Showing posts with label home made. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home made. Show all posts

Sep 15, 2011

Tell StarBucks Goodbye!

Paying $4.oo for a cup of coffee is not frugal! I love a cup from Starbucks, it's so good! But I'm cheap! My grandpa always said it was stupid to pay $4.00 for a cup of "fancy" coffee! Below are some recipes for some "fancy" coffee drinks that will help keep some money in your pocket!

Pumpkin Spice Latte
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1 cup very strong coffee (4 tablespoons coffee grounds to 1 cup of hot water)
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon spice
2 heaping spoonfuls of pumpkin
Directions:
Pour all of the ingredients into a pot and heat over medium-high heat until the coffee is steaming hot, whisking with a wire whisk until the ingredients are incorporated and a little frothy. Pour into mugs and top with fresh whipped cream & cinnamon. Enjoy!
Serves 2!

  Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Ingredients:
1/2 cup strong coffee
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/3 cups 1% low-fat milk
Directions
In a large pan, mix the cinnamon and sugar with a bit of milk.
Add the rest of the milk and bring to a boil.
Just as the mixture comes to a boil, take it off the heat.
Pour your coffee into your favorite mug.
Pour in the milk and serve immediately.

Aug 27, 2011

Homemade Pear Baby Food

A great way to save money when you have a baby, is making your own baby food.

Not only is it a cheap way to feed baby, it is healthier. You make it sugar, salt and additive free!

I recently made some Pear Baby Food for my little one.

This was totally free for me to do, because I picked the pears off my mother's Pear Tree!

Very easily done!

Gather up some pears!

Peal them.  


Chop them up.

Boil in water. Do not add salt to water.
Blend pears in blender, or you can use a food processor.
You can add a little water if your pears are too thick.  I didn't have to with this batch.
That's it! Looks Yummy!
Poor into ice trays and freeze. When done, store in a ziplock in freezer. Then you only have to thaw out what you need.

The other day I priced baby food at Wal-Mart and was shocked to see that it was 50 cents a jar!
I made this big batch for FREE!