Here are recipes from Frugal Living NW and around the web that are frugal (won't cost you a bunch to bring together), simple (don't have a bunch of ingredients), and easy (your kids can probably make them). If you have flour: No-Knead Bread Hamburger Buns Basic Pizza Dough Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Cream Scones Low Sugar Banana Bread Fruit Pie Sugar Cookies If you have beans: Black Bean Enchilada Soup Crockpot Pinto Beans Homemade Hummus Basic Bean Soup If you have milk: Homemade Plain Yogurt If you have chicken: Chicken Lettuce Wraps Chicken Meatballs with Peanut Sauce Chicken Tortilla Soup Chicken Satay with Rice Simple Roast Keep Reading

How to make your own reusable toilet paper A few years back, my family took a 10-day adventure to make our own cloth toilet paper (reusable cloth wipes). The response varied between milk curiosity to downright ANGER. Who knew that people cared so much about how strangers wiped their privates? If you're also curious or perhaps even interested in giving this reusable toilet paper thing a shot, here are answers to your cloth toilet paper questions: What is a family cloth/reusable toilet paper/reusable wipe? A piece of cloth that is used in lieu of toilet paper that can be washed and used again. How do you make reusable wipes? You can Keep Reading

Reusable Cloth Toilet Paper We have hit the one-week "using cloth wipes instead of toilet paper" mark and we haven't died. Nor have I given up shaving my armpits. So win-win. Many of you, after throwing up a bit in your mouth, wondered why people go the reusable toilet paper/cloth wipes/family cloth route. Here's a big list of reasons why one might ditch the tp and use homemade wipes instead. To be clear, we switched to reusable wipes as an experiment. Some of the reasons listed below are personally compelling to me, some are not. ENVIRONMENTAL Most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to decompose in septic tanks, so Keep Reading