery bill was 200.00 a month for three.
Prices have shot up.  I sadly admit, we are now 250.00 per month.  This does include health/beauty, toiletries, everything we need.

I do my best to coupon, but do not need 50 razors and a lifetime supply of baby wipes, I need food, healthy food.
I recently found ground beef for 1.99 lb.  So I stocked up.
Meats, milk, are just going up in this area.

With that being said, I did a couple frugal things this week:
Washed a ton of baggies
Tried to make cheap healthy snack, Kale chips
Made another snack, banana oatmeal, cookie,  no flour











Thursday, May 1, 2014

No Silver polish

Needed to polish my candlesticks for Easter
No silver polish
So I used Toothpaste, Colgate paste
Worked great, plus I got it (And may others) for free
Before

After