Give me some rice noodles and veggies slathered in spicy peanut sauce and I am a happy girl. When I saw Andrew Zimmern’s Cold Peanut Sesame Noodles I wanted to make it for my family but needed a version that isn’t “numbing and spicy” so my two-year-old can enjoy it, too. I’ve been working on a…
This post is sponsored by Harris Teeter, but all opinions are my own. Homemade veggie fried rice is one of my all-time favorite things to eat. I swear I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and sometimes I do!) Today I’ve partnered with Harris Teeter Organics to show you how to make a super-easy organic…
I’m sharing my new favorite cookie recipe with you today – these easy chocolate cookies without butter! They are soft chocolate sugar cookies with a rich chocolatey taste and yummy sugar coating. So so good. AND they use oil instead of butter making them both delicious and frugal. Did you know that butter actually costs…
Guest Post by Natalie Michele from Maternity at Home New motherhood comes with the huge challenge of feeding yourself as you keep up with the demands of your newborn baby. As a new mom, you will be sleep deprived, and your body will need nutritious foods as you recover. Here’s the good news – there are…
Trying to make dinner on a budget? Here are 10 weeks worth of really cheap meals for dinner! Readers often ask for easy, budget-friendly dinner recipes here at The Frugal South. So today I’m sharing LOTS of recipes in one post! For a year I shared my weekly dinner meal plan here on the blog….
Step by step tutorial on how to make your own yogurt for 1/3 of the price of store bought yogurt! Homemade yogort is cheaper and just as delicious as store bought. I love fancy organic yogurt but I can’t stomach the price tag. $6 for a quart of yogurt is just pure craziness to me!…
The lunar new year is this Saturday – more commonly known as Chinese New Year! I like to serve up something Asian-inspired to commemorate the holiday, so here are some of my favorite easy and delicious recipes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Fried Rice from Gimme Some Oven – My favorite fried rice recipe – so…
A delicious recipe for a crustless chicken pot pie. Using frozen biscuits on top of the traditional chicken pot pie filling make this a perfect, fast and easy comfort meal! Here are the words that frequent my recipe searches lately: “healthy”, “easy”, “one-pot”, “simple”, “fast”… noticing a theme here? 😉 I guess I’ve realized I…
Here’s an easy weeknight recipe that I’ve been making regularly for years. It is nice change of pace and I love that it’s packed with protein, fiber, and FLAVOR – a rare combination! The main ingredient, French green lentils (also known as lentilles du Puy), are an especially tasty and tender type of lentil. They also hold their shape…
Coleslaw is one of my 2 year-old daughter’s favorite foods… along with fried okra and hushpuppies. Can you tell she’s growing up in the South? 😉 I used to really dislike coleslaw, though I have come around and find that I really do enjoy it, provided that it is NOT too creamy or too sweet….