Disclosure: Fruit provided by The Fruit Club & contains affiliate links. All opinions are mine. When I tell people I regularly make homemade jam for my kid’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches they think I must spend all day in the kitchen. What they don’t know is that freezer jam is ready in minutes with Read more

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Money Saver! Happy Birthday to you! Maybe it isn’t your birthday.  Maybe it isn’t a birthday at all.  Maybe your good friends are returning from living a year in China.  Maybe it’s a holiday and you want to p-a-r-t-y with your family.  Maybe it’s Read more

Ahoy mateys!  I have a meal to share today that’s not just good for marines, but for us land dwellers too.  Meatball submarine sandwiches!  You can make them at home with very little effort – even less effort than getting in your car, putting on your seatbelts, opening the garage door, turning on your car Read more

This homemade (and freezer-friendly) sweet spaghetti sauce made in the slow cooker is so good it inspired a poem.  Yaa, Yaa, red sauceYaa, Yaa, red sauce,Have you any taste?Yes, sir; yes, sirThree tummies full.One for my mister,And one for my fame,And one for the little boyWho loves the choo choo train! The best meal that I Read more

Disclosure: Contains affiliate link. See full disclosure here. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  That’s what “they” say.  I can’t tell you if “they” are right or not.  But I can tell you that breakfast can be one of the most overlooked meals.  It’s easy to fall in a rut – cereal Read more

Taking the time to make a meal from start to finish all at one time is great.  It’s awesome when we have the time to do that. But if you’re like me, you don’t always have the time.  Sometimes, you just want to grab something out of the freezer and just get dinner on the Read more

I love serving vegetables with our meals.  We usually have at least two at every meal.  My family does well with raw veggies (especially with ranch dip!), but I also love roasting them.  Roasting vegetables adds a whole nother dimension to their taste.  There are a lot of seasonings that you can also add to Read more

Sometimes, you’re feeling just a little bit festive around the holiday times.  Holiday times, you may be wondering?  What holidays!?  Why St. Patrick’s Day, of course.  It’s a holiday worth celebrating.  And how exactly should we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?  Why mint chocolate chip cookies, of course! Do they go well with milk?  You bet Read more

Kitchen Hack (noun):  Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen.  A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. I think there are two kinds of people in this world: those that like shredded chicken and those that prefer diced chicken.  That might Read more