Making the Frugal Life Fabulous
Years ago I tried my hand at making crock pot yogurt. I or my family didn’t care for it at all. I made the mistake of making plain yogurt instead of the sweet vanilla that we normally prefer. Beyond that, it came out runny and we like thicker yogurt. I quickly went back to buying […]
I love finding new uses for my crockpot. I used to just use it for pot roast in winter, but now you can pretty much find it all year long cooking foods on my counter. With it being winter it gets so cold and dark early here. The last thing I feel like doing is […]
Inside: The same delicious recipe you know and love, made with ease in the crock pot. Save some time with this slow cooker green bean casserole recipe. Growing up my favorite food wasn’t pizza or mac n cheese, it was my grandma’s green beans. My grandma always canned green beans fresh from her garden. When […]
Although I love summer and being at home with my kiddo my favorite season is actually fall. My husband and I got engaged in the fall and my son was born in fall. Beyond the happy memories I have of fall I love all the things that come with fall too. The leaves turning colors, […]
Inside: Love corn on the cob but don’t have the time to make it? Try this easy recipe on how to cook corn on the cob in a crock pot. It tastes great and doesn’t heat up the house. Usually, when you think of the crockpot you think of warm winter meals like a pot […]
Years ago when my husband and I were in college we didn’t go out on dates very often. I would however go over to his apartment and he would cook me dinner. Usually it was something like fried bologna, pasta or some other meal that didn’t involve meat or a very cheap meat. We were […]
When my husband and I were first married, I attempted to make my grandma’s bean soup. I had it cooking for a couple of hours and couldn’t wait to eat it. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize if I wasn’t cooking with canned beans I would need to cook the beans first. They were so hard we […]
