Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Wedding Gift

Now a days it is all about the registry.

But I decided to make an afghan for the young couple.  They love to watch movies at home.

Bought yarn on sale and stacked with a coupon.

A couple months later....gift.   It is heavy like a weighted blanket and I am told the couple loves it.

Was it super cheap, no. But it is high quality and paid the least amount possible plus my time.  I still think it is a good price for wedding gift





Monday, October 9, 2023

Forgotten apples

 I put a bag of apples in the crisper drawer of the fridge

The forgot about them

They were wrinkled

BUT, I made apple crisp and saved them from being thrown out.

I saved the peels and made apple jelly



Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Online Wine

 Online wine...Is it worth it?

The price was great.   15 bottles

6.33 per bottle including shipping

Variety

BUT not worth it for me because I did not care for most of the wines. 

However, I had a friend that can use the empty bottles and the box,  so at least it is not going to waste





Thursday, September 7, 2023

Fried rice

Have leftover Chicken?

Then you have a meal.

I had 1/2 an onion, 1 carrot and 1 egg

Rice and my leftover chicken

Add spices (Salt, garlic, soy sauce, I also had oyster sauce)


Thursday, August 31, 2023

Frugal Family

Son wanted Pizza for dinner

But he said he like homemade better

So...Homemade dough

Homemade pizza sauce

and grated Mozzarella instead of pre-shredded and frozen.

I like to prebake the dough a tad first, then add the sauce and cheese

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Not Trash

I save my butter wrappers.

If I do not use them right away, I put them in the freezer.

Here I am using them to butter my loaf pans.



Thursday, August 17, 2023

Homemade really is cheaper

 A repeat post, but worth repeating.

Granola is cheaper to make than to buy and my boys love it.

It also makes a great gift.

Homemade sandwich bread, super simple to make.