Frugal Cooking Headquarters

Homemade Vegetable Soup

As a kid, I used to love my mother's homemade vege more...0 points

As a kid, I used to love my mother's homemade vegetable soup. In the fall and winter it brought comfort and even years later when I mad...0 points

Budget Friendly Meals

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Looking for budget friendly meals that will help you stretch your dwindling dollars? This page is dedicated to help you find great tasting r...0 points

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

I love pumpkins. I like roasted pumpkin seeds, pum more...0 points

I love pumpkins. I like roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin lattes, etc, etc. Here's my tribute to Roasted Pumpkin S...0 points

Healthy Vegetarian Recipes %u2013 Lentil Curry

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I'm not a Vegetarian but this vegetarian lentil curry is easy, tasty, healthy and especially great if you are on a budget!



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Jello Recipes

You can't go to a family picnic, or a neighbor's b more...0 points

You can't go to a family picnic, or a neighbor's birthday party without seeing a jello dish of some sort on the table. This are the recipe...0 points

Easy Menu Planning

Menu planning - or meal planning - is simply plann more...0 points

Menu planning - or meal planning - is simply planning your meals ahead of time. You can plan for several days, a week or even a month at a...0 points

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup has long been known as one of more...0 points

Chicken noodle soup has long been known as one of the best healthy comfort foods. When we think of chicken noodle soup, we feel emotionally ...0 points

Making Lemonade

This lens is about how to easily make your own del more...0 points

This lens is about how to easily make your own delicious, homemade lemonade. Here are recipes and suggestions for flavor variations, links t...0 points

Healthy College Food

Ok, so you got the acceptance letter, you called y more...0 points

Ok, so you got the acceptance letter, you called your new roommate and now what? It's time to look into the food situation. Sure your paren...0 points

Huevos Rancheros: Breakfast (Or Dinner) At Our House

Being a New England native without a south-of-the- more...0 points

Being a New England native without a south-of-the-border bone in my body, I'd not heard of this dish until my mustached man, Steve, an A...0 points

Frozen Yogurt Recipes

The benefits of yogurt are as plentiful as our flavors, more...0 points

The benefits of yogurt are as plentiful as our flavors, they include:



1. Good source of calcium & protein



2. Healthy bacteria, which h...0 points

Top 10 Easy Recipes for College Students!

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Welcome to my lens offering free easy recipes for college students. Here are the top 10 easy college recipes (in my humble opinion) for coll...0 points

Starbucks Coffee Drink Recipes

Ahhh, Starbucks. There's no big chain coffee store more...0 points

Ahhh, Starbucks. There's no big chain coffee store that makes a better espresso...actually, they're better than many small cafes! The qual...0 points

Rice Cookers

Rice cookers are a wonderful invention.As much as more...0 points

Rice cookers are a wonderful invention.As much as I love rice, I rarely  made it until I got my rice cooker.With the rice cooker I can ...0 points

Making Mashed Potatoes

One of the most popular ways to cook potatoes is t more...0 points

One of the most popular ways to cook potatoes is to mash them.  This lens offers information about types of potatoes, how to keep and s...0 points

How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs - WITHOUT a Nonstick Pan!

How do you get nonstick eggs without a nonstick pa more...0 points

How do you get nonstick eggs without a nonstick pan? Even with nonstick, are your eggs a gummy mess? I always wondered how chefs turned out ...0 points

Smoothies: Healthy Smoothie Recipes & Smoothie Drinks

This lens is all about smoothies. Smoothie recipes more...0 points

This lens is all about smoothies. Smoothie recipes, smoothie sites, smoothie blenders and smoothie lovers. Please sign in at our guest book ...0 points

How To Make A Perfect Omelette

The elusive perfect omelette. Humankind has search more...0 points

The elusive perfect omelette. Humankind has searched for the paragon of fried egg mixture since the invention of pots and pans. You are one ...0 points

Crepes Central!

Crepes are thin delicate pancakes that can be a wr more...0 points

Crepes are thin delicate pancakes that can be a wrap for anything from strawberries and chocolate, to cinnamon and apples, to grilled veggie...0 points

Broccoli Recipes

Broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables. I'll ea more...0 points

Broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables. I'll eat it by itself most of the time, just steamed with a bit of garlic and butter added for f...0 points

What's the best breakfast food for staying healthy?

