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What's for din? March 2nd, 2026

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 2 Mar

We had some errands to run, so we stopped at McDonalds. It wasn't my first choice but neither one of us had eaten all day so we needed something and that was about all there is in Mossy Head that was on budget. They have six...

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What's for din? (With cost breakdown) August 19, 2025

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 Aug

One kid is off at a friend’s house living their best life, and the other one gave my cooking the ol’ nose-in-the-air treatment like I served her a plate of dirt and despair. So tonight’s dinner was only divided between the three...

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What's for din? July 24th, 2025

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 24 Jul

Hey! It's Thursday so that means something that starts with a T for dinner, right? Haha, not always. But today it did. I figured since everyone always talks about Taco Tuesday, we can have Taco bake Thursdays right? Actually, I...

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Lentils

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (91297) • United States 7 Sep 24

How do you cook your lentils or do you cook lentils at all? I love legumes and this week, I am eating only them. They really are so delicious and comforting. No meat, just trying to give myself a break and save money. Lentils are...

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What's for din? June 10th, 2024

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 10 Jun 24

Yep, another late one. We are pretty good about that during the summer. It gets so freaking hot during the day now. The highest it was when I looked at it was 98. And it's not even summer yet! We also don't have AC in the truck,...

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What's for din? May 29th, 2024

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 29 May 24

Since we didn't get back from grocery shopping until just about dinner time. Dinner was easy tonight. I had picked up a couple Party Pizzas. I also picked up a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken and some garlic bread. The kids ate...

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Frugal Food: What's for din? 3.24.23

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 24 Mar 23

We had a he child sighting today, but he stayed at grandma's anyway. She child is at a sleepover. So it's just Chris and I for dinner. Doing it super cheap and super easy tonight. I took a bag of that frozen, fully cooked...

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Frugal Food: What's for din? 2.12.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 12 Feb 23

Gooooooooood evening my friends. I weirdly have a lot of energy right now! LOL. I was planning on making meatloaf or hamburger helper but the hamburger meat isn't thawed yet. Soooo I had to do some quick thinking. We got 3...

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Another $2.00 Meal

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 28 Nov 21

I have had my share of meatballs with melted cheese for the past 2 days! They are just so cheap and delicious. There are more in the freezer. Yikes! Do you ever have Dollar Tree meals? LOL If so, what do you buy and...

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Good Ole Navy Beans And Cornbread!

Danna B. @db20747 (43419) • Washington, District Of Columbia 13 Feb 20

Had navy beans with bits of turkey bacon for dinner. Added spinach on the side and of course cornbread. And for dessert, Cherry pie! The picture is from Google but our beans look just like this. Very filling, without all the...

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Frugal Food: Thursday night dinner.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 6 Jul 17

Tuna fish won out, because it's hot and I didn't want to work over the stove for any amount of time. So here's the breakdown of tonight's meal: -2 cans of tuna $1.25 -Mayo, mustard, relish $0.75 -Loaf of white bread $1.35 So...

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I would like to know cheap recipe idea for large family....

creativedigital @creativedigital (110) • United States 4 Oct 12

I try to make out a meal plan for my family for the whole month. The price of food is becoming so high that I have to spend more and more. I can't afford to spend more on groceries than I do now. I have been looking for cheap...

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speghetti with oil and garlic

TrvlArrngr @TrvlArrngr (4044) • United States 3 Jul 12

I love to make speghetti with oil and garlic. It is cheap and delicious. Another cheap recipe is adding chopped broccoli to speghetti along with the garlic and oil and then toasted breadcrumbs on top. Sometimes the cheap meals are...

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italian

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Stuck in a Rut

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 15 Jul 10

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the time that our family really started living a frugal lifestyle. For the most part I would say that everything has been good. We've been happier and I've also found that it isn't...

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Cheap Meals For the Poor

moneymommy @moneymommy (3418) • United States 28 Jul 09

Well since I am having such terriable money problems lately. I need to come up with some really cheap dinner ideas. Can you help me come up with some?

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Dinner How about some Polish style Style Stuffed Cabbage Rolls?....

tdemex @tdemex (3540) • United States 14 Jul 09

My Grandma and Grandpa we're polish, and this has influenced my cooking a lot I'm a male from Detroit Michigan and watched my grandma cook when I was young, one of my favs. was her stuffed cabbage! I've been making it for over 40...

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Cheap Cooking Idea's

crochetkid @crochetkid (351) • United States 28 Feb 09

Hi everyone! I came across this really interesting site yesterday. It was mentioned on Yahoo home page and I did a little checking. There is a blog and video's on your tube. The site is www.depressioncookingwithclara.com it's...

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For all you single people out there, Do you cook for yourself?

Loverbear @Loverbear (4918) • United States 31 Dec 08

I am single, and discovered that getting frozen dinners for myself is much much less expensive than trying to cook full meals for myself. I can eat a hot lunch and dinner for about $2.50 a day, and a full meal-say dinner- would...

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fixing food for one person

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Your Best Cheap Meal

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 24 Nov 08

We're getting down to the crunch. Only a few weeks left until Christmas. Time to start saving every penny we can! I'm planning my grocery list for this coming week, trying to think of the cheapest meals possible to feed my...

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Have you ever had aTV dinner

irishmist @irishmist (3814) • United States 22 Sep 08

When you were to lazy or to tired to cook? Or maybe really hungry and needed something quick. I just had a TV dinner and it was not the greatest, and it left me feeling a little hungry. Or perhaps I should have bought a better...

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