Some ingredients are incredibly versatile and can be worked into several different meals in your menu plan. When trying to cut your grocery bill, looking for the staples that will give you the best value is key.
How to Stretch Your Ground Meat by Cutting With Frugal Fillers Meat is expensive and if yours is like most frugal families, it takes up a significant portion of your grocery budget. While ground beef, ground chicken, ground pork and ground turkey are many times cheaper than full cuts of meat, they are still one [Click here to keep reading this post!]

If the biggest variable in any recipe is the person cooking the dish, the same food will turn out differently for every person who prepares it. Today I learned that I have been measuring my flour improperly, which may be why my bread turns out differently from my husband’s! Here, About.com Busy Cooks guide Linda [Click here to keep reading this post!]
Like the versatility of using baking mix (aka Bisquick) but don’t want to pay the extra? You can make your own: Ingredients: 10 cups All-purpose flour 2 cups Shortening 1/3 cup Baking powder 1/4 cup Sugar (you can substitute Splenda if you want, but refer to their website for substitution tips first) 1 tbs salt [Click here to keep reading this post!]











