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Quick Black Bean Soup Recipe

A bowl of quick and easy to make black bean soup

If you need to throw together a quick lunch or fix an easy weeknight supper there’s nothing better than this quick black bean soup recipe. By using canned black beans, the cooking time is greatly reduced. Compare this to fixing a black bean soup from dried beans like this recipe here. This is a hardy […]

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Quick And Easy Ice Cream Sandwich – Frugal Tip

In an email that I sent out earlier today I shared that we’re making our own ice cream sandwiches. We’re baking cookies tonight and make homemade ice cream tomorrow to fill them with. While we have a lot of extra time this summer and are always looking for something fun to do, taking two afternoons […]

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Make Your Own Popsicles – Frugal Family Fun

On a hot summer day, there’s nothing better than a yummy popsicle… unless you make it yourself. It’s a quick and easy project to do with the kids and you know exactly what they are enjoining in their frozen treat. You can pick up a set of popsicle molds at a super store like Walmart […]

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Recipe For Grape Ice Cream

My 8-year-old is a big fan of grapes. She loves them for snack, grape juice, grape jelly… you name it. With my recent obsession with making ice cream she's been asking for grape ice cream. We tried a few different recipes and after some little tweaks we came up with the recipe for grape ice […]

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Ice Cream Smore Sandwich

anilla ice cream over the chocolate ice cream. Arrange remaining graham crackers over the ice cream, again cutting the crackers to fit the pan. Slightly reheat the remaining chocolate sauce if necessary, then drizzle in a pretty pattern over the top layer of the graham crackers. Put in freezer and freeze solid for about 3 […]

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Should I Buy An Ice Cream Maker?

Since I came out with the latest HBHW ebook “Homemade Ice Cream and Other Frozen Treats“, I had several readers ask me if they should buy an ice cream maker and if they need one for the recipes in the ebook. Disclosure: Some of the links below are affilate links, meaning, at no additional cost […]

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Stevia Vanilla Ice Cream

I have several family members with diabetes and have been looking for a few different ice cream recipes that use sugar substitutes like stevia. Here's a great stevia vanilla ice cream recipe . It was a big hit! Yes, it does use raw eggs. Personally I don't have an issue with them, but if you […]

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Low Fat Mint Ice Cream Recipe

Here's another great refreshing ice cream idea. It's a low fat mint ice cream recipe. Prepare it as shown below, or stir in some tiny dark chocolate chips at the end for yummy mint chocolate chip ice cream. Either way you'll have a delicious frozen treat. Low Fat Mint Ice Cream 2 cups low-fat milk […]

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Popsicle Page

Homemade popsicles are easy and fun.  Kids enjoy it and they require very little work from the mom-in-charge.  The first thing you need are molds.  Tupperware makes some nice ones, but we are forever losing one piece or another.  Dollar stores and department stores sometimes have commercial molds available.  They go on sale after July […]

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