Nessa is a full time wife and mother of two, living the small town life in rural Texas. She loves cooking everything from tried and true recipes to her own wonderful creations. Catch her blogging at Ramblings of a Texas Housewife and on Twitter @Nessa_TX.
Snacks for a Couples’ Game Night
My husband and I decided rather [...]

Getting your kids involved in the kitchen is a great way to spend quality time with them while teaching them valuable life lessons. When you are in the kitchen you use math, science, and more. It’s a great classroom! There is so much you can teach while simply baking cookies together.

The kids may be home for summer vacation and hungry all the time, but that doesn’t mean you should wreck your grocery budget by buying expensive snacks!

Sometimes it is hard to eat as many fruit and vegetables as we should when shopping on a budget. With coupons you can often find great deals on frozen and canned items, but fresh produce often comes with a higher price tag.

I’ve been a mommy blogger for Oscar Mayer for a while, and working with them just keeps getting better and better. Oscar Mayer is sending me to their test kitchens in Madison, Wisconsin! That’s right, they are flying me to tour the Oscar Mayer Kitchens in honor of the launch of four new flavors of Deli Fresh meats.

Going to the meat counter can be confusing; there are so many different types of ground beef. What do the labels mean? And which one will give us the best burger? Let’s break them down one by one and see if we can solve this dilemma.

Do you dream of preparing that perfectly crisp pizza at home so that it comes out just as good as (or better than) your favorite restaurant? If you know how to use a pizza stone you’ll be able to copy their professional quality.  A good pizza stone used efficiently by following these simple pizza stone [...]

How to Cut a Pineapple
Many people are afraid to buy whole pineapples, even though they are often a much better value than canned pineapple.  The simple reason why they pass on fresh is that they’re not sure how to cut up a pineapple.  It’s true: with its leaves and prickly skin, it’s hard to know [...]

 
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Unexpected Guests?  12 Mealtime Savers
From time to time situations arise in which you have unexpected guests for a meal at the last minute.  Perhaps extra kids were invited over for dinner after school or a visiting family accompanies you home for brunch after church.  Whatever the circumstances, it can be tricky to [...]

How to Stretch Your Ground Meat by Cutting With Frugal Fillers
Meat is expensive and if yours is like most frugal families, it takes up a significant portion of your grocery budget. While ground beef, ground chicken, ground pork and ground turkey are many times cheaper than full cuts of meat, they are still one of [...]