Saving Money in My Frugal Kitchen ~ Week #3 November 2025

 

Welcome

Welcome to Frugal Workshop where I post on Mondays about how we saved on food during the last week along with what we’ve had for dinner that week. 

My Frugal Week 

On Monday I grated up some of the cheese we recently bought on sale at Kroger. The rest of the cheese went into the freezer. 

The Honey Baked Ham company had a buy one get two free ham bones this week, so I bought one and have three of them to use now. There is so much meat left on one of their ham bones that it is enough for several meals for us. 

Food Lion has Betty Crocker cake mixes on sale this week for $1.00. I always make one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas (chocolate) to take to my nieces home, so I went ahead and bought both of them this week. 

Savings of the Week

I was riding my bicycle pedals on Sunday afternoon when I happened across the UGO Facebook post that they had Jennie-O turkey sausage on sale for 99 cents for the one pound chubs. 

I’ve learned that when I see a sale at UGO I need to go and get it now! So, I left to go get some and by the time I got there the taco version was already gone, but I did manage to get both Italian and chorizo styles. 

Best of all, the Italian turkey sausage was only 79 cents each!

So, I bought five of the chorizo and twelve of the Italian. These will make some very inexpensive meals for us in the future. 

Recipe of the Week

This is a tried and true family favorite, which I’m including as we had it for dinner on Monday and Tuesday.

Easy Sausage Quiche

Ingredients:

2 - 9 inch  pie shells
1/2 to 1 pound sausage 
1 small onion, chopped
4 eggs, beaten

1 cup sour cream
1 cup  shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Brown sausage and onion together in skillet and drain. 

Poke bottom of pie crust with fork to prevent bubbling. 

Place 1/2 the sausage in the bottom of each pie crusts. 

Layer each one with 1/4 cup of cheese. 

Mix together eggs and sour cream and pour 1/2 over each pie crust.

Top both quiches with the remainder of the cheese.  

Bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees.

 

What’s for Dinner

Monday & Tuesday ~ Easy Sausage Quiche, Acorn Squash, and Steamed Broccoli. 

This is a recipe I’ve been making for years, but to change it up to the way we eat these days, I made it without the pie crust and substituted turkey sausage. I also replaced the sour cream with Greek yogurt. 

Also, I had more diced red peppers in the refrigerator I wanted to use up, so I added some when I sautéed the onions. Sides were acorn squash and steamed broccoli. This made eight servings, so there was plenty for Tuesday as well. 

Wednesday & Thursday ~ Baked Lasagna, Steamed Broccoli, Red Bell Peppers. 

The lasagne was one I had in the freezer, so no big deal to thaw and heat in the oven for dinner. Since there are only two of us, it’s more than enough for two meals and lunch. 

Friday ~ Baked Chicken Strips, Corn, Red Peppers, Orange Slices. 

I served the chicken with honey mustard and had the vegetables and oranges as the side dishes. 

Saturday & Sunday ~ 15 Bean Soup with Honey Baked Ham, and Southern Spoon Bread. 

This all went into my big crockpot on Saturday morning with onions, peppers, and seasonings to cook low and slow all day long. This is the perfect weather for a comforting hot bowl of ham bean soup and warm cornbread. 

What’s been on the menu in your home this past week?

Belinda

Homemaker at Heart

~ Living within our Means ~My Linktree
~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~Proverbs 31:27

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