This contest is now closed. One of the most popular frugal living topics is cooking and eating on a budget. So I’m pleased to announce this contest giveaway. Lara Starr (http://frugalfoodiecookbook.blogspot.com), coauthor of The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook is sponsoring one copy of her book to a Frugal Village reader. [...]
photo by unk’s dumptruck Finding a job can be tough. If you’ve been laid off, are looking for a part-time primary or second job, or are returning to the workforce after being a stay-at-home parent, it can feel as if there aren’t any jobs out there. One thing to consider is that many jobs don’t [...]
Halloween costumes can be pricey. If you have more than one child, you can end up paying a small fortune. Kids wear them for a day and then hang them in the closet. Savvy shoppers buy costumes on clearance for the following year. Some costumes can be passed on to another child, swapped with friends [...]
Limited space can be a challenge. You might think you don’t have room to stock up on essentials when they’re on sale. You have to be creative and find the hidden storage areas in your home. The first thing to do is clear your rooms of clutter. Prioritize and swap out items that you haven’t used for practical, useful items that are helping you save money.
photo by Looking glass A streamlined menu plan saves you money. But preparing and serving the same meals can get dull quickly. A few ingredients stored in your pantry will add flair to your dinner rotation. As a bonus, they don’t cost much when you consider how many uses you can get from each item [...]
photo by bucklava DEAR SARA: We buy Super Pretzels in bulk. Each box comes with a huge cinnamon/sugar pack that we never use on our pretzels. Now I have about three pounds of it and no idea what to do with it. Plus, as long as we keep buying the pretzels, we will keep getting [...]
D EAR SARA: When eating a juicy apple, some dripped onto my 95 percent cotton, 5 percent spandex shirt. When I got home I applied Dial soap to it, scrubbed with a little water, sprayed with my favorite stain remover, Zout, and then washed the shirt in the washing machine with Tide HE, in warm [...]
photo by nate steiner The road to clutter is paved with good intentions, and that is especially true with recipes. If you’re saving them from magazines, newspapers and printed from Web pages, finding them later can be a problem without an organized system. Readers share their best methods for making their recipes easily accessible when [...]
