Frugal Living NW

Helping you live well on a budget in the Pacific Northwest.

Welcome to Frugal Living NW!

I'm Angela Davis, a PNW native, mom of lots of kids, and I love saving money. I'm here to help you live well on a budget by making every penny count. You'll find deals at your local stores, ways to save online, recipes, and frugal living tips and inspiration.

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15 Homemade Pizza Recipes

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Homemade Pizza Recipes Thinking of having pizza tonight? Check out these delicious homemade pizza recipes from around the web! Homemade Pizza Dough | Thrifty Jinxy Homemade Pizza Sauce | Real Food. Real Deals. How to Grill Pizza | Our Best Bites Homemade Extra Cheese Pizza | Sally's Baking Addiction Grilled Brushetta Pizza | Lady Behind the Curtain Grilled Pepperoni Pizza | Who Needs A Cape? Grilled Margherita Pizza | Happy Food, Healthy Life Hellman's Grilled Chicken Parm Pizza | Simply Budgeted Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza | Dessert Now Dinner Later Grilled Cinnamon Banana Pizza | My Boys and Their Keep Reading

15 Delicious Chickpea Recipes

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Chickpea Recipes Chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) are chock full of protein, fiber, folic acid, and manganese, these beans are nutritional overachievers. Here are 15 GREAT recipes to try out! Buffalo Chickpea Ranch Pizza | Vegan Yack Attack Honey Garlic Chicken Chickpea Salad | The Healthy Maven Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas | Dora Daily Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars | Honey & Figs Crispy Roasted Parmesan Chickpeas | with Spiced Ranch Dip Caprese Salad Focaccia with Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas | Yeah..Imma Eat That Vegetarian Paella with Chickpeas | Amuse Your Bouche Moroccan Chicken Soup with Keep Reading

What’s for dinner? This week’s menu plan (2/16)

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We are right on track with our February freezer challenge (read more about it here and here). So far, I have spent $73 this month. I only picked up three small items at the grocery store all last week! That felt strangely liberating. I went over our grocery budget every single month in 2014. So, I'm either not setting a realistic amount for our family or I'm just not sticking with it. I think it's actually a combination of the two. This challenge has helped bring some discipline back into my meal planning and grocery shopping. If you are struggling to stick with your grocery list/budget, I'd highly recommend "shopping" your freezer first. Here's Keep Reading

6 Simple Homemade Bread Recipes

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There is just something wonderful about homemade bread! We've put together a delicious collection of homemade bread recipes to start your bread-making journey! Amazing No-Knead Bread - Frugal Living NW And make sure you check out our giant list of No-Knead Bread variations -- there are recipes for all taste buds! White Chocolate Cherry Banana Bread - Simply Stacie Garlic Herb Beer Bread - Southern Krazed Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks - Recipes to Make Gluten Free Bread - Confessions of an Over-Worked Mom Easy Herbed Focaccia Bread - Doubles as a Pizza Crust - The Thrifty Couple Still looking for more Keep Reading

Frugal Homemaking for February

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Check out Frugal Homemaking for January. Life has gotten crazy lately, but I have also grown lazy. I am buying boxes of cereal, cans of beans, loaves of bread. It's out of control! I have no problem with these convenient shortcuts from time to time, of course, but I don't like regularly buying things that I can make better and cheaper at home. So this month I am going to focus on making and stocking up on some of the foods our family eats often. A little prep goes a long way, and grabbing a bag out of the freezer is just as easy as popping the lid on a can. Here are a few different foods I am going to make in big batches and freeze in smaller Keep Reading

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