Faux Lasagna

It has been eons since I bought a boxed ground beef helper.  Why?  These types of convenience foods are expensive for what you get and the a...

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Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

Meals do not have to be fancy or complicated to be both frugal and delicious.  Simpler meals save on the cost of additional ingredients, the...

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Chile con Carne with Cheesy Garlic Bread

January is very much a laid back, catch-up month for us rounding up the end of our winter vacation in December, the holidays and entertainin...

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The Versatility of Tomato Sauce

Last September I was extremely busy home canning ten hampers of tomatoes into various tomato products.  The total yield was 206 jars ranging...

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Homemade Verses Store Bought Plain Waffles

There are a multitude of small kitchen appliances available, many of which can save you a substantial amount of money over their lifetime.  ...

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Frugal Kitchens 101 - Year Round Preserving

Here in the beautiful wintery wonderland of Ontario, we are hunkered down for the cold and chill the reality of winter brings.  We spent a t...

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French Canadian Split Pea Soup

Home canning is a year round venture in our home.  I've even canned foods in our RV when we had it and now at our vacation home.  When w...

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Easy Pulled Beef Dinner

Still working our way through the 40 lb of Ontario produce , I decided to make a quick, easy pulled beef dinner.  I keep packets of pre-cook...

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Home Canned Chili Con Carne

We do a lot of entertaining both at home and our vacation home.  One huge hit has always been chili dogs which basically are all beef wiene...

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Home Canned Chili with Beans and Spaghetti Sauce with Meat

The kitchen has been a flurry of activity with home canning to restock the pantry after our move last year.  Now a lot of folks think home c...

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Home Canned Condensed Tomato Soup

Just because I insist on doing as many home canned products as possible to avoid all the food additives in commercially canned foods, doesn...

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Home Canned Vegetable Beef Soup

Many perceive home canning to be making strawberry jam, canning peaches, making dill pickles and applesauce but in reality home canning is s...

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Kitchen Quick Tips - Pancakes

Make a double or triple batch of pancakes then freeze on a cookie sheet after cooking.  Package into freezer bags once froze.  The pancakes ...

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Kitchen Quick Tips - Freezing Grated Cheese

Grate cheese then spread it on a cookie sheet and freeze.  Transfer to a freezer bag and freeze for homemade convenience.  Grated cheese can...

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Planned Left Overs for Homemade Convenience

Yesterday I wrote about the pot roast with fire roasted tomato basil gravy I made for dinner a couple of nights ago.  This roast was cooked...

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Frugal Kitchens 101 - Homemade Convenience (2)

Last week's Frugal Kitchens 101 discussed homemade convenience and some of the equipment needed and what to focus on.   Store bought co...

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Frugal Kitchens 101 - Homemade Convenience (1)

We live in a very busy world with a lot of demands coming at us from every direction.  The food industry recognized this problem back during...

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Kitchen Quick Tips - Easy Bacon Bits

Take one full pound of bacon the cut across the strips to form small about half inch pieces.  Fry until crisp, stirring to keep pieces separ...

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