Pesto is so versatile! In warm weather, use pesto on cold pasta favorites, such as fusilli, gemelli, or elbow noodles. Add chopped tomatoes and serve on a bed of lettuce. In cooler weather, serve pesto on hot pasta, such as capellini, spaghetti or linguine. Or, use it any time on sandwiches, pizza, salads or crackers. Continue reading “Make It Monday Recipe Week 13: Budget-Friendly Pesto”
Four years later, we now have two out of three kids who mow the lawn! I still highly recommend getting one of these reel push mowers. The 5 reasons below still apply. Happy #TBT day! ~Aimee, TFF p.s. I need to add this item to my list on this previous post I did with Marilyn about quality items we own! Continue reading “#TBT: 5 Reasons to Own a Reel Push Mower (Including Teach Your Kid to Mow the Lawn!)”
Nearly four years ago, I wrote this post encouraging folks to kick the soda habit in time for Labor Day Weekend. How about kicking it before Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer? Continue reading “#TBT: Cheap Is Not Affordable (Pt 1a) – Kick the Soda Habit by Memorial Day”
I have been making this recipe for over 20 years! (I was a child prodigy, heh heh!) In all seriousness, I have tweaked this recipe so many times, I can claim it as mine!
The original called for all-purpose white flour. I tried substituting whole wheat flour but it made the pancakes dense. Continue reading “Make It Monday (or for Mother’s Day) Week 11: Yummy Wholesome Pancakes”
Continue reading “How to Lower Your Cost for Trash Removal: My Zero Waste Log April 2016”
Amy Dacyczyn saw the relationship between frugality and environmental impacts. (Psst! Here are 10 other ways Amy D. has inspired me) She says in her Tightwad Gazette I, “People tend to think that environmental damage occurs because of sloppy practices of some factory out there. In fact, we consumers create the demand for what the factories produce…One family making a supreme effort entirely without any harm to the environment makes little impact. But the collective effort of the majority of the population to make smaller, seemingly insignificant changes can make a difference.”
Continue reading “Do 1 Green Thing to Keep the Green $$: Reduce Waste”
Two Frugal Fairfielders 