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  • brownies,  frugal,  frugal ideas,  healthy,  healthy snacks,  kid friendly,  make-your-own,  Make-your-own-Monday,  money saver,  pantry,  pantry staples,  saving time

    Make-Your-Own Monday–Make Your Own Brownie Mix For The Pantry

    October 7, 2013 /

     Make-Your-Own Monday is a weekly series that challenges you to take something that you would normally purchase in the grocery store and make it yourself.  This challenge is about getting the processed ingredients out of your kitchen, making your home…

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    By Krissy
  • Fall,  family fun,  frugal decorations,  Halloween,  homemade,  homemade decorations,  money saver,  pumpkin spice

    Fun & Frugal Fall Decorations You Can Make Yourself!

    September 21, 2013 /

    With the start of fall just a mere two days away, my thoughts are beginning to sway to leaves, pumpkins, pine cones, and all things orange, yellow, and green.  Ah…just the thought of walking on crispy leaves makes me want…

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    By Krissy
  • childhood memories,  frugal,  homemade,  kid friendly,  sweet cornbread

    Sweet Cornbread

    August 21, 2013 /

    Do you remember that delicious, sweet cornbread from a box?  Growing up, my mom would make that cornbread once in a while, and I loved it.  More often than not, we had homemade cornbread from a cast iron skillet.  That…

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    By Krissy
  • apples,  applesauce,  blueberry applesauce,  healthy,  healthy snacks,  homemade

    Blueberry Applesauce

    August 14, 2013 /

    If there is one ingredient I can add to a recipe to kick up it’s health benefits, it’s applesauce.  If you look at many of my recipes, you may notice that applesauce is usually among the list of ingredients, particularly…

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    By Krissy
  • easy,  kid friendly,  Mexican,  rice,  simple,  Spanish rice

    Super Easy Spanish Rice

    August 14, 2013 /

    One evening, my family requested Mexican food for dinner.  Cool, I thought.  Mexican food is probably up there on my top ten most favorite food genres– or something like that. It’s been a long time since I had made Spanish…

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    By Krissy
  • family fun,  healthy,  healthy snacks,  road trip,  simple,  snacks,  vacation

    Fun & Healthy Road Trip Snacks

    July 18, 2013 /

    With summer in full-swing, thoughts often turn to summer vacation.  If you are anything like me, you have two main goals for a family vacation: 1.  Have fun2.  Keep it healthy as possible Having fun is the easy part.  There’s…

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    By Krissy
  • blender,  breakfast,  drinks,  smoothie,  strawberry,  use it up

    Super Power Smoothie

    May 17, 2013 /

    Smoothies often make a regular appearance at my house.  I love them, and I use smoothies to use up a few odds and ends of fruit and vegetables that are lying around.  As much as I enjoy them, I don’t…

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    By Krissy
  • alternative,  cream cheese,  cream cheese lasagna,  lasagna,  one pot,  skillet,  skillet recipe,  substitute

    Cream Cheese Lasagna Skillet

    April 25, 2013 /

    I don’t know about you, but most of my recipe adventures in the kitchen happen most often when I’m out of an ingredient.  Such was the case when I came up with this recipe.  I had promised my family lasagna…

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    By Krissy
  • berry sauce,  breakfast,  fun breakfast,  pancakes,  peanut butter,  peanut butter pancakes,  strawberry,  strawberry sauce

    Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes

    April 24, 2013 /

    We love pancakes in our house.  L-O-V-E them!  If you were to show up at our house on the weekend, chances are I’m in the kitchen making pancakes and bacon. Man, just typing that makes me hungry. We usually just…

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    By Krissy
  • after school snack,  blueberries,  breakfast,  cooking from scratch,  Freezer recipes,  fruit,  healthy,  make-your-own,  muffins,  snacks,  throw-back

    Blueberry Muffins

    April 4, 2013 /

    When I was about 12 or 13 years old, my grandmother was selling cookbooks for her local civic organization.  My mom bought one, because that’s what you do for your family when they ask you to buy things.  The following…

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    By Krissy
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