I didn't always eat so healthy, but as I have got more...0 points

I didn't always eat so healthy, but as I have got older, I now understand the importance of trying to stay healthy, and starting the day of...0 points

Frozen Yogurt, Ice Cream and Sorbet Recipes with the Cuisinart ICE-20

What could be better than a delicious frozen yogur more...0 points

What could be better than a delicious frozen yogurt, ice cream, or sorbet on a hot summer day?Why a home made frozen yogurt, ice cream, or s...0 points

My Recipe for Potato Salad

Some years ago, when I worked in an office environ more...0 points

Some years ago, when I worked in an office environment, we often had pitch-in lunches. A co-worker of mine, a woman who was originally f...0 points

Basic Kitchen Supplies - Kitchen Supply List

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Every Kitchen needs a basic set of tools or supplies to function.  With all the cooking shows on TV like Hells Kitchen and more many pe...0 points

Recipe for Homemade Yogurt

Homemade Yogurt (yoghurt) is a healthy source of p more...0 points

Homemade Yogurt (yoghurt) is a healthy source of protein, calcium, magnesium, and other essential vitamins and minerals. The active cultures...0 points

Delicious Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Make these mouth watering homemade cinnamon rolls more...0 points

Make these mouth watering homemade cinnamon rolls for your family. They are made with a great sweet roll recipe and are easy to make. Impres...0 points

Simple Guide to Cooking with Herbs and Spices

Most households have herbs and spices in their pan more...0 points

Most households have herbs and spices in their pantry or spice rack. Some do use them and some other seem to forget they're even there... e...0 points

So what do I do with that leftover roast beef?

When buying a beef joint to roast it is always bes more...0 points

When buying a beef joint to roast it is always best to buy one about two times bigger than what you think you need. By doing this, you can e...0 points

Greek Roasted Chicken

Did you know that the average American eats about more...0 points

Did you know that the average American eats about 80 pounds of chicken each year? That is not surprising because chicken can be prepared in ...0 points

Food Dehydrators

Food Dehydrators are a great way to dehydrate food more...0 points

Food Dehydrators are a great way to dehydrate food and make specialty foods such a jerkies made of beef or deer and other meats.  There...0 points

Top 10 Edible Plants in Your Yard (and beyond)

Yes, our neighbors think I'm a little bit crazy. T more...0 points

Yes, our neighbors think I'm a little bit crazy. They see me out in the yard with my little basket slung over my shoulder, picking "weeds...0 points

Christmas Sugar Cookies - Traditional Gingerbread Cookies

What would a holiday season be without cookies? Ch more...0 points

What would a holiday season be without cookies? Chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies, coconut cookies and sugar cookies with a cherry on the t...0 points

Tasty Nutritious Sandwiches

Tasty Nutritious Sandwiches - John Montagu (1718-1 more...0 points

Tasty Nutritious Sandwiches - John Montagu (1718-1792), the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, revived the concept of bread as utensil giving us the n...0 points

Canning Jars - Filled with Love

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I'll show you just how easy canning your own vegetables and fruits can be. I'll give you step-by-step instructions for water bath canning ...0 points

I want More Rhubarb

Here you'll find Rhubarb recipes, learn how to eat more...0 points

Here you'll find Rhubarb recipes, learn how to eat the rhubarb stalks - raw - right out of the garden, links to great Rhubarb resources, Rh...0 points

Cinnamon Apple Baked Beans (And Other Baked Bean Recipes)!

Baked beans have long been a favorite for chilly w more...0 points

Baked beans have long been a favorite for chilly winter dinners, summer picnics, and potluck dishes year round. This version adds the swee...0 points

How To Make Refried Pinto Beans

Nothing goes better with a Mexican dish than refri more...0 points

Nothing goes better with a Mexican dish than refried beans on the side. It is true, at one time in my life I only knew the kind you get in t...0 points

Making Soup Without A Recipe

This lens is all about how to make soup. I want yo more...0 points

This lens is all about how to make soup. I want you to learn the technique for making soup. There'll be a bit about the history of soup, th...0 points

How To Make Home Canned Turkey Vegetable Soup

Learning how to can your own soup (or anything els more...0 points

Learning how to can your own soup (or anything else for that matter) just takes a little time, minimal equipment and the desire to preserve ...0 points

3 Ways to Use Stale Pastries or Cookies

Living in a dry climate, baked goods dry out very more...0 points

Living in a dry climate, baked goods dry out very rapidly so I've developed some different ways to use them rather than having to toss them...0 points

Creamy Mashed Potato Soup, from Leftovers

This Creamy Mashed Potato soup is not only very de more...0 points

This Creamy Mashed Potato soup is not only very delicious but economical too. Do you need a good way to use up mashed potato leftovers? This...0 points

Frugal Cooking Ideas and Recipes

Everybody has to eat, and unfortunately, eating ca more...0 points

Everybody has to eat, and unfortunately, eating can be very expensiveHowever, there are ways to make eating less expensive, so you have mone...0 points

Making Bread at Home

Have you ever baked homemade bread? I started maki more...0 points

Have you ever baked homemade bread? I started making bread many years ago. My mother also made many different kinds of bread through the yea...0 points

