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Checking Yeast For Freshness – Frugal Tip

There’s nothing worse than having a nice loaf of bread starting to bake in the oven or the breadmaker, only to discover that it isn’t rising properly because your yeast is less than fresh. There’s a simple test you can do to see if your yeast still rises properly. All you need is a 2 […]

Cooking for a Crowd on a Tight Budget

Great tips for cooking for a crowd on a budget.

A couple of days ago, I received a private Facebook message from a Hillbilly Housewife reader. She asked me for some suggestions on what she could cook for her church youth group on a tight budget. I gave her a few ideas, but knew that the HBHW community would come up with some things I […]

Planting For Spring – Frugal Tips

Container garden with lots of spring vegetable plants.

We’ve started getting our garden beds and containers ready for spring gardening. This is our second year of “serious” gardening, meaning we’re working on growing a fair portion of our veggies in the garden, not just playing around with a few container plants. Last year we ended up spending a fair amount of money. This […]

Advent Calendar Day 8 – The ABCs of Gift Giving

We’re getting closer and closer to Christmas Day. Yesterday I shared an idea with you on how to raise some extra money to buy presents for your loved ones. Today, I’d like to share a whole bunch of ideas for frugal gift ideas with you. A few years ago we talked about Christmas gifts in […]

Stuffing Cakes With Turkey

Thanksgiving is over and we’re all starting to get a little tired of eating leftovers. It’s time to get creative and recombine ingredients to come up with something different and new. This year I started experimenting with stuffing cakes. Think of them as crab cakes with a Thanksgiving twist. Of course we’re keeping it frugal […]

How To Make Candy On A Dime – Frugal Tip

I love baking and making sweet treats, especially around the holidays. They make great inexpensive gifts and candy making is actually a lot of fun. If you haven’t tried it, here are some great frugal tips from my friends Tawra and Jill at LivingonaDime.com. The tips can also be found (along with all sorts of […]

Going Paperless In The Kitchen – More Than Just Ditching Paper Towels

I’ve long stopped using paper towels 99% of the time. I keep a roll around, sitting in a cabinet for really bad messes where I don’t want to have to deal with the cloth afterwards. For the mots part, we’re using rags and towels to deal with spills, messes and use cloth napkins instead of […]

Don’t Stuff Your Fridge – Frugal Tip

This week’s frugal tip is something I picked up from my mom when we were visiting the past two weeks. It has to do with her fridge and how she uses it to waste almost no food. One of the advantages of European fridges is that they are much smaller. As a result there’s less […]

Facebook Frugal Tip Giveaway

Being frugal has become downright fashionable these days. There are so many great ways to make the money last longer that I’d like to hear from you about how you help stretch the family budget and make the dollars go further. In honor of Smart Money Week, I thought it would be appropriate to have […]

Make Holiday Dishes Ahead of Time and Freeze Them – Frugal Tip

Last week I shared a tip with you on how to freeze eggs. This week we’ll take advantage of the freezer again… this time to make our lives easier throughout the Holiday season. There are all sorts of things you make well ahead of time. Appetizers It’s nice to have a few appetizers sitting out […]

Free & Frugal Stuff for Summer

We know how much every penny you can save means to your bottom line so we’ve scoured the internet for some of the free & frugal stuff offered for moms & kids over the summer months. I’ve included some freebies as well as some very low-cost, frugal items that we hope will make your Summer […]

Becoming A Frugalista – An Interview With Susan Heid

I would like to introduce you to a fairly new friend of mine – Susan Heid from “TheConfidentMom.com”. Susan is a busy mom of four, a fellow Christian, a parenting coach and a Frugali$ta. She blogs about her adventures in Motherhood, running a frugal household and various parenting issues at www.TheConfidentMom.com. Before we dive in […]

Envelope Budgeting – Low Tech Method Controls Runaway Spending

In this day and age of using high tech methods to manage a household, you will never be at a loss for finding ways to develop a budget for your family. And there are many wonderful online budgeting tools that work well. However, for some folks, the simplest budget method may work the best. If you […]

Frugal Thanksgiving Decorations

Here's how to decorate for Thanksgiving without breaking the bank.

Since Thanksgiving in the US is just a few days away, I thought I’d share some of my favorite frugal Thanksgiving decorating tips. It doesn’t take much to make a pretty center piece or some mantle decorations. Use what you already have on hand or take a stroll around the yard and pick up some […]

Frugal Living is Team Work

A couple of days ago my daughter’s school sent home their monthly newsletter. It always has some interesting facts and ideas in it and in this particular edition, it had a little article about team work. It included the T.E.A.M acronym. I have seen this before, but thought I’d share it with you today and […]

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