Cheap Easy Recipe – Chocolate Swirl Bars

Cheap Easy Dessert Recipes

Here is an easy and inexpensive recipe to prepare from Family Circle Magazine. The main ingredients are butter, sugar, flour, peanut butter, oats and chocolate chips. Usually things you already have around the house. Plus peanut butter and oats are healthy.

It is quick to prepare – only 15 . . . → Read More: Cheap Easy Recipe – Chocolate Swirl Bars

Saving Money Tips

Tips on Saving Money on Groceries

If you are planning on doing holiday baking start buying your ingredients now and put them in the freezer.  Prices can fluctuate tremendously over the course of just a few weeks.

Butter is a commodity and shortages in cream supplies and higher demand can drive prices up.

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Easy Cheap Recipe – Crockpot Cooking for Beef Stew

Crockpot Cooking Recipes

This recipe qualifies as a cheapskate winner because the ingredients are cheap and it is easy to make. Stew meat is one of your cheaper but tougher cuts of meat. The slow cooker does wonderful things to cheap cut of meats – the slow cooking process makes stew meat tender and . . . → Read More: Easy Cheap Recipe – Crockpot Cooking for Beef Stew

Easy Cheap Recipe – Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

If you are looking for more ways to save money consider joining the Family Save club. Family Save is a club you join, pay a small monthly membership fee and gain access to hundreds of thousands of dollars in coupons, gift cards, buy 1 get 1 free offers and more! Save on groceries, . . . → Read More: Easy Cheap Recipe – Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Cheap Recipe – Baked Potato Soup

If you are looking for more ways to save money consider joining the Family Save club. Family Save is a club you join, pay a small monthly membership fee and gain access to hundreds of thousands of dollars in coupons, gift cards, buy 1 get 1 free offers and more! Save on groceries, . . . → Read More: Cheap Recipe – Baked Potato Soup

Frugal Grocery Shopping – Fresh Produce

Save Money on Fresh Produce – Tips On Keeping It Fresh

I just read a really great article in Women’s Day magazine on how to make your produce last longer. Now before I give these tips, I want to let you know I also tried to those special storage bags for produce. I . . . → Read More: Frugal Grocery Shopping – Fresh Produce

Cheap Christmas Gifts – Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Homemade Holiday Gifts

 

I know that this year everyone is trying to economize with gifts. Many people do appreciate home baked goods. If you are going to make something homemade ideally you want something that is easy to make, has cheap ingredients and won’t spoil quickly.

I heard about this recipe for gingerbread several . . . → Read More: Cheap Christmas Gifts – Gingerbread Cake Recipe

How To Save Money On Holiday Entertaining

We all know Thanksgiving and Christmas are going to cost more this year than last year. But that is no big deal for us cheapskaters – it just means we have to get creative. So here are some tips from Parade Magazine on how to save on your holiday parties:

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