This handy kitchen tip shares a surefire way to save fruits and vegetables that are going bad.

Our Easy Recipes for Homemakers series continues with our newest creation: the Crockpot Chicken Chowder recipe.  Spring is approaching, which means time is running out to make heavy winter soups like this hearty crockpot chicken chowder soup.  We’ll be switching to lighter recipes soon, so work these winter favorites into your weekly menu plan while [...]

As springtime approaches, many of us want to get healthier and start cooking light recipes for dinner.  We’ve been eating heavy meals and thick winter soups for months now, and it’s time to ease up on the textures and the calories!  Our menu plan this week features low calorie and low fat recipes that will [...]

 
Easy Recipes for Homemakers: Nacho Salad
Our Nacho Salad recipe creation offers a fun twist on two classic Tex-Mex recipes.  Nachos are a fun dinner, and definitely one that your kids and hubby will be cheering for on the weekly menu plan!  But what is Nacho Salad?  If you crossed taco salad with nachos, you’d get [...]

How to Keep Lettuce Longer
Food storage questions are common, especially since certain foods are difficult to keep fresh.  We frequently receive similar questions and concerns from homemakers about the same subject: how do you keep lettuce fresh?, how to keep lettuce longer, how to keep lettuce from turning brown, and how to keep your green [...]

Menu Plan: Great Depression Recipes
Our menu plan this week features recipes from the most frugal era in history: The Great Depression.  With all the comparisons between the current Recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s, it makes sense that we research Great Depression recipes.  Jobs are shaky and income uncertain for many people right [...]

Recipe: Hubby’s Best Crab Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps
This stuffed portobello mushroom recipe is a delicious gourmet dish that’s easy enough for even a beginner to make.  What a perfect  romantic dish for two during a date-night evening after the kids are asleep!   Hubby’s Best Recipes are exclusively crafted for Homemaker Barbi by Michael Simmons.
The crab [...]

Pantry stockpiles are the best- especially when they’re filled with free and nearly-free food.  I have to admit I get a strange happiness out of being resourceful, and watching my grocery bill dwindle as I fill up the pantry makes me ecstatic.  However – this month I spent only $20 on groceries for an ENTIRE [...]

 
Our menu plan this week features recipes from the thriftiest frugal homemakers in the blogosphere!  We’re happy to help frugal homemakers save money on groceries by providing new and interesting recipes that don’t cost a lot to make.  Learn more about ways to save money on groceries here.
Homemaker Barbi’s exclusive free printable Take and Make [...]

 
Recipe: Hubby’s Best Crab and Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
This seafood fettuccine recipe makes a fantastic romantic dish for a date-night evening at home after the kids have gone to bed!   Hubby’s Best recipes are exclusively crafted for Home Ever After by Michael Simmons.
This creamy dish was made by “hubby” as the co-main course for the Valentine’s [...]