Have you ever had chicken defrosting in the fridge for a day or two when you suddenly realize you are missing ingredients for the meal the chicken was intended for? That was me yesterday and I had to come up…

These days we are all feeling a bit busier than usual, probably because we are doing a bit more at home. When people are in the house all day the house gets messy faster, we have more dishes to do,…

I started experimenting with creating homemade Chinese food about 4 years ago and there is one sauce recipe I keep turning back to. This recipe is a slight variation on this sauce, it gives you a more salty instead of…

I’m a sucker for iced coffee drinks. For the longest time I would grab my Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato every morning before work. It became like clockwork, summer or winter. Then one day I went through the math of it…

When it comes to delicious budget meals I’m a pro. During the bad financial periods in my life I had to learn how to cook cheap meals. That’s where this Easy Cream Tomato And Spinach Pasta came from. It’s super…

For years now I have worked to become a grocery shopping expert. I’ve learned all the tricks to saving money and stretching food. At least until we moved to Pittsburgh and opted to get rid of our car. I knew…

If you are a snackaholic like me you may want to look into the energy balls I have featured below. Energy balls make the perfect snack because they are usually jam packed with fiber and protein. It’s a great mid…

Have you ever noticed that when fall hits you start massively craving comfort foods? It happens to me every year. Unfortunately, with a busy work at home schedule comfort food cravings usually lead to ordering a pizza or getting Five…

We’ve reached that time of year when all I want to eat is lots of soup. It’s smart to have a list of best soup recipes when fall and winter hit. Soup is great for those busy days when you…

So you want to go vegan but you’ve heard it’s loads more expensive than a traditional meat and dairy diet. Well, it doesn’t have to be. We’re on a pretty strict budget so when we followed a vegan diet I…

I was skeptical about freezer cooking for a long time before trying it. I was afraid, like most meal plans I figured it would be more expensive and we are living on a strict budget. I was also pretty positive…

Food waste used to be a huge problem for our house and our food budget. That was until I took a good look at the food we buy. I decided to create a master grocery list filled with budget friendly…