This New Clothing Money Saving Tips page contains a number of ideas for cutting costs when you’re buying clothes!
New Dress Shoes for Extraordinary Prices
Good quality new dress shoes are expensive. I have problem feet and need extremely comfortable shoes for work but I must also follow a strict dress code. Finding good shoes at a thrift store is almost impossible for me, but I’ve discovered Nordstrom’s Rack (clearance center). I’ve found great comfortable designer shoes at extraordinary prices. Now my clothes and shoes last much longer than lower quality items purchased at local discount stores Aimee … Read more »
This Making Money Page contains a growing list of tips from our readers on ways they make money and save money on everyday expenses!
This page includes ideas for making money such as checking contracts for things purchased or rented; selling on Swip Swap; checking household bills for accuracy & unneeded items; IRS deductions to take; employment that offers discounts, perks or free services and earning gift cards with Swagbucks!
This Banking, Taxes & Charitable Giving Tips Page contains a growing list of money-saving tips from our readers to help you deal with bank fees, tax preparation, and charitable giving!
This Starchy Side Dishes Recipe Page contains a recipe Round-Up for Turkey Stuffing recipes to make your Thanksgiving & Christmas Holidays more Delicious. There is also a homemade egg noodle recipe and we’ve also added a pasta salad recipe, with more to come.
A collection of frugal, delicious and easy to make Vegetarian Main Dish Recipes including French Onion Soup, Ratatouille and delicious Cheese Blintzes from Steve & Annette Economides and MoneySmartFamily.com.
If you’re looking for a Pork, Ham, or sausage recipe that has a family rating of 9 on a 10-point scale and rarely has any leftovers, this is it. We call it One-Dish Happy Hash, Who Hash, or Annette’s Ground Beef … Read more »
If you want to learn how to cook a turkey that is perfect every time, learn from Annette. She is a pro and has had lots of practice over the past 35 years. Annette has cooked more than 120 turkeys. In this video, she shows you her “secret” process to defrost, stuff, sear and cook a delicious roasted turkey every time.
6 Steps to Cooking a great Thanksgiving Turkey
Print the Directions for Cooking a Turkey Here
Cooking a turkey is a simple task if you follow these steps!
Cooking a turkey at Thanksgiving is one of the cheapest ways to feed your family. … Read more »
This Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes Super Page contains Delicious & Easy Chunk Beef Recipe Round-Up!
If you’re looking for easy-to-make, delicious tasting and inexpensive Chunk Beef main dish recipes, you’ve come to the right page.
We had so many beef main dish recipes, that we needed to break them up into 2 pages. So the ground beef main dish recipes have been moved to our Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes Page.
Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes on this page include:
Homemade lemonade is so delicious, especially on a hot summer day. We have a Meyer Lemon tree that gives us sweeter juice than our Lisbon lemon tree. This recipe is made with Meyer lemons, but you can use a more tart lemon variety and add more sugar to suit your taste.
Ingredients:
2 Cups Meyer Lemon Juice
1 ½ Cups White Sugar
8 Cups Water
This School Options Page contains a number of ways that you can cut the cost of a homeschooling for your grade school aged kids. We hope to add other school options in the future.
Homeschooling For Less
Question: Could you please advise my family on how to keep costs minimal while homeschooling? Our kids are 4, 2, and 11 weeks old. I have taught in charter and public schools, but we are interested in homeschooling. On your main site, I see that you recommend Homeschooling for Excellence. I am reading it now 🙂 However, any other advice on keeping the cost of homeschooling low would be … Read more »
Are you looking for Creative Ways to Save Money? This page is full of great ideas to help you spend less on everyday expenses!
You’ll find tips for saving money including using cash; tracking sales cycles; bartering; negotiating; shopping on CraigsList and military discounts. These are super frugal, creative and fun ways to make your money go further.
Saving Money on watching movies & TV, is something every family and household can do. This awesome page has lots of ideas for you to try today!
1. Borrowing from the Library – Physical or Online
Borrow movies and TV shows from your local library for free. All you need is a library card. Many librarys have online streaming services like Hoopla and Kanopy. Many libraries also have the Libby app (by Overdrive) but it just hosts eBooks, Audiobooks and Magazines.
Public libraries in my area now have extensive DVD … Read more »
We’ve asked our email subscribers, What is Your Budgeting Question? This page is growing. If you have a budget question, please use our contact form and send it in!
On this page, we answer 17 of the most common budget questions with practical solutions.
We talk about all aspects of budgeting and answer some very practical questions, that sometimes folks are afraid to ask.
Get loads of Landscaping & Gardening tips from frugal friends all over the country. Tons of money saving tips for making your home more beautiful and growing wonderful things!
This Housing Page contains a growing collection of tips for Rental Advice and Home Mortgage Savings.
Paying off your mortgage takes focus and determination. It is one of the greatest feelings to make that final payment. We hope these tips help you reach the goal of being mortgage free!
Want to save money and grocery shopping – learn some great tips from readers and experts here!
How Much Does a Quick Trip to the Grocery Store Take?
How long does a “quick trip” to the store really take? Just a few minutes? Let’s calculate and see where our time goes.
Drive Time: 10 minutes. Let’s assume you only have to drive about 10 minutes to get to the store, or you hit it on the way home from work.
Shopping Time: 30 minutes. Of course, you only need a few items for the next couple of days, but you wander through the produce section and … Read more »
This is a fantastic tasting snack recipe. Whenever we make it, much of the finished jerky never makes it into storage — it disappears right as it comes out of the oven.
Ingredients:
Start with 1 London broil, approximately 2 pounds.
When meat is partially thawed, slice with a very sharp knife. Cutting when … Read more »
Our “Save Money on Buying Meat” Page contains a growing list of clever and frugal ideas for grinding beef, slicing ham, lunch meat ends from the deli, meat bought in bulk and so much more! Plus there are more resources listed at the bottom of this page.
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