... small feat and anyone who manages to accomplish it should be praised and envied. Our frugal holiday series is going to focus on saving money ... breakfast in: When you have guests it’s easy to get distracted by thoughts of gourmet coffee houses and breakfasts out, but it is much cheaper to make ... buy some of the coffee grounds sold at your local gourmet coffee shop. Get a couple of recipes for easy ...

... able to serve gourmet meals, right? Well, that is why Dawn Hall wrote the Busy People's Fast & Frugal Cookbook. What I love about this cookbook is that the recipes can be prepared in 30 ... meal in 30 minutes or less. Amazing! The recipes in this cookbook are also of a frugal nature. Therefore you aren't going to break the bank when you go shopping for groceries ...

... club can be just the right incentive to get going. A cooking club is something like a book club or a frugal club, but instead of reading, why not trying cooking? Families and friends can get together once or twice ... Eating InHow to Start a Book ClubWhat's Cooking? A Zesty, Three Ingredient Gourmet Cheese SpreadFinding New Recipes, Without Paying for New Cookbooks This article is from Wise Bread ...

Nourishing Gourmet asked for this week's Pennywise Platter Thursday post to be about frugal gifts, nourishing if possible. For "Nourishing" I wanted to direct you over to the post I made on my craft blog about bookmarks that I made for gifts this year. They're simple and fun to do, and the wool felt that they're made out of makes them ...

Jeff Smith, who used to do the Frugal Gourmet cooking show, used to emphasize two themes. One was that "frugal" didn't mean "inexpensive" but rather getting your full money's worth. The other was that inviting someone into your home, cooking food, and breaking bread together was a religious experience experience, a sharing of communion. read more

... , a member of the Lollipop Guild, the Sears Tower complete with flashing lights, Peter Pan, Pepe le Pew, Aladdin, Gumby, the National Debt, the Frugal Gourmet, Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella, and many more honored guests at our annual gala. One year the doorbell rang, and when I answered it, the American Gothic man ...