Can you believe it’s October already?!?  I’m excited to finally enjoy some hot chocolate with my M&Ms This month the Dishing It Up gals are bringing you an assortment of Fall Festival and Halloween themed recipes.  Whether you’re looking for something sweet to take to a brunch or something scary for a fun party, you’ll be able to find it here throughout the month of October!

This summer I was thrilled to win a cookbook from linking my menu up to Menu Plan Monday over at OrgJunkie.  I was even more excited when it arrived in the mail and it was a slow cooker cookbook!  I’m all about quick and easy.  Because I know my crockpot has to be turned on before lunch time it really helps me to be prepared for dinner instead of waiting until 4:30 to pull something out of the freezer.  Have {Read More}

At our house the kids are back in school 3 days a week and we’re trying to get back into the groove of our schedules.  It seems like there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done between drop off and pick up.  Whether your kids are in school I’m sure you can relate.  I’ve found that the best way to get things done is to do them in advance and that’s where my crockpot comes in.  If {Read More}

Have you been working on stocking your freezer with ready to cook dinners or already cooked meats and dinners?  Doubling just one meal a week can save you a lot of time and hassle.  Imagine how much time you’d save by cooking a quadruple batch of one thing every week!  If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly encourage you to set aside a bit of extra time this week to get started on some freezer cooking. Remember we’ve got {Read More}

We can all use a break from cooking with appliances, whether it’s terribly hot in your area or not. So this month the Dishing It Up gals have decided to feature dishes that don’t require any heat to prepare. If you have a recipe we’d love to have you link it up, or if you don’t have a blog feel free to leave the recipe in a comment to share it! Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner

I think it’s hot just about everywhere in the U.S. by now.  Fortunately it’s about 5 degrees cooler so far this summer in our part of Texas.  Regardless it’s still pretty miserable to be outside or to be cooking anything with the stove or oven inside.  So this month the Dishing It Up gals have decided to feature dishes that don’t require any heat to prepare.   If you have a recipe we’d love to have you link it up, {Read More}

I hope you’ve enjoyed our month of featuring BBQ and picnic recipes.  I know it’s very hot for many of us, but at least this gives us a chance to try these recipes out before serving them at a party.  Next month we’ll be featuring dishes that require no heat for making.  We’d love to have you join us! Subscribe to RSS headline updates from a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/AThriftyPennySavingYouTimeAndMoney” Powered by FeedBurner ,  >

This month the Dishing It Up hostesses are focusing on BBQ and picnic ideas. Now that I think about it, for most of us it’s pretty hot out, but hopefully many of you have some nice weather for outdoor get togethers. So far we have 13 recipes to share with you. There is no giveaway for June, but be watching for the giveaways to return in the future. We hope you’ll join us and share your recipes and ideas too! {Read More}