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What's for din? 4.13.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 13 Apr 24

I was going to do a Frugal Food post for this, but I didn't feel like doing all the math. Although I do promise you that it was cheaper than ten bucks for the whole meal. I cooked up some Steak'Ums in butter and steak seasoning...

dinner date at home

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Frugal Food: Lunch Date at Der Pizza Hut.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 11 Mar 24

That's right, it was supposed to say der, I'm being funny. Deal with it. We did some running around this morning, dr's appt and med pick up and some other random stuff before deciding that we wanted some food. I wasn't exactly...

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Dollar Tree Find: March 9th, 2024

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 9 Mar 24

We have been frequenting DT a little more these last few weeks while we are trying our hardest to make things work with the cards we are being dealt right now. Anyway we made a stop at DT before coming back to the hotel this...

flavored noodles

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Frugal Food: Dinner for two for under $6.50

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 7 Mar 24

I'm back with another cheap-a$$ meal. We had to run to pick up another med that the pharmacy was waiting on and decided to hit up Dollar Tree ( @porwest ) to pick up some sleep meds on the way home. We had a pretty big lunch,...

dollar tree dinners

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Frugal Food: Lunch from the Dollar Tree

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 6 Mar 24

It's been a long day and it is only three fifteen in the afternoon. So before we came back to the room- we decided to go ahead and stop at Dollar Tree. That way if I am not feeling up to it, we don't have to go back out. I...

dollar tree meals

eating on a budget

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Frugal Food: What's for din? 2.15.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 15 Feb 23

Good evening myLot fam! It's everybody's favorite time of day! Dinner time. Tonight is a simple but delicious homemade meal. I am making homemade gravy with homemade biscuits. I make biscuits about once a month or so and...

biscuits and gravy

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What's for din? Frugal Dinner 11.17.2022

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 17 Nov 22

I had to stick to a budget, because tht's just how things are right now. We are sticking to a pretty strict budget all the time in all areas right now. Anyway. I decided cheeseburgers would be easy, and fairly cheap to do. So...

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Frugal Shopping: Mini Dollar Tree Haul

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 30 Aug 22

Yesterday on the way to finish up at the soon to be sold house we have been working on, we stopped at Dollar Tree. My plan was to get honey buns and Propel. But that didn't work out. Instead I got: 2 Pack of Jimmy Dean...

frugal shopping

budget shopping

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What's for din? 7.15.22

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 15 Jul 22

Tonight is an easy dinner night because we have been snacking all day. So I make meals ahead of the time sometimes and then throw them in the oven/microwave/ or on the stove whenever I don't feel like actually cooking. Tonight...

cheeseburger mac

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Frugal Food: What's for din? 7.7.2022

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 7 Jul 22

We spent most of the day with my MIL. Today was her post op appointment. So we took her, everything went well and she was cleared to return to normal activity. Besides laying out in the sun. Which isn't something she does anyway,...

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Frugal Food: A change in (breakfast) plans.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 20 Aug 18

After taking Harley out, I went into the kitchen to get bread, bologna and eggs and start making breakfast. However I forgot that I froze the bread the other day so it would last longer. So I'll make fried bologna and tomato soup...

breakfast by dollar tree

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Dinner tonight for three for under $10!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68183) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 8 May 17

Tonight was chicken bacon ranch pasta. I cheated a little bit and did a Velveeta Skillet, which had everything in the box except the chicken. The Velveeta Skillet box was $3.00 The pound of chicken I used was $2.03 I used about...

thislittlepennyearns

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1$ serving recipe challenge, any frugal recipe ideas?

Amelia Onnen @abonnen (39) • United States 15 Sep 16

Okay so I am going to try a new challenge for at least a week (we will see how I like it) I am doing 2 dollar meals (homemade, there is 2 people in my household, so they are going to be 1 dollar a serving), I would like to know if...

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What's for dinner? May 25

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127116) • United States 25 May 16

What's everyone having for dinner tonight? I want to know! I'm making a simple Italian dish that I don't know the name of in English. It is Linguine with a chunky tomato sauce, whole cloves of garlic, and crushed red pepper...

whats for dinner

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