Archive for January, 2010
Homemade Dirty Rice
If there’s one thing I love, it’s a challenge. It had been a few years since the last time I made homemade dirty rice and to be honest I wasn’t even sure I remembered my old recipe. There it was though, on my weekly menu plan, so I decided it [Read More]
31 Days of Freebies – Day 4: Free Taco from Taco Bell
Never one to pass up free food, I had to share this one with you, my frugal family. Taco Bell is offering a free fresco taco while supplies last. All you need to do is print out a coupon that is conveniently located here. Yes that’s right, it is [Read More]
Dinner Menu for the Week 1/3/10 – 1/9/10
As promised, I am starting the new year off right by sharing my weekly menu plans with the Gone Frugal family. I generally try to start with a monthly calendar on which I lay out my meal ideas for the entire month at once. This serves two purposes: 1. It [Read More]
Michael’s Homemade BBQ Sauce
Barbeque is a southern tradition that is more polarizing than politics and religion combined. There are thousands of recipes and just as many schools of thought about the “right†way to do it. Even when I buy BBQ sauce at the store I end up doctoring it so [Read More]
31 Days of Freebies – Day 3: Free Stock Photography
Chances are pretty good that you have some sort of web presence whether it is just a simple personal blog or a small business website. Have you ever stopped to wonder where people get photos for their web pages when they are photographically challenged? What if [Read More]
Homemade Guacamole
Good guacamole is absolutely essential to Mexican dishes (just like salsa), and this is another recipe that is addictive and it will get you rave reviews every time. INGREDIENTS 2 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 Roma tomato, seeded & diced [Read More]
31 Days of Freebies – Day 2: Sunday Saver
At the heart of any frugal lifestyle is the Sunday paper and all of the coupons, free samples and sales circulars it offers. The only bad thing about it is that there are so many circulars to thumb through, right? Well what if I told you that there was a way to [Read More]
Michael’s Fresh Salsa
Salsa is as easy to make as it is delicious, and its uses go far beyond a topping for nacho chips! Once I started making my own, I couldn’t bear to eat store-bought salsa from a jar again. INGREDIENTS 3 medium ripe tomatoes 1 small onion -or- a small bunch of [Read More]
31 Days of Freebies – Day 1: Open Office
For the first freebie of the New Year, we bring you Open Office – the open source software suite that is free and surprisingly full-featured. Created as a cost effective alternative to the perpetually expensive Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office has become [Read More]
