Besides the turkey pot roast, look what else showed up in the mail yesterday? Happy dance! You can still pick up pre-order copies from Amazon.com for just $13.46. Don't know if that price will change after the official publication date, which is June 1. And... and! You can now check out the Table of Contents …

I received a Jennie-O turkey post roast for purposes of review. All opinions here, however, are my own So a couple of months ago, I made a toss-off comment in a Dominick's deals post about "what the heck is turkey pot roast?" Well, now I know! Look what showed up on my doorstep this morning, …

Any of you who are real cooks should be cringing right about now... Buitoni noodles, free after coupon and Catalina. Tyson chicken nuggets, free after Catalina. Bertolli organic pasta sauce, free after Catalina (last summer). Mozzarella cheese, cheap at Dominick's one day. All adds up to some almost-free "chicken parmigiana." I should be ashamed. 🙂 …

When I ran the recent giveaway for The $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook, the publisher also kindly sent me my own copy for review here. I was excited to read it, because I'm a big fan of Erin Chase's $5 Dinners blog -- what's not to like about dinners that are simple, cheap, and quick to …

This week, I tried a slightly-modified sour cream banana bread recipe -- as Sour Cream Banana Bread AND Muffins. SO. GOOD. If you have been picking yourself up sale bananas and sour cream lately, you have to try this! Sour Cream Banana Bread and Muffins Ingredients scant ¼ C white sugar1 teaspoon cinnamon½ cup butter1 …

While I'm pondering today... I get the occasional email and comment asking if I personally check out all of the deals I post. Let's think about this for a minute -- Um, no. My personal funds, storage space, and appetite for consumerism are somewhat less than unlimited, and a lot of the deals I post, …