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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Lasagna Casserole (Day 12)

As I’ve shared before, Lasagna Casserole is a staple recipe at our house. I love it because it is so versatile and because most of the ingredients go on great sales a few times per year. I use...

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Freezer-Friendly Homemade Pizza Dough

This pizza crust recipe has been my go-to recipe for years. It’s so easy to make — and it’s really hard to ruin. In fact, I’ve made it dozens upon dozens of times and I don’t think I’ve ever messed it...

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Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole is delicious, filling, frugal, and so freezer-friendly! If you freeze the bags flat, you can store them on their side like filing folders to fit a lot in a small...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #4 Freezer-Friendly Snacks & Desserts +...

Can you believe we’ve made it to the last week of freezer cooking? My freezer is getting so stocked and it has been wonderful. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, I’m spacing out the recipes a bit...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Italian Chicken (Day 15)

This is one of our go-to meals. It is so, so easy and delicious. You could skip the freezing part altogether and just make it the day of, but some times it’s nice to pull a bag out of the freezer,...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Day 16)

If you’re not a fan of most freezer meals, can I encourage you to try making cookie dough and freezing it? I can almost guarantee you won’t be able to tell a difference between frozen cookie dough and...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Easy Morning Glory Muffins (Day 17)

These muffins are delicious and nutritious. When my friend, Angie, brought us some one day, I took one bite and knew they were winners. I adapted the original recipe to make it healthier, but if...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Energy Bites (Day 18)

So, I’m a day behind where I’d hoped to be, but I’m still plugging along — and can see the finish line in the very near future. Yay! And yay for a freezer full of good food! Today’s project was making...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (Day 19)

This recipe is one of our longtime family favorites. These muffins are so good and freeze so well. These also make a great dessert to add to a sack lunch. Just pull a frozen muffin out and stick it in...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Freezer-Friendly Chocolate Banana Bread (Day 20)

We made it to Day 20 — woohoo! If you’ve followed along and joined me in any or all of the daily freezer cooking challenges, you deserve a huge congratulations for making it this far. Chocolate Banana...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Homemade Flubber (Day 1)

We kicked off our 4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun series by making Homemade Flubber. In case you’re scratching your head wondering what I’m talking about, “Flubber” originated from Disney’s 1961 film The...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Edible Peanut Butter Playdough (Day 2)

Kathrynne woke up with a fever today. So much of my day was spent caring for her — and much of the other normal stuff just got shelved. By late afternoon, she was finally feeling a little better, so...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Painting With Water + Read Alouds (Day 3)

Today didn’t go as I’d planned, but it was a good day, nonetheless. Kathrynne was still quite sick today, so I spent a lot of time caring for her and we finally ended up taking her in to the doctor....

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Bubble Painting (Day 4)

Kathrynne was feeling better today and we were able to try the Bubble Painting. I didn’t think to look up multiple recipes for Bubble Painting on the internet, but I just went off of this pin on...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Marshmallow & Toothpick Structures (Day 5)

I was inspired by Angie from Creating Our Home for today’s project! And I’m so glad we tried this because it was a huge hit — especially with Kathrynne. All you need is a bag of mini marshmallows and...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Ivory Soap Clouds (Day 15)

We made Ivory Soap Clouds for our Frugal Family Fun project. The kids were less than enthused when I first told them about it. “Stick a bar of soap in the microwave? What’s the big deal about that?”...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: The Long Jump Contest (Day 16)

Inspired by watching the Olympic trials recently, we had our own Long Jump contest in our basement. Maybe we didn’t quite match the jumping style or finesse of those participating in the Olympic...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Elephant Toothpaste (Day 17)

We had a busy day today so we didn’t get to do our planned frugal family fun project until after Jesse came home tonight. He was quite impressed with the project and amazed at the creative idea I came...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Free Movie & Kool-Aid Ice (Day 18)

We met Angie and her four children at the local movie theater for their Free Kid’s Movie showing today. It was a wee bit crowded and noisy, but you can’t beat the price of free! We headed over to...

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4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Free food at Chick-fil-A (Day 19)

The kids had so much fun planning out and dressing up in their cow costumes for Chick-fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day today. We used stuff we already had on hand and I was really happy with how their...

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Q&A: Help! How do we stop spending more than $1,000 per month on groceries?

Carrie contacted me through the Money Saving Mom® Facebook Page with the following question: HELP!! I’m failing my family at staying within our grocery budget. I know all the things I’m “supposed” to...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #2 (update)

I’m so excited about how many of you are joining us for the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home Challenge! If you missed today’s assignment, you can find it here. It was so, so good to get back home...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #6

I’ve set aside the month of March to really focus on organization in my home and life. And I’d love for you to join me! Day 6 Assignment ::Get dressed in something that makes you feel great {there’s...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #8 (update)

I’m so excited about how many of you are joining us for the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home Challenge! If you missed today’s assignment, you can find it here. I flew to Colorado yesterday for today’s...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #14 Update

If you missed this morning’s assignment, you can check it out here. We got up at 3:15 a.m. in order to make our early connecting flight to Cincinnati this morning. It’s been a long day, but a good...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #16

