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Frugal Living in the Kitchen

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How to Feed Your Family on a Tight Budget

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How to Build an Old-Fashioned Frugal Pantry

Stacks of produce in the freezer.

5 Ways Your Freezer Can Save You Money

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How to Stop Eating Out (11 Pro Tips that Will Save You Hundreds!)

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Old-Fashioned Frugal Living

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Old-Fashioned Frugal Lessons From The Amish Lifestyle

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How to Be an Old-Fashioned Frugal Homemaker

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20 Ways to Create More and Consume Less

30 Old-Fashioned Frugal Tips From Grandma

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Popular Frugal Living

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30 Easy Ways to Reduce Household Expenses and Save Hundreds

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10 Old-Fashioned Money Saving Skills That You NEED to Learn

15 Cheap Pantry Meals with 4-Ingredients or Less (FREE PRINTABLE!)

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30 Frugal Meal Ideas (for when you’re broke) + Video

25 Old-Fashioned Recipes Your Grandma Knew By Heart

35 Frugal Recipes to Make When You're Broke on gracefullittlehoneybee.com

35 Frugal Recipes to Make When You’re Broke

Simple Living

Old-Fashioned Preparedness: How Traditional Ways Can Prepare You for Emergencies

20 Ideas For an Old-Fashioned Fall

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30 Ideas for an Old-Fashioned Summer

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Building the Home Economy: How to Create a Productive Household

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Gardening

How to Grow a Survival Garden: 10 Vegetables to Grow in Hard Times

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10 Easy to Grow Vegetables for Beginner Gardeners

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18 Easy Ways to Become More Self-Sufficient

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65 Garden-Fresh Recipes To Use up the Harvest

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About Me

Hi! I’m Missy Rakes, a homeschooling, homesteading, stay-at-home mom of four who has a heart for encouraging women to cook from scratch, work with their hands, live frugally and embrace a simple life.

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Popular Recipes

Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole

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Crack Corn Casserole

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How to Make Bread Machine White Bread

Sloppy Joes on a white plate with fries.

Easy 5-Ingredient Sloppy Joes

How to Make No-Boil Lasagna (using Regular Noodles)

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The BEST Ham and Swiss Sliders Recipe

Main Dishes

Aerial view of Turkey Pot Pie with Stuffing Crust in a white casserole dish.

Turkey Pot Pie with Stuffing Crust

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Skillet Ground Beef & Egg Noodles

Chicken and noodles in Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Chicken and Noodles

Bowl full of sausage, green beans and potatoes.

Sheet Pan Sausage, Green Beans and Potatoes

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Homemade Breads

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Homemade Strawberry Shortcakes with Blueberries

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Homemade English Muffins

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Sweet Potato Spoonbread

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Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf

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Pantry Basics

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Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce

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Homemade Egg Noodles

A close up view of a slice of apple pie.

Freezer Apple Pie Filling + Video Tutorial

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Homemade Spaghetti Seasoning

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Newest Recipes

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Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars

Golden brown sausage balls sitting on a small board.

Cornbread Stuffing Sausage Balls

A slice of sweet potato pie on a square white plate with a fork sitting next to it.

Sweet Potato Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

Close up view of goulash in slow cooker with a wooden spoon.

Slow Cooker Goulash

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