Scrumpdiddlyumptious Blueberry Banana Bread (or Muffins)

This is my family's absolute favorite breakfast fo more...0 points

This is my family's absolute favorite breakfast food: Blueberry Banana Muffins!0 points

Fruit Harvest Recipes

What could be better than strolling out into your more...0 points

What could be better than strolling out into your own garden and harvesting fresh fruit and using it immediately? You can choose not to use ...0 points

Antioxidants In Fruits And Vegetables

Eat your fruits and vegetables....they are good fo more...0 points

Eat your fruits and vegetables....they are good for you! Fruits and vegetables are a powerhouse of vitamins and nutrients that your body req...0 points

How to Make a Great Pasta Salad with Whatever's in Your Pantry

Your pantry is bare except for a few meager offeri more...0 points

Your pantry is bare except for a few meager offerings. How can you throw together a quick and easy meal? Pasta salad! This salad can be made...0 points

Low Cholesterol Banana Cream Pie with Oatmeal Pie Crust

Having high cholesterol does not mean that you hav more...0 points

Having high cholesterol does not mean that you have to give up desserts. Quite the opposite in fact. By learning where cholesterol hides, an...0 points

Save Money on Groceries

Saving money on groceries is the biggest budgeting more...0 points

Saving money on groceries is the biggest budgeting challenge I face each month.



I'm a numbers person, so I'm very aware of where I spen...0 points

Flip the Pancake and Sing about Waffles

You can make the best waffles and pancakes with the more...0 points

You can make the best waffles and pancakes with the cast iron griddles and pure Vermont Maple Syrup.



To get you in the mood you gotta che...0 points

Making Gourmet Flavored Coffee Creamer at Home

The market is flooded with all sorts of flavored n more...0 points

The market is flooded with all sorts of flavored non-dairy creamers. The problem is, most of these products are full of partially hydrogenat...0 points

Refillable wine bottles

If you are a regular, and thoughtful, wine drinker more...0 points

If you are a regular, and thoughtful, wine drinker you realise that your habit will be causing the production, transport and disposal or reu...0 points

Quick and Easy Pizza Recipe - Assemble, Cook and Eat!

This lens describes an easy way to make pizza, wit more...0 points

This lens describes an easy way to make pizza, without trying to prep special sauces, or dough, or anything (as long as you have the necessi...0 points

Yogurt Makers

Have you ever tried making your own homemade yogur more...0 points

Have you ever tried making your own homemade yogurt? Well, using some milk, a starter culture and a yogurt maker, you can do just that. Rea...0 points

Preserving Recipes for Summer Produce

If you have several good apple trees, you will pro more...0 points

If you have several good apple trees, you will probably find you have more apples than you know what to do with. There is a limit to the n...0 points

Coconutties: Super Simple, Super Quick, Super Sweet!

Coconutties are the quickest, easiest dessert arou more...0 points

Coconutties are the quickest, easiest dessert around, and yet they can look - and taste! - very elegant. Make these when you're headed out ...0 points

Delicious Homemade Soup

There are so many delicious soups that you can mak more...0 points

There are so many delicious soups that you can make. Enjoy a bowl of soup tonight for dinner. You can make your soup in a large pot on the s...0 points

Save Money on Groceries

In today's tough economic times it is important to more...0 points

In today's tough economic times it is important to be wise and thrifty with the food budget. For many families, the food bill is the bigges...0 points

How To Freeze Rhubarb

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Rhubarb is a large leafed plant with edible stalks that grows like a bad weed any where that it gets the opportunity to be planted.



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Most Requested Watkins Product Recipes

Watkins spices, extracts and pantry basics are the more...0 points

Watkins spices, extracts and pantry basics are the secret to generations of homemakers great tasting home cooking and baking! To go along wi...0 points

Freezer Meals

I noticed my daughter is always tired after work b more...0 points

I noticed my daughter is always tired after work but likes for her family to have a good meal.  She cooks, they eat and she is too tire...0 points

HOWTO: Make your own smoothies

Smoothies are expensive to buy - they cost at leas more...0 points

Smoothies are expensive to buy - they cost at least 2 or 3 times as much to buy as it would to make your own. Any household looking to eat w...0 points

Canning and Preserving

Canning and preserving foods is the best way to ke more...0 points

Canning and preserving foods is the best way to keep your surplus vegetables or meats well into winter and beyond.  Many methods from c...0 points

Frugal Grocery Shopping in Tough Times

Tough times require savvy shopping and this lens i more...0 points

Tough times require savvy shopping and this lens is constructed to help you become a smarter shopper so you can keep your pantry full while ...0 points

Frugal Cooking Without Sacrificing Taste And Nutrition

This lens was created to share some of the small t more...0 points

This lens was created to share some of the small things I've discovered that lead to better meals with less cost and waste. I grew up in a ...0 points

Daily Bread Made Easy!

