This week's Frugal Homemade feature is Ravioli with Rotisserie Chicken and Toasted Walnuts, which is adapted from this recipe at the blog Kevin & Amanda. This easy-yet-fancy-looking dinner is so good that even my somewhat picky teenager devoured it -- and using pre-cooked rotisserie chicken saves a ton of time, making this a pretty impressive weeknight …

Ok, not really... But I DO have a box full of sunshine, because this week's Frugal Homemade feature is a cute little care package for one of my best friends' daughters, who also happens to be one of my daughter's best friends. In honor of surviving the first two weeks of college pretty far from …

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills®. The opinions and text are all mine. Parents with school-aged kids are probably familiar with Box Tops 4 Education -- such an easy way to earn money for your kid's participating school from products you're likely buying anyway! Last week Mr. 8 …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 9/3/15! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip midweek, and since Wednesday hump day is when many of us start running out of steam, we buck the trend here and go with Wednesdays. Or, occasionally, …

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PSA for the day -- if you haven't yet used the 50% off Savers coupon that was in some midweek ads a while back, today is the last day! I went a little nuts with mine today, and then... oh no!... they gave me a new 50% off coupon at checkout, good for one week …