What’s the difference between broth and stock? Can you substitute broth for stock? If so, how do you do it? Swanson gives us answers.

If you’ve ever wanted to know what the difference is between broth and stock, you can check out the Swanson website here for an explanation.

In addition to the explanation they give a conversion chart for substituting one for the other and a list of recipes that showcase either broth or stock to emphasize how they should . . . → Read More: What’s the difference between broth and stock? Can you substitute broth for stock? If so, how do you do it? Swanson gives us answers.

August 29, 2010: What is the secret to making that expensive ice cream last longer? Ice Cream cones are the way to stretch your ice cream dollar.

Hard to believe something so simple would help my family save so much on ice cream, but it does.

We are ice cream junkies in my house.  At some points each person has their own half gallon (well, whatever size it is now) in the freezer.  We had to move to this because there was a lot . . . → Read More: August 29, 2010: What is the secret to making that expensive ice cream last longer? Ice Cream cones are the way to stretch your ice cream dollar.

August 8, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Spiral Path Farm CSA update and a video on how to dry tomatoes in your oven

Our family is a member of the Spiral Path Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) here in Central PA.  One thing that people often ask me is why do we subscribe to a CSA when we have our own garden.  Well, there are a few reasons:

First, our garden is not large due to having 3 children and full . . . → Read More: August 8, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Spiral Path Farm CSA update and a video on how to dry tomatoes in your oven

August 7, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Pennsylvania magazine review July/Aug edition, Double Cola and the Tannersville Cranberry Bog

As a geographer, I spend a lot of time learning about places and people and my favorite place to study is my home state, Pennsylvania.  Our state has such variety that it is hard for me to think about living any place else.

One of the reasons I love our state so much is because of the . . . → Read More: August 7, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Pennsylvania magazine review July/Aug edition, Double Cola and the Tannersville Cranberry Bog

Remember a coupon for something but don’t know where you saw it? Check this ultimate coupon reference.

I found a link to this site while browsing RefundCents and couldn’t believe what was on it.  Every coupon published from June 2008 to the present is listed at Taylor Town Coupon Preview.  The website also lists coupons that are not yet expired so if you are wondering if a coupon exists for  product you want to . . . → Read More: Remember a coupon for something but don’t know where you saw it? Check this ultimate coupon reference.

August 6, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Quick Book Review for Food to Live By – The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook

Last night my husband was looking for a cold veggie or fruit soup to make for his permaculture class tomorrow and I pulled out Myra Goodman’s Food To Live By. 

I put this book on my wish list at Paperbackswap some time ago and it showed up a couple weeks ago but I hadn’t had time to . . . → Read More: August 6, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Quick Book Review for Food to Live By – The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook

August 1, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Use a reusable bag at Target and save 5 cents on your order

OK, it isn’t much but it is a nickel.  My last Target receipt said “Get 5 cents off every time you use a resuable bag!”  I’m not sure if that means you get 10 cents if you use 2 bags or not.  I’ve always got one folded in my purse so this will be easy . . . → Read More: August 1, 2010: The Daily Frugal – Use a reusable bag at Target and save 5 cents on your order

Free back to school menu planner from Ziplock and Taste of Home magazine

Do you have two boxes of Ziploc bags or containers hanging around in your pantry?  If so you can visit the Taste of Home website here to enter those UPC codes and download the free back to school menu planner.  You can also sign up for coupons from SC Johnson at this website.

8/1 Update:  I found . . . → Read More: Free back to school menu planner from Ziplock and Taste of Home magazine

Healthy Beef Choices – get a wallet card with the leanest cuts to take to the store with you

I stumbled across a neat downloadable on the “Beef It’s What’s For Dinner” website.  If you click here you will be taken to a PDF document that you can print out which contains 29 cuts of beef that meet govenment standards for lean beef.  The card contains the name of the cut, the calories and the . . . → Read More: Healthy Beef Choices – get a wallet card with the leanest cuts to take to the store with you

Tightwad Gazette Cuban Bread Recipe – good bread, fast and HFCS free

One of my ultimate reference books is The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn.  If you’re reading this blog to be frugal you’ve probably already stumbled on Amy’s books or someone talking about Amy’s books.  Please, please, please if you are interested in frugal and  you haven’t read one of her books get to the library . . . → Read More: Tightwad Gazette Cuban Bread Recipe – good bread, fast and HFCS free