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The Frugal Homemaker

Your guide to turning your house into a home... one DIY project and yard sale find at a time

White Chicken and Bean Chili

September 26, 2022

It finally feels like fall which means bring on all the chili and soups! Today I’m sharing a long-time family favorite soup – we call it White Chicken Chili.    (Post sponsored by Walmart, but recipe and all photos are mine.) Our family enjoys some variation of this soup weekly and I love knowing that […]

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Easy Family Friendly Holiday Charcuterie Board

November 30, 2021

This post is sponsored by Walmart but all the food was enjoyed by me! 🙂 One of my favorite things to enjoy as a family, or put together when we are hosting friends or a party is a charcuterie board!  It’s the perfect easy appetizer or light meal to serve and we seem to do […]

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Rudolph Cookies – Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe

December 2, 2019

Do you host a Christmas cookie exchange or cookie recipe swap every year?  Six of my blogger friends have gotten together to do a recipe swap on our blogs and share them all with you so you’ll have some new recipes to swap or bake this Christmas!  Some of them are favorite family recipes, others […]

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Make and freeze cookie dough for fresh cookies in minutes (31 days to keep the Stress out of Christmas)

October 28, 2014

This post is part of a series – “31 days to take the Stress out of Christmas”. You can read all the posts in the series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss a post you can subscribe to have every post delivered to your inbox, or follow me on facebook. I LOVE hot, […]

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Coffee Punch

September 10, 2014

If you love coffee, or Frappuccino’s you will LOVE this coffee punch.  In fact many people that don’t drink coffee still say they like this punch. I made this for 2 bridal showers this summer – a beach themed one and a modern vintage one and it was a hit.  I mean how can you go […]

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Adding some chalkboard fun to my glass canisters

March 7, 2014

Back before Christmas, I replaced the canisters on my kitchen counter with these glass canisters.  My canisters had gotten some hairline cracks in them and were allowing moisture to get in so my sugar was getting hard as a rock and my flour wasn’t keeping fresh.  The glass jars are these Anchor Hocking Heritage Hill […]

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Easy Crockpot Applesauce

November 13, 2013

I posted this picture to Instagram and facebook last week and many of you requested the recipe and process for how I make homemade applesauce and then make homemade crockpot apple butter too. So here is phase 1 – making homemade crockpot applesauce!   Seriously this is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes.  Your […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

October 6, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your emailor follow me on facebook. Back for our second apple-themed recipe this weekend! […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Caramel Apple Buttermilk Muffins

October 5, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your emailor follow me on facebook. On the weekends during October, I will be […]

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Making game day food easy with Rubbermaid + my favorite black bean and corn salsa recipe

January 21, 2013

I don’t know about you but I am excited for the Super Bowl coming up in a few weeks.  Now, don’t get me wrong, we aren’t huge football fans.  BUT yummy party food, fun, friends and the commercials are definitely not to be missed!  We usually have a big Super Bowl party with lots of […]

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Hi!  My name is Christina . . .

I love doing simple, frugal things to make our house feel like HOME! Come learn along with me how to have a beautiful home on a budget.

Recent Posts

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