Category Archives: frugal

Hate Weeds? Don’t Kill Them, Eat Them!

Carnivals, frugal, gardening
If you are visiting from the Festival of Frugality, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Mighty Bargain Hunter for the fantastic effort of hosting this event, and including my post! Don't forget to check out my recipe for soup using purslane. I've called it Weed Soup. My garden is growing like gangbusters. Doesn't it look pretty? There's just one little problem. I knew my seeds were two years old, but I hoped they would still germinate. A few… Read the rest

OODA Most Popular Posts

frugal
Here are posts that have been very popular here at Out of Debt Again. Enjoy the trip down memory lane! Have to Get Things Under Control – The post that started it all. Wedding Under $3000 – Actually we only paid $96 for our wedding, after the money gifts and thanks to my very generous and loving mother-in-law. Wet Washing my Wedding Gown – Don't pay hundreds of dollars to wash your wedding gown, follow these steps and do it… Read the rest

Homemade Bread

frugal
Tricia over at Blogging Away Debt has been making bread lately, and I was inspired to pull out our breadmaker and make a loaf myself. Tricia said in her first post that she figured the loaf cost less than store bought, but today she factored in how much electricity her oven costs along with her ingredients. As Mr. A, AJ and I were playing a board game after church, it dawned on me that Tricia is probably using little packets… Read the rest
Cast Iron Skillets

How to Season Cast Iron

frugal
If you keep your cast iron skillets seasoned properly they will perform just like non-stick skillets but they will last forever.  I love buying and using things that you buy one time and can use throughout your life, and can then pass down to your grandchildren who can pass them down to their grandchildren and so on and so on.  More than 25 years ago I bought a from a yard sale and I have used it for years to… Read the rest