We survived the Cincinnati conference! It was busy and our days there were packed, but it was wonderful — and it was so good to meet so many of you in person! {And for those who are wondering, my...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #16 Update

We had a good day today. I slept for 12 hours last night (I guess I was a bit exhausted after our busy weekend!) and woke up feeling very refreshed this morning. I had re-arranged our daily routine...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #17

Day 17 Assignment ::Get dressed in something that makes you feel great {there’s something about dressing in clothes that make you feel great that just gives you more energy and zest for life! Get your...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #17 Update

We had another good day today. This new routine is going so well — and I even got up later than usual this morning! Yay! Silas and Kaitlynn tackled the bathroom with me this morning during our morning...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #18

Day 18 Assignment ::Get dressed in something that makes you feel great {there’s something about dressing in clothes that make you feel great that just gives you more energy and zest for life! Get your...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #18 Update

My day began with a splash — literally. One of the children decided to get up early and help themselves to a bowl of cereal and milk. In the process of trying to get the milk out of the fridge, they...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #19

We’re almost to the finish line of this 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home Challenge! Thanks to those of you who have diligently joined me in this month-long challenge. And thanks to the rest of you for...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #19 Update

So, um, I have more windows than I realized. And today’s assignment was a doozy. Sorry, everyone, don’t ask me what I was thinking! While cleaning windows today, I couldn’t help but think that it sure...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #20

We’ve made it to the finish line — woohoo! Thank you to all of you who have joined me in this adventure and who have followed along in all the crazy tasks I’ve assigned to you. 😉 It’s been fun, but...

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4 Weeks to a More Organized Home: Assignment #20 Update

Well, today’s assignment was a breeze — especially compared to yesterday’s! Before After Since we don’t have a medicine cabinet in any of our bathrooms, we just keep the medicines in tubs in the...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #1 Breakfast Freezer Foods Plan + Shopping...

Are you ready to get busy filling your freezer? My goal with this challenge is to erase your fears of freezer cooking and to show you that — no matter what stage or season in life you’re in — you can...

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Freezer-Friendly Banana Bread

Did you get something made for your freezer today? I did — but just barely. Today was one of those days… where I felt behind, tired, cranky, and just plain unmotivated. And truthfully, if it wasn’t...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Cinnamon Rolls (Day 2)

Today was a much better day than yesterday — and I’m so thankful for that! Before I headed out to Aldi, the health food store, and Dillon’s with Kaitlynn (more on those shopping trips tomorrow!), I...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Waffles (Day 3)

I whipped up a triple batch of waffles before dinner tonight. While I know that some people like pancakes and waffles fresh, I’ve found it’s so much more convenient to make a big batch of waffles and...

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Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal

We made it to Joplin at a little after 10 p.m. tonight. I can’t believe how much has been rebuilt since the tornado last year. The last time we were here, it was a heart-wrenching zone of destruction....

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #2 Freezer-Friendly Lunch Recipes +...

Are you ready for another week of filling your freezer? This week, we’re tackling lunches. Here’s my plan for making Freezer-Friendly Lunches this week. Remember that you are more than welcome to...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Baking Mix (Day 5)

After a busy weekend, I seemed to take forever to get going this morning — even though I got up early. I finally got the Homemade Baking Mix made tonight at 7:45 p.m. {Notice anything wrong with this...

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Freezer-Friendly Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches

So, I’ve shared lots of really simple, no-brainer tips here over the years, but I think this might qualify as just about the most basic of ideas I’ve ever shared. In fact, I doubt I even need to do a...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Brown Bag Burritos (Day 7)

If your family loves burritos, you need to try this recipe. It’s one of my husband’s favorite grab-and-go foods! We’ve made it time and again since I first discovered it on Amy’s blog. What I like...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Pizza Pockets (Day 8)

These Pizza Pockets, inspired by Amy’s Finer Things and Pocket Change Gourmet, turned out beautifully today! I doubled our family’s favorite homemade pizza dough recipe for the dough. Then I cut the...

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Freezer-Friendly Ham & Cheese Pockets

Today’s recipe is one that was one of our favorite law school recipes. I haven’t made it since the law school days and had all but forgotten about it until I saw Amy’s recipe for Ham & Cheese...

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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #3 Freezer-Friendly Dinners + Shopping List

Are you ready for another week of filling your freezer? This week, we’re tackling dinners. Here’s my plan for making Freezer-Friendly Dinners this week. Remember that you are more than welcome to...

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Freezer-Friendly Barbecued Meatballs

My great grandmother passed along a love of barbecue meatballs to our family — and it’s a recipe we’ve made over and over again. We love to serve these with twice baked potatoes, homemade rolls, and...

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May’s Challenge: 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer

In May, we’ll be filling our freezers together in the 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer Challenge. Whether you’re a freezer cooking newbie or an experienced pro, I hope you’ll find inspiration, ideas, and...

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What I Got Wednesday: Rebecca’s $9.25 Grocery Haul ($48.78 Worth!), plus more!

We’re excited to roll out a brand new feature called What I Got Wednesday — where we share some of the best savings submitted to us by readers! This Week’s Savings Spotlight: Rebecca’s Grocery Trip!...

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