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Stovetop Hot Cocoa

Morning hot cocoa is only about five minutes away and only contains five ingredients. That’s a great way to high five the morning. As much as I’ve complained about the heat this summer, my kids still want hot cocoa in the mornings. I still drink hot tea, so who am I to talk? The mornings […]

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Something to Go with Your Copy of Good Cheap Eats

One of the things that I’ve kept myself busy with this summer (besides planning a 6-student homeschool, organizing an international trip, and keeping track of life in a busy home) has been a set of BONUS FEATURES to go along with my new cookbook Good Cheap Eats. I love this book. I’d buy it even […]

Something to Go with Your Copy of Good Cheap Eats is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

5 Cheap and Easy, Packable Lunches

Ready to get packing? School lunches don’t have to be drudgery. Consider these tasty, packable lunch menus. School days are approaching if they aren’t here already. Time to start thinking about what to pack. You know as well as I do, that packing a lunch for your kids will be healthier, tastier, and probably […]

5 Cheap and Easy, Packable Lunches is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

Mint + Tea = MinTea

I don’t know about where you live, but it’s been hotter than blazes here this summer. Usually I can wear sweats through June and most of July since warmer temps don’t hit until August. I think we’ve been sweating inshorts and tank tops since May. I know: California problems. It’s the drought, I tell ya. […]

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Grocery Geek Q&A: Feeding Teenagers Without Going Broke

Feeding your teenagers healthy and economical food is not impossible. Here are 8 tips for feeding teens without going broke. I’ve been receiving quite a few comments and emails that pose great questions as concerns grocery shopping and saving money on food costs. This week I thought I would tackle a question that Kelley, aka […]

Grocery Geek Q&A: Feeding Teenagers Without Going Broke is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

Let’s Chat Tomorrow Night

Join me tomorrow, Sunday night on the Good Cheap Eats facebook page. We’ll be chatting about how to save money on groceries. And there will be a giveaway, too. See ya at 5pm PST! Let’s Chat Tomorrow Night is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

Let’s Chat Tomorrow Night is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

5 Ways to Stock Your Pantry on a Budget

Buying food you love on sale and storing it for when you want it is a great way to build your pantry and save money. This post was originally published on August 13, 2013. I love a stocked pantry. I really do. It may be that my dad — and my gramma before him — […]

5 Ways to Stock Your Pantry on a Budget is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

Salad’s On!

Enjoy all the great produce of summer with these delicious and easy tricks for tasty salads. I have always been a salad girl. August is kinda my month to shine in the salad range. For some reason it’s typically the month out of the year that I really focus on trimming down. It may be […]

Salad’s On! is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

How About Some Good Cheap Eats?

It’s been great fun since our copy of my latest cookbook, Good Cheap Eats arrived. The publishing house gets a few boxes of “advance copies” before the official release date. I got one! Yay! It was a very great surprise in my mailbox that day. Since it arrived, I’ve still had my head down working […]

How About Some Good Cheap Eats? is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher

Orange-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bake someone happy with these delicious chocolate chip cookies scented with orange zest. Years ago I dove head-first into the world of couponing. We were deep in debt. Coupon deals were just starting to become more prevalent. The recession was strong. And I became a coupon junky. Our grocery budget was $400/month to feed 7 […]

Orange-Chocolate Chip Cookies is a post from: Good Cheap Eats. All rights reserved © Jessica Getskow Fisher