Who says sandwiches are just for lunch? They reduce the heavy cooking in the kitchen, get you out to the barbecue grill occasionally, and give you some summer variety in your dinner routine.

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.

This week’s menu plan brings you a full week of dinner and side dish barbecue recipes that you can cook outdoors on the grill. These cook on the grill bbq recipes will be something daring that will make your family look forward to dinner on the barbecue!

I set out to create a simple, no fail white gravy recipe. I finally found something that works every time. It’s frugal, filling, and tastes wonderful. Plus, it can be used over biscuits, potatoes, or in dishes like chicken gravy and rice.

Our menu plan this week features summer salads recipes with a twist.  Our easy summer salads with a twist are versions of recipes that you might not have tried before, with interesting ingredient combinations in light, delicious summer salad dinners. 
These dinners don’t require extensive baking or stovetop cooking, helping to keep your home cool as [...]

This stuffed tortilla chips recipe is a unique Tex-Mex recipe that you’ve never had before! Kids love it for being a finger-food dinner, and you’ll love as something different in your regular menu plan rotation!

Our menu plan this week features a second helping of frugal recipes from the Great Depression era. If you didn’t print out our first set of Depression recipes, get it here: Printable Menu Plan of Great Depression Recipes.

We found a great article at TipNut with tips for natural beauty tips and remedies using foods and other household materials. Among them are beauty tips for olive oil, sesame oil, strawberries, apples, tea, egg whites, honey, yogurt, lemon juice, and even avocado!

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.