This week's Frugal Homemade feature is...Homemade Vanilla Almond Coconut Granola! This homemade granola recipe is so good, and it's a definite favorite of ours. We like it on yogurt, all by itself, and sometimes even on vanilla ice cream. Homemade granola is very easy to make using fairly common kitchen staples, and doesn't take long to …

Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients! This week's recipe provides a nice balance between ingredients I needed to use up and ingredients you can find on sale this week -- and, unlike many sausage & kale soups, it is also dairy free. I used Eckrich …

This week's Frugal Homemade feature is for DIY Magnetic Spice Tins. I made these a couple months ago & am very pleased with them! We recently downsized & I have fewer cabinets than I have ever had. Using one entire shelf for spices was not space-efficient for me, so I decided to put the side …

I was deleting some photos and just found these from Target the other day -- I'd picked up these clearance Emerald Vanilla Roast and Cocoa Roast almonds to take a look at, then put them back. Surprise! Sucralose (Splenda) hiding in here, too. And Acesulfame Potassium is another artificial sugar substitute, so we get a …

Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients! Easy Spicy Curried Chickpeas is a tasty and darn affordable vegetarian recipe, even when items aren't on sale. This is not my original recipe; I ran across it on Budget Bytes and decided to make some for lunch earlier …

How about a little comfort food for this week's cold weather? This week's Frugal Homemade features a hearty and delicious homemade chicken pot pie. My family always loves this recipe, and I hope yours will, too. Chicken Pot Pie Preheat oven to 350 degrees. This recipe makes enough for a 7x11" (2 quart) glass dish. …