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The Frugal Housewife proudly announces the addition of a new recipe to the recipe page! Randa Lee submitted Curried Cauliflower to be added and we now have it posted to the recipe section. Also, we've added Randa Lee's blog, The Bewitchin' Kitchen, to our Blogroll. Please be sure to check out the new recipe at Favorite Recipes and be sure to … [Read more...]
For a while now, my hubby has been saying that he is tired of the same ole, same ole for supper. He's pretty picky. He doesn't like casseroles, lasagna, or Hamburger Helper. He's a beef and potatoes kind of guy. He does like chicken but usually fried. So I started looking for recipes that I could adapt to "our" style of eating . Yes, he … [Read more...]
Last night was the final of this year's Food Network Star competition. I am so excited because not only did a fellow Texan win the competition but she is a HOUSEWIFE who's new show is going to be called Ten Dollar Dinners. Her name is Melissa d'Arabian. She's going to be focusing her show on feeding four people on $10 or less!!! For … [Read more...]
This week's Frugal Pantry scenario is: You got hungry for turkey so you baked a great big beautiful turkey. No it's not Thanksgiving but there are times when it happens. Your family ate a lot the turkey but since it was a huge turkey and you have a lot left over. What are you going to do with it? Feed it to the cat? … [Read more...]
For tonight's Frugal Pantry Tuesday, I'm going to do something different and ask the question -- What is the worst leftover meal that you have ever made? The worst leftover meal I ever made was made out of some ground sirloin. I was going to make a "Cowboy Stew" and when I looked in the pantry I didn't have any kidney beans. I did have some … [Read more...]
My husband does not like the word “leftovers”. When we first got married, he refused to eat “leftovers”. I came from a family that believed in using leftovers and would change the dishes into something else altogether. It was not an uncommon to think that Mom had been cooking all day creating a new dish when the reality was that she … [Read more...]
Menu didn't work. Earlier at the start of this blog, we decided that we'd try to make a menu for the week. While doing this is a very good idea, it just didn't work very well for us. My son lives with us in the summer and there are too many activities going on in our household to try and implement the cooking at home. After he went back … [Read more...]
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