About Kristen

No, I didn’t go buy a Ninja! I’m still quite in love with my Vitamix and I’m pretty sure I’ll never buy another blender. But …

1. I made croutons. I had a couple of whole wheat rolls that were getting a bit dry. So, I cut them up into cubes …

You don’t need 1 million to retire. Mr. FG sent me this encouraging article about how you can retire on less than 1 million. Some …

What I Spent The previous two weeks, I did a great job with an organized shopping trip to start off the week. This time around, …

This week I tried a recipe from my ATK library book. We gave this pesto chicken a 5/10, not so much because it was awful …

I am not a gardener. Growing things is just not my passion, and as a result, I’m pretty bad at it. Because I’m not interested …

This post may contain affiliate links, which help support this site at no cost to you. I’m a little late this month, seeing as it’s …

Sarah wrote in last week with this question, and initially thought I’d already written about it. I couldn’t seem to find a post about it …

Sonia turned 13 yesterday, but we’re having her birthday meal tonight. And now 3/4 of my kids are teenagers. Whoa. But let’s talk about my …

My new-recipe-trying was right on schedule this week! I thawed a turkey breast from my chest freezer to make these sandwiches. This called for boneless, …

Running late has a number of unhappy consequences, and some of them are financial in nature. For instance, if you are too late to a …

Reader Monica recently left a comment asking for frugal and filling snack ideas for her kids so that she can keep them full between meals …

What I Spent Last Friday I took Zoe out for a shopping trip  ($67.83) so she could pick out some birthday food that we don’t normally …

This post may contain affiliate links, which help keep the lights on around here at no extra cost to you. This Week’s Recipe I originally …

Well, really it’s mostly just from the past two days, since we’re not very far into the week! 1. I cut up stale bread for …