Every once in a while, my family starts dropping hints that they'd like some homemade cookies. Today was one of those days -- and, not wanting to go out in the snow to pick up ingredients, I made cookies from "whatever we have." The recipe starts out like a modified version of  your standard chocolate …

So you know how ALDI had 5 lbs baking potatoes for a buck in this week's ad? They really mean it: One bag held just four giant mutant potatoes. I'm baking one up for lunch right now, and the other half may be dinner, too!

Last fall, I gathered up some organic product prices at Costco -- and they are adding more organic products all the time. Yesterday I walked through and pulled out a few gluten free prices at Costco. As always, Costco pricing and product availability can vary by location and by day -- so this is just …

This week's Frugal Homemade feature is sure to add some flavor to your standard chicken breast: Spinach & provolone stuffed chicken breasts that are quick & easy to put together! As a bonus, each stuffed breast is only around 170 calories, making this a pretty healthy low-cal & low-carb main dish. Spinach & Provolone Stuffed …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 2/18/15! Yes, it’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our grocery ads here in Chicago 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 …

It's good to be 8... on a holiday... with Mom... This morning Mr. 8 and I dropped Junior High Guy off at a friend's house, then visited the library. A big bag full of books and some major magnetic construction later, he proceeded to eat his way through the Caputo's samples (orange slices! Egg & …