Don’t throw away that bony turkey carcass after Thanksgiving dinner! Get to work making homemade turkey stock or broth. Using all of the turkey — even the bones — reduces waste and saves money. Homemade turkey stock tastes better than anything you buy in stores, and you can use it to make soup or use…
I found this tetrazzini recipe in a free insert in my local newspaper a few years ago, and I’m glad I clipped it out and saved it. This Skillet Tetrazzini is always well received by even the pickier eaters in my family. Tetrazzini usually is baked and not prepared in a skillet. The advantage to…
You may find an abundance of leftover Thanksgiving turkey on your hands this week. Here’s what you can do with it. 1. Freeze it. Package it in freezer-safe plastic containers or wrap in foil, label, and store in the freezer. Rather than storing all your leftover turkey in one large container, store it in small…
This recipe is great any time, but it’s especially ideal when you have leftover Thanksgiving turkey. My mom has been making this shepherd’s pie for years, and it’s the only recipe I use. If you don’t have turkey, feel free to substitute shredded chicken, or use ground beef or ground turkey. You can also use…
My husband and I are accustomed to living frugally. We are primarily a one-income home living on his teacher’s salary, and I provide supplemental income through freelance writing and editing. My flexible work schedule makes it easier to raise our kids, but we forgo a lot of things in order to live within our more-limited…
There are two good reasons to make your own compost: It reduces landfill waste. It creates a healthy and natural fertilizer product that you can add to flower gardens, vegetable plots, landscaping beds, lawns, and even container gardens and potted plants. If you garden — whether successfully or not — you should learn how to…
Kids often collect more candy than is good for them during the Halloween season. Rather than having your kids — or you — gorge on the candy, and rather than throwing it away because it’s just too much, consider these other good uses for Halloween sweets. Donate it. You can donate unopened candy to troops,…
My husband and kids love a good glazed, spiral-sliced ham to celebrate Easter or Christmas, but my husband is not a fan of the traditional ham and bean soup that is often made from the leftover ham bone. Last year, after I placed our Christmas ham bone in the freezer, I was determined to find…
Many years ago, a college friend and I were walking just a few blocks off campus when a teenage boy stepped onto his front porch and started loudly proclaiming how “hot” we were. As we hurried away down the sidewalk, he went on to describe all the unmentionable things he wanted to do to us….
Autumn is on our doorsteps, and so I present this recipe for Pumpkin Bread. It’s a favorite in my house, whether my family wants a snack or something to tuck into a lunchbox. I am not a big fan of traditional pumpkin pie. It’s slimy. But this pumpkin bread? It’s totally good. It encompasses what…
