The Frugal Homemaker https://thefrugalhomemaker.com Your guide to turning your house into a home... one DIY project and yard sale find at a time Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-blog-header-long-32x32.jpg The Frugal Homemaker https://thefrugalhomemaker.com 32 32 White Chicken and Bean Chili https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2022/09/26/white-chicken-and-bean-chili/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2022/09/26/white-chicken-and-bean-chili/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:16:48 +0000 https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=19370 It finally feels like fall which means bring on all the chili and soups! Today I’m sharing a long-time family favorite soup – we call it White Chicken Chili.    (Post sponsored by Walmart, but recipe and all photos are mine.) Our family enjoys some variation of this soup weekly and I love knowing that […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2022/09/26/white-chicken-and-bean-chili/feed/ 2 Easy Family Friendly Holiday Charcuterie Board https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2021/11/30/easy-family-friendly-holiday-charcuterie-board/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2021/11/30/easy-family-friendly-holiday-charcuterie-board/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:21:23 +0000 https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=19134 This post is sponsored by Walmart but all the food was enjoyed by me! 🙂 One of my favorite things to enjoy as a family, or put together when we are hosting friends or a party is a charcuterie board!  It’s the perfect easy appetizer or light meal to serve and we seem to do […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2021/11/30/easy-family-friendly-holiday-charcuterie-board/feed/ 0 Rudolph Cookies – Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2019/12/02/rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2019/12/02/rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:00:14 +0000 https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=17666 Do you host a Christmas cookie exchange or cookie recipe swap every year?  Six of my blogger friends have gotten together to do a recipe swap on our blogs and share them all with you so you’ll have some new recipes to swap or bake this Christmas!  Some of them are favorite family recipes, others […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2019/12/02/rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe/feed/ 5 Make and freeze cookie dough for fresh cookies in minutes (31 days to keep the Stress out of Christmas) https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/10/28/make-and-freeze-cookie-dough-for-fresh-cookies-in-minutes/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/10/28/make-and-freeze-cookie-dough-for-fresh-cookies-in-minutes/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:10:56 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=11478 This post is part of a series – “31 days to take the Stress out of Christmas”. You can read all the posts in the series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss a post you can subscribe to have every post delivered to your inbox, or follow me on facebook. I LOVE hot, […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/10/28/make-and-freeze-cookie-dough-for-fresh-cookies-in-minutes/feed/ 15 Coffee Punch https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/09/10/coffee-punch/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/09/10/coffee-punch/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:00:23 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=10918 If you love coffee, or Frappuccino’s you will LOVE this coffee punch.  In fact many people that don’t drink coffee still say they like this punch. I made this for 2 bridal showers this summer – a beach themed one and a modern vintage one and it was a hit.  I mean how can you go […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/09/10/coffee-punch/feed/ 4 Adding some chalkboard fun to my glass canisters https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/03/07/adding-some-chalkboard-fun-to-my-glass-canisters/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/03/07/adding-some-chalkboard-fun-to-my-glass-canisters/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2014 05:39:30 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=9977 Back before Christmas, I replaced the canisters on my kitchen counter with these glass canisters.  My canisters had gotten some hairline cracks in them and were allowing moisture to get in so my sugar was getting hard as a rock and my flour wasn’t keeping fresh.  The glass jars are these Anchor Hocking Heritage Hill […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2014/03/07/adding-some-chalkboard-fun-to-my-glass-canisters/feed/ 14 Easy Crockpot Applesauce https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/11/13/easy-crockpot-applesauce/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/11/13/easy-crockpot-applesauce/#comments Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:41:43 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=9361 I posted this picture to Instagram and facebook last week and many of you requested the recipe and process for how I make homemade applesauce and then make homemade crockpot apple butter too. So here is phase 1 – making homemade crockpot applesauce!   Seriously this is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes.  Your […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/11/13/easy-crockpot-applesauce/feed/ 7 31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/06/31-days-of-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-cheesecake-bars/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/06/31-days-of-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-cheesecake-bars/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:18:53 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=9015 This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your emailor follow me on facebook. Back for our second apple-themed recipe this weekend! […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/06/31-days-of-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-cheesecake-bars/feed/ 2 31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Caramel Apple Buttermilk Muffins https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/05/31-days-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-buttermilk-muffins/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/05/31-days-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-buttermilk-muffins/#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:05:36 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=9009 This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your emailor follow me on facebook. On the weekends during October, I will be […]]]> https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/10/05/31-days-fall-inspiration-caramel-apple-buttermilk-muffins/feed/ 3 Making game day food easy with Rubbermaid + my favorite black bean and corn salsa recipe https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/01/21/making-game-day-food-easy-with-rubbermaid-my-favorite-black-bean-and-corn-salsa-recipe/ https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/01/21/making-game-day-food-easy-with-rubbermaid-my-favorite-black-bean-and-corn-salsa-recipe/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:10:36 +0000 http://thefrugalhomemaker.com/?p=7049 https://thefrugalhomemaker.com/2013/01/21/making-game-day-food-easy-with-rubbermaid-my-favorite-black-bean-and-corn-salsa-recipe/feed/ 4