Save time and money by using your crock pot for meals. Jenna shares three delicious and easy-to-make crock pot meals she made for her own family this week.

This morning was oatmeal again. I usually eat a banana either for breakfast or mid-morning snack, but unfortunately the bananas I bought last week went straight from green to brown, leaving me in the lurch the last few days. Brown bananas are not my thing.

Since the only fruit we had in the house was apples [...]

Monday started with a late breakfast of oatmeal — using dishes straight from the counter where they’ve been drying since Saturday. It looked like today was going to be a day of catch-up in the kitchen, but trudging back and forth from the laundromat wore me out. Apples, bananas, and bell peppers are waiting to [...]

Monday started with a late breakfast of oatmeal — using dishes straight from the counter where they’ve been drying since Saturday. It looked like today was going to be a day of catch-up in the kitchen, but trudging back and forth from the laundromat wore me out. Apples, bananas, and bell peppers are waiting to [...]

We are halfway through the End 08 Great challenge. Only 3 months left until 2009! So far we have challenged everyone (including ourselves) to Conquer the Clutter, spend some extra Face Time with the Kids, and Fix Our Finances.
The focus of the October challenge is Fall Into Cooking. We will be focusing on ways [...]

Last night when we came home from grandma’s house, I finished cleaning out our fridge.  My husband bought a bag of ice for the freezer for the little that was left in there.  Surprisingly, much of it was still frozen.  I will try to save it with ice.  If not, it will all get thrown [...]

Welcome everyone to the $5 Dinners Kitchen!  Sunday mornings at our house mean one thing — daddy makes pancakes for breakfast.  This morning he was flipping pancakes off the griddle onto the plates, much to the delight of the boys!  We enjoyed our breakfast and headed off to church.

Because the griddle was still on the [...]

We are excited to introduce you to Erin, our next kitchen of the week guest blogger at Happy To Be At Home. Beginning on Sunday, she will be opening her kitchen to us all and sharing all of her cooking adventures throughout the week. We hope you will join us for this week’s adventure in [...]

Welcome to Day 1 in Jennifer’s kitchen. We are all very excited to see and share her week. Jennifer feeds her family very healthy and frugal meals. Her willingness to try new things is inspirational.  We hope you enjoy spending this week with Jennifer.
Welcome to my kitchen for day 1.  We started the day the way we start many days around here.  [...]