This week Money Saving Mom and her friends at $5 Dinners and The Homespun Heart got together to create a series on how to host Thanksgiving on a Budget. Today they’ve opened it up to their readers to post their budget saving Thanksgiving ideas. I grew up in Alberta, Canada and it wasn’t until we moved to the States 8 years ago…
This week my Kroger has Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for $1.99/lb. This doesn’t seem to be an advertised sale, but check your Kroger to see if they are running it too. Here’s how I cut up the chicken breasts to make them ready for use in meals. Each breast provides several different cuts that can be incorporated…
When making bread, the cooler the temperature of the room, the longer it takes for the bread dough to rise. Rather than turn up thermostat, turn on the oven light in your oven and place the bowl of dough inside and close the door. The oven light provides just that little bit extra warmth needed for the dough rise.
My husband and I each like to sleep with two pillows. So on our bed we have two king size pillows and two regular size pillows. Most sheet sets only come with one set of standard size pillow cases. Rather than buy cases for the king size pillows, I sew them. Pillowcases are quick and easy to make. If you…
Food Lion has London Broil on sale this week for $1.88 per pound so I thought I’d share with all of you how we save money on a variety of different cuts of meat by cutting and wrapping our own. The last time London Broil was on sale we bought nine roasts over the course of three shopping trips. The…
Has you favorite teapot developed a crack, making it unsafe to use? Perhaps you have a vintage teapot sitting unused in a cupboard somewhere? If you’re like me, you hate to throw out anything if you can find a way to re-purpose it. When my favorite teapot developed a hairline crack inside, I decided it was time to switch teapots rather…
