Banana Strawberry Smoothie

I do not have a lot of appliances in the room I ...

Dollar Store Food Shopping – Yes or No?

Many people make less money during the winter than they do the ...

Bean and Rice Soup

Often, when we have little money for food, we look for ways ...

Zucchini and Cucumber Salad

There is nothing better than fresh produce and herbs from your garden, ...

Ramen Noodle Add-Ins

Skye and Zowie used to love Ramen Noodles. They would eat it ...

Cheese, Egg and Sausage French Toast Sandwiches

I am getting back into cooking mode for autumn and winter!. During ...

Cheese, Egg and Bacon French Toast Sandwiches

September is the time of year when I begin wanting to cook ...

Patriotic Berry Parfait

I love berries and whipped topping, and this parfait recipe This dessert ...

Watermelon and Blueberries with Yogurt

I love melons and berries, and find combining the two makes for ...

Pineapple Spinach Smoothie

Have I mentioned how much I love smoothies. I just spent a month not having them (while doing the Whole30), and am happy to be able to have them again. I eat a lot of salads, usually at least two big ones a day, so am happy to be able to have a smoothie each […]

This and That Smoothie

Throughout the spring and summer months, I will be sharing a bunch of smoothie recipes here on the blog and on the Bangor Easy Meals channel. I hope you have the chance to try each of them. They are delicious. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for the smoothie I enjoyed […]

Chicken and Sweet Potato Mash

Another Whole30 recipe. I made this one the other night, enough to have leftovers for another meal. I make enough leftovers of most things for at least one meal, so that I am not doing as much cooking on work days. I do most cooking on my days off. It just makes my days go […]

Mini Burger Patties

While following the Whole30, I have to come up with new recipes. I love burgers, but am unable to have cheese, condiments or buns. I was still craving a burger though. I went grocery shopping today, and purchased a pound of ground beef. Once home, I combined the beef with a few other ingredients and […]

Easy Turkey Soup

I started the Whole30 plan today, and have to come up with new recipe versions, and sometimes completely new recipes. You will benefit from this, in that I am going to share each of the recipes here on the blog. This turkey recipe is a new one for me. One that I thought up and […]

Shepherd’s Pie Variations

The shepherd’s pie recipe I used when the girls were growing up was a favorite of ours and our cousin Ashland. At its most basic, this is what it was: 1 pound browned ground beef, rinsed and drained and spread over the bottom of a baking dish, and topped with 1 can of drained whole […]

Mini eBook: Keeping the Single Mom Home – The Kitchen

Do you feel like you can’t get your kitchen duties under control? Maybe you want to streamline your time in your kitchen? Or, perhaps you would like a few tips on organizing your kitchen. This Mini eBook is one in a series that is geared toward helping single moms get their household tasks under control. […]

eCookBook: Fabulously Frugal Fruits

This eCookBook features the fruit recipes and their uses that were featured on the Frugal Recipes blog from 2007 to 2009. There are great ideas for using up excess fruit as well. Revisit the old recipes immediately after purchasing them from my online store at lulu.com. Fabulously Frugal Fruits sells for $6.95. PDF Enjoy! Shannon

Pita Bread Pizza

I am always trying to come up with ideas for using leftover ingredients from other recipes. This pita bread pizza is one such creation. I only had one pita pocket, and it made a pizza the perfect size for one person to enjoy. The only ingredient I purchased for this pizza was the shredded cheese, […]

The Latest Issue of Frugal Recipes Happenings has Arrived

  In this issue of Frugal Recipes Happenings, I discusses using leftovers   in an effort to waste less food and spend less money. Enjoy!   Shannon    

eCookBook: Very Frugal Vegetables

This eCookBook features the numerous vegetable recipes and their uses that were featured on the Frugal Recipes blog from 2007 to 2009. There are great ideas for using up excess vegetables, and for creating your own recipes as well. These recipes will not be offered on the blog again, so you will want to purchases […]

Bean, Rice and Chicken Burrito

Still adding to my beans and rice recipes. This one incorporates chicken, a healthier alternative to beef. With some add-ins, which can be changed up as you see fit, this recipe is a great way to use up a variety of leftovers. Ingredients leftover beans and rice leftover chicken, cut into bite size pieces tortilla […]

Banana Strawberry Smoothie

I do not have a lot of appliances in the room I rent, but I add something new every so often. The room came with a dorm refrigerator, a 1-burner hotplate, a microwaves, and a toaster oven i barely know how to use. A friend gave me a 2-burner hotplate, giving me almost an entire […]

eCookBook: Main Meal Magic

While most of the original main meal recipes are no longer available here on the blog,  they have been placed in an eCookBook for your enjoyment. This book can be ordered from my lulu.com store and downloaded immediately after purchase. Main Meal Magic is one of a series of eCookBooks featured here on the Frugal […]

Beans and Rice Salad, from Leftovers

Sometimes I just want a salad. I start to feel that I have eaten far too many heavy meals, but need lunch or dinner to fill me up enough to get me through. This is where I combine components of a main meal with some salad fixings. The basic beans and rice recipe that I […]

eCookBook: Beverages on a Budget

Wondering where the original beverage recipes from the Frugal Recipes blog have gone? Most of them have been taken off the blog and placed in an eCookBook for your enjoyment. This book can be ordered from my lulu.com store and downloaded immediately after purchase. Beverages on a Budget bundles most of the beverage recipes and […]

Little Food on Hand, Little Money for More

It happens to many of us at least once during the lean winter months when we are not working as many hours as we had been months ago, and our small stocks of food have just about run out. I need a better food storage system in the room I rent, so I can be […]

Dollar Store Food Shopping – Yes or No?

Many people make less money during the winter than they do the rest of the year, so they look for ways to cut costs on a variety of items including food. People purchase more store brand items, and couple coupons with sales. They even look at the discount racks and carts placed strategically around the […]

Bean and Rice Casserole

I am still coming up with ideas for, and testing, bean and rice recipes. I am ready for something else now, lol, and have been eating pasta the last couple of days. I do have a couple more ideas to test out, for the beans and rice, but they are more spring/summer in nature, they […]

Hearty Bean and Rice Soup

  One of my most recent recipes, Hearty Bean and Rice Soup, was published on the Frugal Texas Diva’s blog today. I thought you might want to check it out, as well as the rest of Teresa’s blog.   I also published Easy Bean and Rice Tacos on my Bangor Easy Meals channel.   Enjoy […]

Leftover 3 Cheese Beans and Rice

I have been posting recipes here and on the Bangor Easy Meals channel lately, showing the uses of leftover beans and rice. Why? Because beans and rice are both affordable ingredients to make meals left, and because you can make a large amount to eat throughout the week. Today’s recipe is for a recipe that […]

What to do with Leftover Beans and Rice

Beans and rice are two cheap commodities, and are used in a number of equally affordable meal choices. I use brown rice and baked beans, though you may choose any type of either – whatever you can afford. Before you can use leftovers to make other meals, you must first make the beans and rice […]