Category Archives: frugal

Soft Shelled Tacos with Homemade Salsa or Hot Sauce

Make Your Own Salsa or Hot Sauce using Hot Chili Peppers

One of my favorite quick meals are tacos. I cannot eat tacos without hot sauce but we always keep the ingredients on hand to make it. We try to buy all staple ingredients when they are on sale, so of course that lowers the cost of the recipe being made. Here are some cost comparisons: Pickled Jalapenos $0.79 to $1.39+ Diced Tomatoes $0.50 to $1.29+ Tomato Sauce $0.10 to $0.39+ Onions 3#/$1 to $0.99/$1 Garlic – $0.25/head to $0.79/head+ There… Read the rest

How to Make Personalized Miniature Candy Bars for Weddings or Baby Showers

Our wedding total costs were under $3000, but thanks to great friends and family, after the gifts and donated food and decorations we spent less than $100 out of pocket. Click here to download this tutorial in PDF. What you'll need to make 200 miniature candy favors: Hershey's Assorted Miniatures (cost is ~$0.05 each) Download my Photoshop image, which must be customized Download my wrappers template (Word Document). This also must be customized Paper in your choice of color or… Read the rest

Visitors in the Garden

When I got home from work today I went out to check on the garden. One of our cats was in the garden, hunting what looked to be a Curve-Billed Thrasher. Between Mr. A and I, we were able to catch him and set him free. This means there is a way into the garden for both birds, and cats. Drat! Thankfully the dogs had not discovered the bird or they would have been trying to find a way in… Read the rest

Gardening and Blazing Speeds!

I'm heading out to see if I can get my seeds planted. I usually overwhelm myself and try to get EVERYTHING started that I want, but I told myself this morning as I was milking that I would only plant a few things and I can plant again in two weeks. I started out with lettuce, radishes, kale and Swiss Chard. Then I realized I have to plant beets, too. Especially since they take a long time to mature into… Read the rest