Daily Bread. Fresh, home-baked bread. Every day. S more...0 points

Daily Bread. Fresh, home-baked bread. Every day. Sounds like a lot of work doesn't it? Its not. Believe me. Fresh baked bread every day doe...0 points

Make Your Own Soymilk

Make your own soymilk at home. It is easy to make more...0 points

Make your own soymilk at home. It is easy to make with your own soymilk machine. It's a hard long drawn out process if not using one of the...0 points

How to Make a Homemade Protein Bar

I have purchased many different protein bars and I more...0 points

I have purchased many different protein bars and I can tell you that they are very expensive. This bar can be made for under a dollar.0 points

Eating Well During the Credit Crunch

The credit crunch is here, and most people are fee more...0 points

The credit crunch is here, and most people are feeling their wallets getting tighter. It is still important to eat well (assuming you ate we...0 points

Zen and the art of Risotto

Welcome to Risotto Secrets where we dedicate a little more...0 points

Welcome to Risotto Secrets where we dedicate a little web space to promoting one of my favorite foods.



Answering questions like what is a...0 points

Best Frugal Recipes - Breakfast

With a family of eight living on a single income, more...0 points

With a family of eight living on a single income, I have devoted a lot of energy to learning how to save time and money in the kitchen. With...0 points

Food and Cooking Distributed Content

NewsUSA offers timely copyright-free syndicated ar more...0 points

NewsUSA offers timely copyright-free syndicated articles on food, nutrition, cooking and recipe ideas for media outlets.0 points

Meal Planning - How to Do it Right

With the price of food skyrocketing, many have beg more...0 points

With the price of food skyrocketing, many have begun to look for ways to stretch their budget when it comes to making meals. Are you sacrifi...0 points

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries are one of my favor more...0 points

Chocolate covered strawberries are one of my favorite things to eat.0 points

Frugal Cooking Headquarters

Frugal Cooking



Welcome to the frugal cooking! Here more...0 points

Frugal Cooking



Welcome to the frugal cooking! Here you'll find great lenses about delicious, frugal meals, and kitchen tips, tricks, and...0 points

Past Prime Pear Butter - PPPB

What can redeem them better than becoming spiced p more...0 points

What can redeem them better than becoming spiced past prime pear butter or PPPB for short? Apples (pear's cousins) can be added to increase...0 points

WTH is garlic butter

My first published lens, a recipe for making your own more...0 points

My first published lens, a recipe for making your own garlic butter. Very simple, very easy, impress your friends...



It tastes better tha...0 points

How To Stock A Pantry Frugally

With rising costs of just about every essential it more...0 points

With rising costs of just about every essential item in our daily lives, it is absolutely necessary to find ways to meet our basic needs and...0 points

Beans and Rice... Rice and Beans

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 or 101 ways to fix beans and rice... eventually!Beans and rice are inexpensive and healthy food choices.Meals featuring beans and rice...0 points

How to Make Chicken in a Bag

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Recipes for Apples

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Simple Chili Recipes

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Frugal Cooking A back to basics Approach to Cooking and Eating

Here at Frugal Cooking we take a back to basics ap more...1 point

Here at Frugal Cooking we take a back to basics approach to cooking. Combining Healthy Eating with budget cooking.1 point

Food Dehydrators

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Hillbilly Housewife

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Pantry Challenge

Pantry Challenge: Frugal living, recipes, tips, hi more...0 points

Pantry Challenge: Frugal living, recipes, tips, hints0 points

Pantry Challenge Minnesota

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What Can I make?

Need some help finding a recipe for your next meal more...0 points

Need some help finding a recipe for your next meal? Simply enter 3 main ingredients that you have on hand to find a delicious recipe or two to try.0 points

Food Stamp Stew; The Top Recipes for Really Cheap Meals!

Welcome to Food Stamp Stew, the lens that gives yo more...0 points

Welcome to Food Stamp Stew, the lens that gives you easy, delicious, and LOW COST recipes!Being strapped for cash is not much fun, and having been there many times myself, I've decided to share my simple, 'hard times' recipes with the world. Please feel free to add your own favorite thrifty meal ide...0 points

Food Stamp Stew; The Top Recipes for Really Cheap Meals!

Welcome to Food Stamp Stew, the lens that gives yo more...0 points

Welcome to Food Stamp Stew, the lens that gives you easy, delicious, and LOW COST recipes!Being strapped for cash is not much fun, and having been there many times myself, I've decided to share my simple, 'hard times' recipes with the world. Please feel free to add your own favorite thrifty meal ide...0 points