How are you spending your long weekend? At our BBQ yesterday, Nana and Mr. 8 played a few rousing games of Jenga... 🙂

This week's Frugal Homemade feature is Easy DIY Chalkboard Frames. Earlier this week I was updating my chalkboard from "Welcome Spring" to "Let Freedom Ring" and thought this would be an easy, inexpensive, and fun project to take on. Easy DIY Chalkboard Frames Materials needed Picture frame Wood cut to size Chalkboard paint Paintbrush Pretty …

I'm really enjoying the heck out of the $.45 portobello mushroom sales at Jewel. Last night MashupDad grilled some up along with our pub burgers, and today for lunch I made a grilled cheese on sourdough with a leftover grilled portobello & chimichurri. This was so very good that I just had to share the …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 5/20/15! 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. This week …

If you ever feel like you have too many cheap avocados lying around when they're in season (I know, too many avocados is hard to believe!), then start loading up your freezer. Last night I made a giant batch of 12 avocado guacamole -- we ate some, and froze three packs of it in one …

Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. This week I picked up a beautiful piece of Ahi tuna at my local Fresh Thyme for $4.97/lb on their grand opening double ad Wednesday, and they also had bunches of parsley for just $.50 each. Well, doesn't that …